Microsoft PowerPoint Level I
Get comfortable with PowerPoint essentials, from formatting text and visuals to delivering a
presentation. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to create and edit PowerPoint files,
COURSE SYLLABUS
add and adjust different types of content (photos, icons, tables, charts, shapes and more) and
how to present to an audience that’s in-person or online.
Group classes in NYC and onsite training is available for this course.
For more information, email nyc@careercenters.com or visit:
https://www.careercenters.com/courses/beginner-powerpoint-classes
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Course Outline
Creating New Presentations
Creating a Presentation
Choosing a Template/Theme
Changing the Template/Theme
Adding Slides & Typing in Content
Slide Layouts
Choosing a Slide Layout
Changing the Slide Layout
Adding Text & Outline View
Adding Text
Bulleted vs Numbered Lists
Adding & Editing Text with Outline View
Outline View Keystrokes
Pictures & Graphics
Placing Pictures into Placeholders
Cropping Photos
Sizing Graphics
Fixing Stretched/Squished Photos
Where to Get Photos
Crop to Shape & Aspect Ratio
Adjusting Photos & Graphics
Picture Adjustments (such as converting to Black & White)
Course Syllabus | Microsoft PowerPoint Level I 1
Picture Border & Effects
Layered Objects
Layered Object vs Placeholder Content
Aligning
Evenly Distributing
Grouping
Reordering Layered Objects
SmartArt
Creating SmartArt
Adding Text
Layouts, Styles, & Shapes
Converting Text into SmartArt
SmartArt with Picture Placeholders
Shapes & Lines
Adding Shapes
Styling Shapes
Adding Text to Shapes
Resizing, Moving, & Rotating Shapes
Connector Lines
Text Boxes
Tables
Creating Tables in PowerPoint
Typing in Table Data
Designing Tables
Table Layout
Sizing Tables & Columns/Rows
Alignment & Spacing In a Table
Adding or Removing Rows/Columns
Merging Cells
Copying & Pasting Charts from Excel
Importing a Chart from Excel
Updating the Chart Data when the Excel File Changes
Transitions
Adding Slide Transitions
Transition Effect Options & Duration
Proofing & Editing
Spell Check
Slide Sorter View
Running a Presentation
Starting & Stopping a Slide Show
Ways to Navigate Slide Shows
Course Syllabus | Microsoft PowerPoint Level I 2
Tools to Use When Presenting
Presenter Notes
Presenter View
Presenting in Microsoft Teams (PowerPoint Live)
Presenter Notes in Zoom
Printing
Choosing What Will Go On the Printed Page
Saving a PDF
Why Make a PDF?
Saving a PDF & Setting Options
Course Syllabus | Microsoft PowerPoint Level I 3
