Creating Presentations in PowerPoint Microsoft 365
PowerPoint Microsoft 365
| Beginner
- 13 videos | 54m 29s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
In this 13-video course, learners can explore how to create a presentation in PowerPoint for Office 365, and finesse slides like a pro. First, observe how to create and begin editing a new document in PowerPoint. You will then explore presentation themes and templates, and how to customize them to meet your requirements. Next, learn how to add slides to a new presentation by recycling existing content. You will explore the several preset slide layouts available, and how to create your own. Learners will observe how PowerPoint's Slide Master View allows one to change the overall appearance of a presentation and make changes to multiple slides at once, and how to use it to create a template customized to one's requirements by using Slide Master View. Next, learn how to sort slides into sections to structure your presentation. You will learn how to create an outline in PowerPoint, and how to use the header and footer tools. Finally, observe how to create master slides to use multiple themes in a presentation.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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create and open a presentationuse themes and templates to create a presentationinsert a new slide in a presentationinsert slides from an existing presentation in your presentationadjust your slide layoutmove your slidescreate a template for your presentation
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create sections in your presentationcreate an outline for your presentationuse headers and footers in your presentationuse the Master mode in your presentationcreate a Master slide templatemanage multiple themes using Master slides for your presentation
IN THIS COURSE
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5m 16sThe first step in putting together your presentation is creating a new document. With PowerPoint, you can quickly create a new document and begin editing it. You can also use PowerPoint to open an existing presentation. FREE ACCESS
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3m 31sPowerPoint comes complete with access to an extensive template library, from which you can download any template or theme that catches your eye. Templates include theme elements such as slides, objects, layouts, and is generally used with a specific purpose in mind. A theme covers the color scheme as well as slide and object styles in a presentation, but will not generally include preinserted elements. FREE ACCESS
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3m 14sA presentation is made up of multiple slides. These slides are similar to the pages in a Word document. If you want to create your presentation, you are going to need to know how to insert new slides in PowerPoint. It is also possible to specify the preset layout that is applied when you create a new slide. FREE ACCESS
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4m 20sIn PowerPoint, you can quickly create presentations from another presentation document. See how to add slides to your PowerPoint presentation by recycling existing content into your updated presentation. FREE ACCESS
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4m 19sPowerPoint features a number of preset slide layouts. These can be used to add structure to your presentation and insert text elements and objects into your slide automatically. You can create new slides using predefined layouts and if you change your mind later on, the layout can be changed without losing any of your customized content. FREE ACCESS
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3m 20sIf you have put a slide in the wrong place or if you simply wish to reorganize the slides in your presentation, PowerPoint allows you to move them around quickly and easily. You can, for example, drag and drop a slide to a new position. You can also use the Slide Sorter view to change the overall organization of your presentation. You can even drag and drop entire sections to change the structure of your presentation. FREE ACCESS
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3m 51sIn PowerPoint, you can create presentation templates from scratch. If your presentations are often of a similar style and often contain certain text or illustrative elements, you may find it useful to create a template which can be used to speed up the creation process. When creating your own template, you can define the background, text style and size, and even the layout of the different pre-inserted elements, such as text boxes, shapes, and tables. FREE ACCESS
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5m 1sIn PowerPoint, you can sort your slides into different sections. This can help you to structure your presentation. You can, for example, temporarily hide slides relating to a particular section in your presentation. You can also use sections to move multiple slides simultaneously. FREE ACCESS
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4m 41sOnce you've created sections, you can visualize and even create a section outline slide for quick reference. See how to quickly create section links and navigate through your PowerPoint presentation. FREE ACCESS
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5m 3sIt is sometimes useful to include certain information on every slide in your presentation. For this, you may want to use PowerPoint's header and footer tools. Once you have activated your header or footer, that information will by default appear on all the slides in your presentation. FREE ACCESS
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4m 7sPowerPoint's Slide Master view allows you to change the overall appearance of your presentation and make changes to multiple slides at once. You can, for example, use it to format all the titles in your presentation, or change the location of your company's logo for every slide that uses the same layout. FREE ACCESS
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4m 35sIn order to create your Master slide template, you can use the Slide Master view to customize the layout and include or exclude any elements from your presentation. See how to create and use Master slide templates with PowerPoint. FREE ACCESS
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3m 11sIf you want to use multiple themes in a single presentation, you are going to need to know how to create Master slides. Once you have inserted multiple Master slides, you can organize your presentation any way you want. FREE ACCESS
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