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PowerPoint: Basics

This E-Learning course provides training on PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for beginner and intermediate levels.

Learners will gain an understanding on how to easily create digital presentations, use templates and deliver a presentation using the slideshow function. The course will also show how to use items such as tables, charts, standard forms, graphics or videos in presentations to present data, information and context clearly and concisely.

Course Features
Office Version
Application Group
Level
Beginner / Intermediate
Learning Time
2 Hours and 30 Minutes
Number of Learning Videos
69
Languages Available
English
German
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Japanese
Chinese
Russian
Course Design
  • Videos with Audio Narration and Closed-Captions
  • Practice Interactive Exercises
  • Tips and Printable PDF's
  • Chapter Tests
  • Personalized Learning Recommendations
  • Comprehensive Final Test with Certificate
  • Compatible with Desktop and Mobile Devices
  • SCORM and xAPI Support for LMS Deployement
Course Topics

Creating and editing slides

  • Finding your way around PowerPoint
  • Inserting a new slide
  • Applying a theme
  • Changing the slide layout
  • Changing the slide background
  • Configuring the slide orientation
  • Duplicating a slide
  • Inserting metadata in the header or footer

Using presentation templates

  • Using a template
  • Creating a personal template
  • Loading a personal template

Creating and editing sections

  • Creating and deleting sections
  • Renaming and editing a section
  • Slide Sorter view

Adding notes

  • Adding notes to a slide
  • Open Notes Page

Printing, exporting and sharing a presentation

  • Displaying the presentation in color or black and white
  • Printing a presentation
  • Printing handouts
  • Printing note pages
  • Exporting a file
  • Sharing the link to a slide

Above is a sample of learning videos included in this topic.
A detailed list of all learning videos included in this course is available upon request.

Creating tables

Using guides and the ruler

Inserting and editing text boxes

Inserting and editing tables

Inserting and editing images

Inserting and editing graphics and shapes

Editing items or objects

Embedding and editing videos

Giving a presentation

Using presenter view

Recording a presentation

This Course is Included in our Content Bundles

New Generation Workplace | E-Learning Content Bundle

Our full course library for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office.

Includes E-Learning training courses for the following applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, Planner, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Delve, Forms, Lists, To-Do, Whiteboard, Windows, Edge, Viva Engage, Visio and more...

Our New Generation Workplace content package is our full E-Learning course library for Microsoft 365.

This course package addresses core end-user training for Office and Windows at the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels and also provides training on how to use Microsoft 365 collaboration tools to easily communicate and work in project teams.

During your subscription to this course package, you will receive our content updates to the package, including new courses we release into the package.

Desktop | E-learning Content Bundle

Learn and improve basic skills on using the classic Office desktop apps and more.

Includes E-Learning training courses for the following applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Windows, Edge, To-Do and more...

Our Desktop E-Learning content package for Microsoft 365 addresses core end-user training for Office and Windows at the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

During your subscription to this course package, you will receive our content updates to the package, including new courses we release into the package.

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