Interface and vocabulary of PowerPoint
- Defining the principles of visual communication with PowerPoint.
- Grasping the interface, the ribbon, the Backstage menu.
- Using tabs, command groups, and dialog box launchers.
- Personalizing your environment: the ruler, the grid, the guides.
- Navigating through different display modes.
Hands-on work
Get started and customize the interface.
Defining your visual style
- Creating a presentation. Applying themes, colors and fonts.
- Inserting a slide, choosing a layout.
- Creating and modifying a slide master (bullets for lists, indents, etc.).
Hands-on work
Design and customize the visual style of a presentation.
Entering and editing text
- Inserting a text field: entering and editing.
- Changing alignment, line spacing, paragraph spacing.
- Incorporating numbered and bulleted lists.
- Applying a quick style, an effect. Converting text to SmartArt.
- Highlighting text with colors.
- Drawing or writing with digital handwritten input.
Hands-on work
Insert text, bullets, numbering, then highlight.
Incorporating shapes
- Inserting or modifying a shape: entering text, assigning colors, style, effects.
- Creating a simple process with shapes and a SmartArt.
- Converting handwritten entries into shapes.
- Organizing a slide with the drawing tools.
Hands-on work
Inserting shapes, editing and organizing them.
Enriching your presentation
- Creating and formatting a simple table.
- Inserting graphics.
- Inserting an Excel table
- Inserting images, changing their appearance, and removing the background.
- Inserting 3D objects.
Hands-on work
Inserting images and 3D models. Inserting a table, apply a style, merge and split cells.
Energizing your presentation
- Adding and configuring an animation.
- Using the Zoom function.
- Configuring transitions.
Hands-on work
Animate shapes and use Zoom. Apply the Morphosis transition.
Printing, saving, and sharing
- Distributing a presentation.
- Print settings.
- Saving and creating documents.
- Sharing a presentation and solving accessibility problems.
Hands-on work
Set up printing and convert to document. Demonstration of a video slide show recording.