Boot Camp: PowerPoint for Success

Boot Camp3 DaysVersion 365Official CPE Provider

A three-day PowerPoint boot camp from design to delivery. Master formatting, images, and charts, customize slide masters and templates, add SmartArt and multimedia, and finish with advanced animations and confident, polished delivery.

Course Objective

Learn to build, customize, and deliver professional presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. Students will gain practical skills for creating polished presentations that are easier to design, update, share, and present. This course covers foundational through advanced PowerPoint skills, including slide masters, templates, SmartArt, multimedia, animations, linked content, review tools, protection options, and best practices for creating effective slide content.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, each student should have a general knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Course Outline

3 lessons · 22 topics

Session 1

1Overview and Primary Features of PowerPoint (1 day)

Navigate the Quick Access Toolbar, Ribbon, and Backstage
Fundamentals of presentation design
Formatting options for text, paragraphs, and text boxes
Using Office Online for templates and image clip art
Insert images and shapes into the presentation
Object formatting and layout features
How to create a table or import a table from a different Office application
Present data visually using charts created in PowerPoint or Excel
Methods for delivering the presentation

Session 2

2PowerPoint Modification and Customization (1 day)

Modify the user interface and Office options
Update the Slide Master and Slide Layouts
Addition of SmartArt
Make the PowerPoint Slideshow a multimedia presentation with audio and video
PowerPoint collaboration and cloud storage
Add annotations, and update the Notes Master and Handout Master
Customize and secure the slide show

Session 3

3PowerPoint Presentation and Best Practices (1 day)

Advanced animations and transitions
Create Master slides, layouts, and templates
Add interactive features to the presentation
Perform a review of contents, and learn the different levels of protection
Link and embed content from the web, other Office applications.
Insert a screenshot and use the picture format tools for best use of images

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