Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Level 1 (with Challenge Exercises) LoanNew
Description
The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 - Level 1 (with Challenge Exercises) are sufficient to be able to create real-world slide.
Target audience
Anyone who wants to know more about the functionality of PowerPoint 2016.
Prerequisites
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 - Level 1 (with Challenge Exercises) assumes little or no knowledge of the software. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment.
Topics covered
Getting To Know PowerPoint
- Starting PowerPoint From The Desktop
- Understanding The Start Screen
- Creating A New Blank Presentation
- The PowerPoint Screen
- How Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Works
- Using The Ribbon
- Using Ribbon KeyTips
- Showing And Collapsing The Ribbon
- Understanding Backstage View
- Accessing Backstage View
- 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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Workspace
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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Workspace
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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
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 The Smart Guides
- Inserting And Formatting Text
- Connecting Shapes
- Grouping Shapes
- Rotating Shapes
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
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
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
Printing Your Presentation
- Understanding Printing
- Previewing Slides
- Printing Slides
- Printing Handouts
- Printing Notes Pages
- Printing The Outline
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Sample
Getting Help
- Understanding How Help Works
- Using Tell Me
- Accessing The Help Window
- Navigating The Help Window
- Using Google To Get Help
- Printing A Help Topic
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Workspace
Brilliant Presentations
- Planning A Presentation
- Make It Readable
- The Four Pillars Of Great Design
- Perfect Presentation Layouts
- Presenting Polished Presentations
- Presentation Methods And Hardware
- Challenge Exercise
- Challenge Exercise Workspace
Objectives
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
- Work with the basic features of PowerPoint
- Create a new presentation
- Work with presentations
- Insert text into a slide and apply basic formatting
- Work with the various slide layouts
- Create and work with SmartArt graphics
- Draw and format shapes
- Navigate a slide show in PowerPoint
- Use a range of printing techniques
- Obtain help for PowerPoint whenever you need it
- Create brilliant presentations
Format
Watsonia workbook with 157 topics. Files for the exercises are provided on a CD or can be downloaded here
Duration
Approximately 10 hours
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