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"Kim was an amazing instructor. When I expressed that I had specific questions, she made sure to spend extra time on that section and walked me through it. She was fun, personable and a great instructor. I would definitely take another class with her and would highly recommend AGI." - Diane L
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PowerPoint Training Class
PowerPoint Training Class
This one-day Microsoft PowerPoint training class covers a broad range of topics to help you quickly get up-and-running with PowerPoint. Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint and the rich functionality it offers to create presentations with an impact. You will learn to use outlines, create slides from existing Microsoft Word documents, establish the timing of presentations, as well as add sound, animation, and video to your presentations. You will also learn design guidelines for creating effective presentations.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs:
PowerPoint Training Class - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Microsoft PowerPoint Training Class Topics
Getting Started with PowerPoint
Understanding the PowerPoint user interface
The Ribbon and Backstage view
Choosing a look with the Design tab
Building PowerPoint presentation content
Building an outline
Editing slide content
Formatting inserted images
Creating notes pages
Using the Reading view
Working with text, images, and visual effects
Simplified text handling
Inserting images into a PowerPoint presentation
Adding and editing animations
Transitions and slide sorter
Using PowerPoint's Design tools
Understanding templates
Applying themes to a slide show
Customizing a theme in the Slide Master view
Designing PowerPoint Presentations
Building better slides
Working with text
Filling in an existing text area
Adding and styling text boxes
Using the Format pane to style and format text
Aligning text using columns and rows
Autofit and text boxes
Styling text with WordArt
Formatting presentations
Applying background images and colors
The Slide Master view and PowerPoint Themes
Editing the Slide Master
Creating custom slide layouts
Adding a custom slide layout
Completing a custom layout
Customizing a presentation theme
Changing a theme’s visual scheme
Creating and applying a custom theme to a PowerPoint presentation
Using Tables, Charts, and SmartArt
Giving structure to content
Transforming text into SmartArt
Formatting bulleted lists as SmartArt
Visually editing a flowchart
Styling a piece of SmartArt
Piecing together SmartArt
Linking and embedding external data
Embedding an Excel worksheet
Editing embedded objects
Creating a linked object
Creating a chart from tabular data
Generating charts in PowerPoint
Editing individual chart elements
Linking a chart to external Excel data
Styling charts and graphs
Adding Graphics and Multimedia to Your Presentation
Beyond bulleted lists and bar graphs
Using PowerPoint’s drawing tools
Recoloring and adjusting images
Cropping an image
Reordering images
Adding visual impact with animations
Creating a crossfade effect
Creating complex scenes by clustering animations
Enriching slides with sound effects
Adding background sounds to a presentation
Trimming and triggering sound effects
Adding custom actions to slide objects
Integrating video into a presentation
Embedding and formatting video
Embedding local video
Media compression and compatibility
Laying out slide elements
Taking advantage of the grid
Working with alignment guides
Grouping and ungrouping elements
Delivering PowerPoint presentations
Preparing for your presentation
Setting up the slide show
Controlling your presentation from the keyboard
Creating custom slide shows & Presentation Delivery
Presenting in slide show preview
Mission control: PowerPoint’s presenter view
Using speaker notes
Formatting and printing notes pages
Designing a printed handout
Navigating with the slide sorter
Going to a black or white screen
Focusing audience with the Pen tools
Using the laser pointer and highlighter
Keeping ink annotations
Customizing the PowerPoint quick access toolbar
Rehearsing your presentation
Recording slide and presentation timings
Recording narration and pointer movements
Tweaking and removing timings, narration, and laser pointer movements
Delivering PowerPoint Presentations online
Delivering a presentation online
Embedding your slide show in a web page
Presentation tips
We recommend that you have the Microsoft PowerPoint app before starting this class so that you can practice techniques following the course. A computer with PowerPoint is provided for class use if taking this course in our classrooms.
Participants receive comprehensive PowerPoint course curriculum with this class, developed by the instructors at American Graphics Institute. These same PowerPoint trainers authored the Microsoft Official Academic Curriculum for PowerPoint.