PowerPoint basics
Microsoft PowerPoint Power Seminar 1: Basics of working with Microsoft PowerPoint
Target audience: Anyone needing to use PowerPoint for the first time, and wanting to gain a good understanding of the basic concepts of creating a presentation in PowerPoint. This course is designed to give a brief overview of a number of areas – many of which are covered in more detail in the full-length Microsoft PowerPoint training courses.
Creating a presentation
- Planning and creating a presentation from scratch
- Using the built-in templates for ideas
- Saving your presentation
Adding text content
- Using the Outline view to edit content
- Entering content directly onto slides
- Switching to a different slide layout
Adding other content
- Clip-art, images and movie clips
- Tables
- Smart-Art graphics and diagrams
Formatting the presentation
- Using the design templates and themes
- Modifying the formatting for a single slide
Creating transition effects and running a presentation
- Using slide sorter view
- Applying transition effects to one or more slides
- Running the presentation and using navigation tools
For more information on how our Power Seminars series works, see the Microsoft Office Power Seminars overview page.