Course Description

This Introduction to PowerPoint 2016 training class is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2016. Students will explore the PowerPoint environment and create a presentation. Students will format text on slides to enhance clarity and add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them. Students will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form and then finalize a presentation.

Target Student

This course is intended for students who have little or no familiarity with Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 or more experienced Word users who want to learn the topics covered in this course in the 2016 interface.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Start and end a PowerPoint session.
• Edit a presentation.
• Create different types of slides.
• Use the Outline tab.
• Add Clipart to a slide.
• Format slides and use templates.
• Use the Slide Sorter to reorganize a presentation.
• Apply Tables and Charts to a presentation.
• Print various components of a presentation.
• Run a slide show.

Course Content

Creating a PowerPoint Presentation

• Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
• Normal View
• Creating a Presentation
• Saving a Document
• Importing a File
• The Status Bar
• Closing a Presentation

The Ribbon

• The Ribbon
• Tabs
• Groups
• Commands

The Quick Access Toolbar

• Adding Common Commands
• Adding More Commands with the Customize Dialog Box
• Adding Ribbon Commands or Groups
• Placement

The Backstage View (The File Menu)

• Introduction to the Backstage View
• Opening a Presentation
• New Presentation and Presentation Templates
• Presentation Properties
• Adding Your Name to a Microsoft PowerPoint

Formatting Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

• Selecting a Slide Layout
• Adding text
• Adding Text from a Text File or Word Outline
• Editing Text
• Formatting Text
• Formatting Text as WordArt
• Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
• Formatting Text Placeholders
• Adding Slides to a Presentation
• Arranging Slides

Working with Images

• Adding Images to a Slide
• Inserting a Picture
• Inserting Clip Art
• Capturing and Inserting a Snapshot
• Editing an Image
• Formatting Images
• Applying a Style and Cropping an Image
• Grouping and Ungrouping Images
• Arranging Images
• Adding Shapes

Working with Tables and Charts

• Inserting a Table
• Formatting Tables
• Importing Tables from External Sources
• Inserting a Chart
• Formatting a Chart
• Importing Charts from External Sources