PowerPoint 365 - Fundamentals

After the training the participant shall be able to:  

• to create a presentation

Introduction to PowerPoint

• The PowerPoint 365 interface: Quick Access Toolbar, the ribbon and the tabs
  

• PowerPoint help
  

• The different views
  

• The Comments pane
  

Managing presentations

• Create a blank presentation
  

• Create a presentation based on a template or a theme
  

• Create a new presentation based on an existing presentation
  

• Open, close and save a presentation
  

• New default slide size (16:9 layout)
  

Slides

• Create a slide
  

• Change the slide layout
  

• Delete slides
  

• Copy/move slides
  

• Duplicate slides
  

• Reuse slides
  

• Apply a background
  

Text

• Typing text
  

• Working in Outline View
  

• Check spelling and grammar
  

• Translate one or a few words
  

• Search for synonyms
  

• Find and replace text
  

• Format fonts
  

• Use the eyedropper for colour matching
  

• Apply a WordArt effect on text
  

• Copy formatting
  

• Clear all formatting
  

• Apply and change bullets or numbering
  

• Change line and paragraph spacings
  

• Change indents
  

• Apply a vertical alignment on text
  

• Change the text orientation
  

• Display a text in columns
  

Shapes

• Draw a shape
  

• Live preview and alignment guides for objects
  

• Use Smart Guides to show whether objects are evenly distributed
  

• Merge common shapes to combine and create new shapes
  

Tables

• Insert a table
  

• Draw a table
  

• Selections
  

• Change the table structure
  

• Modify the table formatting
  

• Apply a table style
  

Pictures

• Insert a picture
  

• Insert stock images or online pictures
  

• Apply quick styles on pictures
  

• Change the picture shape (crop to shape)
  

• Change picture
  

• Reset picture
  

• Compress pictures
  

• Insert icons
  

SmartArt

• Insert a SmartArt
  

• Change the SmartArt layout and formatting
  

Charts

• Insert a chart
  

• Change the chart data
  

• Change the chart layout
  

• Apply a quick style
  

Printing

• Change page orientation when printing
  

• Use print preview
  

• Create headers and footers (printing slides)
  

• Create headers and footers (printing handouts, notes or outline)
  

• Printing options

Be familiar with the Windows environment.

By the end of the training, the trainee will receive a statement of participation issued by the House of Training.