PowerPoint 2021 Essential Training (Office 2021/LTSC)
1h 42mBeginner2021-09-16
Authors

George Maestri
Animation Director and Producer
Course details
Almost every presentation is more impactful with graphics, animations, or just simple pictures. Visual presentations simply leave a bigger impression than words alone. And while most people who give presentations might not have a background in design or any visual-related field, with PowerPoint, you don’t need to be a designer to create great-looking presentations. In this course, George Maestri shows you the tools you need to create, edit, and share compelling and highly-visual presentations. He gets into all the basics that modern presentations should consider, like layouts and colors, text and tables, images and graphics, and animations and videos. George also covers organizing your slides so they look professional and clear. Lastly, he gives tips on how to deliver your presentations, from adding speaker notes that only you can see, to automating a presentation and ways to present on multiple screens, to methods for sharing your presentation for the audience to reference or distribute later.
Skills covered
PowerPointMicrosoft OfficePresentationsEssential TrainingBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Visual presentations with PowerPoint
- 02 - Understanding Office versions
1. Intro to Powerpoint
- 03 - Use themes and templates for quick start
- 04 - Create and save a presentation
- 05 - Add, arrange, and duplicate slides
- 06 - Select the right view for the task
2. Layouts and Colors
- 07 - Slide layouts
- 08 - Slide colors and backgrounds
- 09 - The importance of the master slide
3. Text and Tables
- 10 - Add and modify text
- 11 - Work with text boxes
- 12 - Create a table
- 13 - Slide and page numbers
4. Images and Graphics
- 14 - Add images
- 15 - Create shapes
- 16 - Add effects to shapes and objects
- 17 - Create a chart
5. Organizing Slides
- 18 - Keep things aligned
- 19 - Arrange and layer objects
- 20 - Group objects
6. Animation, Video, and Audio
- 21 - Create and modify transitions
- 22 - Animate objects and text
- 23 - Use zoom to highlight slides
- 24 - Add and format video
- 25 - Add audio files
7. Notes and Comments
- 26 - Speaker notes
- 27 - Share presentations
- 28 - Comment on presentations
8. Delivering Presentations
- 29 - Deliver the presentation
- 30 - Run unattended slideshows
- 31 - Record and narrate a presentation
9. Saving and Sharing a Presentation
- 32 - Save to .pdf
- 33 - Export to video
- 34 - Save as a custom theme
- 35 - Save presentation as a template
Conclusion
- 36 - Next steps
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