Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT201)
Take your PowerPoint presentations from blah to ta-da! Create impressive presentations in this Advanced PowerPoint class.
In class, you will build professional presentations with themes, backgrounds, footers, and sections. Then, learn to use Slide Master to ensure consistency and save time. Next, focus on advanced-level content by adding animations, sounds, albums, captions, videos and other visuals while maintaining a professional appearance.
Once you have mastered building the presentation, you will focus on a flawless delivery. You will use slideshow tools, manage multiple presentations, and leverage outlines and handouts. The class wraps up with packaging and security features, which help you safely and easily share your amazing presentations!
This popular course is approved by Microsoft and resold to Microsoft Partners worldwide as course number MS-55276-A.
Target Audience: Students who are comfortable with Microsoft PowerPoint basics and want to learn advanced-level skills. This class is for PowerPoint 2019 or PowerPoint 365 on Windows. (Users of PowerPoint 2016 or 2013 may participate in the class and may notice minor differences in their version of the software.)
- Work with themes, styles, footers, and sections to customize your presentation.
- Use the Presentation Masters to ensure consistency throughout your slides, notes, and handouts.
- Add special effects appropriately and professionally.
- Create, edit, and import graphic elements and multimedia.
- Quickly and easily create outlines and handouts for your audience.
- Merge presentations and reuse slides from multiple sources to save time.
- Minimize technical issues when sharing your presentation with remote audiences.
- Embed fonts, compress graphics, and check for compatibility and accessibility for easier distribution.
- Protect your presentation with powerful security features.
- Customizing Presentations
- Applying a Theme
- Previewing and Selecting a Theme
- Customizing a Theme
- Saving a Custom Theme
- Setting a Default Theme
- Applying a Background Style
- Apply a Built-in Background Style
- Modify Slide Backgrounds
- Create and Apply a Background Style
- Adding a Footer
- Controlling Page Numbers
- Arranging and Printing Sections
- Using Sections
- Removing Sections
- Printing Sections
- Exercise: Adding a Background Image
- Applying a Theme
- Presentation Masters
- Working with the Slide Master
- Slide Layouts
- Create a Slide Layout
- Formatting Slide Masters and Layouts
- Adding a Watermark to Your Presentation
- Adding Slide Numbers Using the Slide Master
- Inserting a New Slide Master
- Preserving a Slide Master
- Modifying the Notes Master
- Modifying the Handout Master
- Adding a Header and Footer to Notes and Handouts
- Exercise: Using the Slide Master
- Working with Special Effects
- Animating Text and Objects
- Motion Paths
- Morph Transition
- Working with the Animation Painter
- Setting Animation Timing
- Animating a Chart
- Zoom for PowerPoint
- Exercise: Applying Special Effects to a Presentation
- Using SmartArt
- Inserting SmartArt Graphics
- Modifying SmartArt Graphics
- Resizing/Repositioning a SmartArt Object
- Resize a SmartArt Shape
- Reverse Direction
- Resize a SmartArt Graphic
- Reposition a SmartArt Graphic
- Inserting Text into a SmartArt Object
- Creating SmartArt from a List
- Formatting Text in a SmartArt Object
- Adding Shapes to a SmartArt Object
- Ungrouping SmartArt Objects
- Exercise: Working with SmartArt
- Multimedia
- Creating a Photo Album
- Adding Captions
- Applying a Theme to Your Album
- Customizing an Album
- Exercise: Creating and Modifying a Photo Album
- Inserting Sounds and Video
- Inserting a Sound File
- Inserting a Video File
- Adjusting Media Window Size
- Inserting a YouTube Video
- Editing Media Clips
- Editing an Audio Clip
- Editing a Video Clip
- Link to External Media
- Exercise: Adding Video to a Presentation
- Setting up the Slide Show
- Setting up a Custom Show
- Configuring Slide Show Resolution
- Creating a Hyperlink
- Adding an Action Button
- Jumping to Another Presentation
- Exercise: Presenting a Custom Show
- Using Rehearse Timings
- Navigating within a Slide Show
- Annotating a Presentation
- Recording a Slide Show
- Setting Up a Slide Show to Repeat Automatically
- Exercise: Preparing the Slide Show
- Setting up a Custom Show
- Outlines and Slides
- Exporting Notes and Handouts to Word
- Setting Handout Print Options
- Exporting an Outline to Word
- Saving a Presentation as an Outline
- Saving a Slide as a Graphic
- Exercise: Exporting an Outline to Word
- Exporting Notes and Handouts to Word
- Managing Multiple Presentations
- Merging Multiple Presentations
- Reusing Slides from Other Presentations
- Viewing Multiple Presentations
- Tracking Changes in PowerPoint
- Discarding Changes from Specific Users
- Managing Comments
- Exercise: Reviewing Changes in PowerPoint
- Sharing and Securing a Presentation
- Sharing a Presentation with a Remote Audience
- Embedding the Fonts in a Presentation
- Inspecting the Presentation
- Removing Presentation Metadata
- Using Comments
- Checking for Accessibility Issues
- Checking for Compatibility Issues
- Packaging a Presentation for CD
- Using the PowerPoint Viewer
- Exercise: Sharing a Presentation
- Encrypting a Presentation
- Adding a Digital Signature
- Marking a Presentation as Final
- Compressing Pictures
- Sending a Presentation in PDF Format
- Exercise: Securing a Presentation
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft PowerPoint class:
- Basic PowerPoint experience