Microsoft PowerPoint - Level 1

Course subjects

Getting to Know Microsoft PowerPoint

• Starting PowerPoint From the Desktop

• Understanding the Start Screen

• Creating a New Blank Presentation

• The PowerPoint Screen

• How Microsoft PowerPoint Works

• Using the Ribbon

• Using Ribbon KeyTips

• Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon

• Understanding Backstage View

• Accessing Backstage View

• Changing the Office Theme

• Using Shortcut Menus

• Understanding Dialog Boxes

• Launching Dialog Boxes

• Understanding the Quick Access Toolbar

• Adding Commands to the QAT

• Understanding the Status Bar

• Customising the Status Bar

• Exiting Safely From PowerPoint

Your First Presentation

• Creating Presentations in PowerPoint

• Creating a Presentation

• Applying Theme Variants

• The Save As Place

• The Save As Dialog Box

• Typing Text Into a Slide

• Inserting New Slides

• Typing Text Using the Outline Pane

• Applying Slide Transitions

• Saving a Presentation

• Previewing a Slide Show

• Closing a Presentation

Working with Presentations

• The Open Place

• The Open Dialog Box

• Opening a Presentation

• Opening Multiple Presentations

• Switching Between Open Presentations

• Understanding Presentation Views

• Changing Presentation Views

• Navigating a Presentation

• Using the Zoom Tool

• Opening a Recent Presentation

Working with Text

• Editing Text

• Checking Spelling

• Understanding Font Formatting

• Applying Font Formatting

• Applying Paragraph Formatting

• Changing Bullet and Numbering Styles

• Moving and Resizing Placeholders

• Applying WordArt to Text

• Converting Text to SmartArt

Slide Layouts

• Understanding Slide Layouts

• Inserting a Title Slide

• Inserting a Title and Content Slide

• Inserting a Section Header Slide

• Inserting a Table

• Inserting a Picture With Caption Slide

• Inserting a Chart

• Changing the Slide Layout

SmartArt

• Understanding SmartArt

• Inserting a SmartArt Graphic

• Inserting Text Into SmartArt

• Adding Shapes Below

• Adding Shapes Above

• Adding Shapes Before and After

• Adding an Assistant

• Promoting and Demoting Shapes

• Switching SmartArt Right to Left

• Resizing SmartArt

• Changing the SmartArt Layout

• Applying a Colour Scheme

• Applying a SmartArt Style

• Deleting SmartArt Shapes

Shapes

• Drawing Shapes

• Resizing Shapes

• Editing Shapes

• Positioning Shapes

• Arranging Shapes

• Merging Shapes

• Formatting Shapes

• Using the Eyedropper

• Copying Shapes

• Aligning Shapes Using the Ribbon

• Aligning Objects Using Smart Guides

• Inserting and Formatting Text

• Connecting Shapes

• Grouping Shapes

• Rotating Shapes

Preparing for Presentations

• Using Slide Sorter View

• Reusing Slides

• Adding Sections

• Adding Notes to Your Slides

• Slide Numbers

• About Hyperlinks

• Creating an Internal Hyperlink

• Creating a Hyperlink to Another Presentation

• Creating a Hyperlink to Another Application

• Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating Slide Shows

• Using Resume Reading

• Presenting a Slide Show

Printing Your Presentation

• Understanding Printing

• Previewing Slides

• Printing Slides

• Printing Handouts

• Printing Notes Pages

• Printing the Outline

Getting Help

• Understanding How Help Works

• Using Tell Me

• Accessing the Help Window

• Navigating the Help Window

• Using Google to Get Help

• Using Smart Lookup

• Printing a Help Topic

Brilliant Presentations

• Planning a Presentation

• Make It Readable

• The Four Pillars of Great Design

• Perfect Presentation Layouts

• Presenting Polished Presentations

• Presentation Methods and Hardware