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Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Intermediate
Go in depth into Microsoft PowerPoint's key slideshow functionsPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 45 lessons.
Intermediate Provider : Amelia Griggs 12 chapters · 45 Lessons · 3h 1m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
If you've been using the same boring PowerPoint template, now is the time to stand out at your next meeting with a stunning presentation. This "Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Intermediate" course will help you create high-quality, professional presentations by showing you tools in PowerPoint that you may not have known were available to you, like how to change the theme, how to add images, charts, and tables, and how to use SmartArt. This course also shows you how to add, delete, or rearrange your slide, and gives you guidance on how to proof and finalize your PowerPoint presentation.
Microsoft PowerPoint may only focus on presentations, but it is a robust program with plenty of design options to help you create visually-appealing and impactful presentations. This PowerPoint online training course will expand your knowledge beyond simple slide creation to adding themes, colors, and new layouts to your slides. Learn how to add shapes in PowerPoint, icons, and SmartArt to enhance your slides. This course will show you how to add tables and charts to display your data to your audience, or how to import data from Excel. You'll learn the basics of proofing and checking for accessibility, and how to create a physical handout or .pdf of your presentation. This course will help you fill up a blank slide, and create appealing, engaging decks to help you get your message across.
What You'll Learn
- Change slide deck views and edit your presentation within different views
- Work with templates and themes, including creating a custom template
- Add, remove, rearrange, and re-layout slides, and organize them into sections
- Insert and format tables, including importing data from Excel
- Work with pictures, graphics, shapes, icons, and SmartArt to enhance slides
- Proof your presentation, check accessibility, and print slides or create a PDF or handout
Key Takeaways
- PowerPoint offers many design options beyond simple slide creation, including themes, colors, and new layouts to make presentations visually appealing and impactful.
- Shapes, icons, and SmartArt can be added and customized, including grouping objects, adding text, and applying special effects.
- Tables and charts let you display data to your audience, and data can be imported directly from Excel.
- Pictures and graphics can be formatted, cropped, cropped to a shape, and inserted as 3D images.
- The course covers proofing and accessibility checking, as well as creating a physical handout or PDF of your presentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Intermediate course cover?
It covers changing slide deck views, working with themes and templates, adding and rearranging slides and layouts, inserting tables and charts, importing data from Excel, working with pictures, shapes, and SmartArt, proofing and checking accessibility, and printing slides or creating a PDF.
Who is this course for?
It is designed for PowerPoint users who want to expand beyond simple slide creation and learn design tools such as themes, colors, layouts, shapes, icons, and SmartArt to create more professional, engaging presentations.
Will I learn how to add data and visuals to my slides?
Yes. The course shows how to insert and format tables, import data from Excel, and work with pictures, graphics, shapes, and SmartArt to display information and enhance slides.
Does the course cover finalizing a presentation?
Yes. It teaches the basics of proofing, checking for accessibility, and creating a physical handout or PDF of your presentation, along with printing PowerPoint slides.
What skills will I gain from this course?
You will build skills in Microsoft PowerPoint, PowerPoint Animation, Presentation Graphics, Presentation Software, and Slide Shows.
