About This Course
This Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint training class is for PowerPoint users who want to build upon their basic skills.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for students who have basic skills with Microsoft PowerPoint who want to learn advanced-level skills or students who want to learn the topics covered in this course in the interface.
At Course Completion
Create customized presentations with templates.
Add special effects.
Use the slide, notes, and handout masters.
Create, edit, and import charts.
Manage hyperlinks.
Create custom shows.
Secure and share presentations.
Prerequisites
- Introductory level PowerPoint skills.
Course Details
Module 1: Customizing Presentations
This module explains how to customize your presentations by adding backgrounds, themes, and other elements to help them stand out and to deliver the right message to your audience.
Lessons
- Applying a Theme
- Applying a Background Style
- Adding a Footer
- Arranging and Printing Sections
- Exercise: Adding a Background Image
- Exercise: Customizing Your Presentation
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Apply a theme.
- Apply a background stale.
- Add a footer.
- Add a background image.
- Save a custom theme.
- Arrange and print sections of a presentation.
Module 2: Presentation Masters
This module explains how to work with presentation masters in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Working with the Slide Master
- Slide Layouts
- Formatting Slide Masters and Layouts
- Adding a Watermark to Your Presentation
- Adding Slide Numbers Using the Slide Master
- Inserting a New Slide Master
- Preserving a Slide Master
- Modifying the Notes Master
- Modifying the Handout Master
- Adding a Header and Footer to Notes and Handouts
- Exercise: Using the Slide Master
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Work with the slide master.
- Work with layouts.
- Format slide masters and slide layouts.
- Add a watermark.
- Add slide numbers.
- Insert a new slide master.
- Preserve a slide master.
- Modify the slide master.
- Modify the handout master.
- Add a header and footer to notes and handouts.
Module 3: Working with Special Effects
This module explains how to work with special effects in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Animating Text and Objects
- Working with the Animation Painter
- Setting Animation Timing
- Animating a Chart
- Exercise: Applying Special Effects to a Presentation
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Animate text and objects.
- Work with the Animation Painter.
- Set animation timing.
- Animate a chart.
Module 4: Using SmartArt
This module explains how to work with SmartArt in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Inserting SmartArt Graphics
- Modifying Smart Art Graphics
- Resizing/Repositioning a SmartArt Object
- Inserting Text into a SmartArt Object
- Formatting Text in a SmartArt Object
- Adding Shapes to a SmartArt Object
- Ungrouping SmartArt Objects
- Exercise: Working with SmartArt
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Insert SmartArt graphics into your presentations.
- Modify SmartArt graphics.
- Resize and reposition SmartArt graphics.
- Ad text to a SmartArt object.
- Format text within a SmartArt object.
- Add shapes to a SmartArt graphic.
- Ungroup SmartArt objects.
Module 5: Multimedia
This module explains how to work with multimedia features in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Creating a Photo Album
- Adding Captions
- Applying a Theme to Your Album
- Customizing an Album
- Exercise: Creating and Modifying a Photo Album
- Inserting Sounds and Video
- Editing Media Clips
- Exercise: Adding Video to a Presentation
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a photo album.
- Add captions to photos in an album.
- Apply a theme to an album.
- Customize the photo album layout
- Insert sound and video in a presentation.
- Edit media clips in PowerPoint.
- Change Multimedia settings.
Module 6: Setting Up the Slide Show
This module explains how to work with slide shows in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Setting Up a Custom Show
- Creating a Hyperlink
- Adding an Action Button
- Jumping to Another Presentation
- Exercise: Presenting a Custom Show
- Using Rehearse Timings
- Navigating within a Slide Show
- Annotating a Presentation
- Creating a Presenter-Independent Slide Show
- Setting Up a Slide Show to Repeat Automatically
- Exercise: Preparing the Slide Show
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Set up a custom slide show.
- Create a hyperlink.
- Add an action button.
- Jump to another presentation.
- Rehearse the timing of your presentation.
- Navigate within a slide show.
- Annotate a presentation.
- Create a presenter-independent slide show.
- Set up a slide show to repeat automatically.
Module 7: Outlines and Slides
This module explains how to work with outlines and slides in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Exporting Notes and Handouts to Word
- Exporting an Outline to Word
- Saving a Presentation as an Outline
- Exercise: Exporting an Outline to Word
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Export notes and handouts to Word documents.
- Export an outline to a Word document.
- Save your presentation as an outline.
- Save a slide in your presentation as a graphic.
Module 8: Managing Multiple Presentations
This module explains how manage multiple presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint .
Lessons
- Merging Multiple Presentations
- Reusing Slides from Other Presentations
- Viewing Multiple Presentations
- Tracking Changes in PowerPoint
- Exercise: Reviewing Changes in PowerPoint
Lab 1: None
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Merge multiple presentations.
- Reuse slides from other presentations.
- View multiple presentations.
- Track and manage changes in PowerPoint.
Module 9: Finalizing Presentations
Lessons
- A. Inspecting a Presentation
- B. Encrypting a Presentation
- C. Embedding the Fonts in a Presentation
- D. Saving a Presentation in PDF Format
- E. Compressing Pictures
- F. Marking a Presentation as Final