Microsoft PowerPoint Introduction

Course Overview

This Introduction to PowerPoint training course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. Students will explore the PowerPoint environment and create a presentation. Students will format text on slides to enhance clarity and add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them. Students will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form and then finalise a presentation.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Start and end a PowerPoint session
• Edit a presentation
• Create different types of slides
• Use the Outline tab
• Add Clipart to a slide
• Format slides and use templates
• Apply Tables and Charts to a presentation
• Print various components of a presentation
• Run a slide show

Microsoft PowerPoint Introduction

• The PowerPoint Environment
• Opening and Closing a presentation
• Using Save and Save As
• Entering Text into a Slide
• Inserting a New Slide
• Deleting a Slide
• Moving and Copying a Slide(s)
• Changing Slide Layout
• Copying, Moving and Deleting Slide Information
• Using the Format Painter
• Changing Text Case
• Formatting in PowerPoint (Shading, Font Formatting)
• Slide Background Design
• Page Setup control
• Managing presentation views (Normal, Slide Sorter View)
• Using Master Slide View
• Inserting Pictures and Shapes
• Modifying and Resizing Pictures and Shapes
• Creating, Formatting and Modifying a Table
• Creating and Modifying an Organisation Chart
• Creating and Modifying a Chart
• Using WordArt
• Using Slide Transitions and Custom Animations
• Using Find and Replace
• Printing in PowerPoint