Microsoft Powerpoint

Course Description: 16-hours

PowerPoint Basics is presentation software that is specifically designed to allow users to create a
presentation of ideas by stringing together text, images and audio/video. The presentation tells a
story or supports speech or the presentation of information.

This introductory-level course covers the basic tools and functions required to craft custom slides.
Functions covered in the course include inserting text boxes and images, presenting information with
tables, charts, and SmartArt, incorporating transitions and animation, and formatting slide layouts.
During the course, you will learn how to build a presentation from start to finish and will gain a
greater understanding of the most popular PowerPoint tools.

Learning Outcomes
• Identify and understand the different components of the PowerPoint interface
• Create, delete, duplicate, and rearrange slides
• Insert and edit text boxes with consideration for readability
• Import images into a PowerPoint slide from different sources
• Utilize the Shapes and SmartArt tools to communicate concepts visually
• Add charts, graphs, and tables to present information in a non-text format
• Leverage certain PowerPoint tools to prepare and deliver a presentation
• Save, export, and print a presentation

Benefits of PowerPoint
PowerPoint provides multiple benefits to users, including:
• It is widely used and considered the “standard” for presentation software. If you create a
PowerPoint presentation, it’s more likely to be easier for others to open and view.
• It includes many optional presentation features, including slide transitions, animations,
layouts, templates, etc.
• It offers the option to export its slides to alternative file formats, including GIF (graphics
interchange format) and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) images, MPEG4 video, PDF (Portable Document Format), RTF (rich text format), WMV (Windows Media
Video), and PowerPoint XML (extensible markup language).

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