Microsoft PowerPoint 2021/365 for Absolute Beginners

About Microsoft PowerPoint 2021/365 for Absolute Beginners

***Exercise and demo files included***

Do you need to add some visual impact to your next pitch? Well, look no further, as this course can show you how to do just that.

Microsoft PowerPoint remains, by far, the most popular presentation program in the world. It allows users to create, edit, and show illustrative presentations with the help of attention-grabbing slides. With this in-depth PowerPoint 2021 course, start creating visually impressive and engaging slide decks from scratch and avoid the Death by PowerPoint syndrome.

Everything you need to learn about the software is here. We start with the basics and explore the essential PowerPoint functions such as templates, slide layouts, themes, backgrounds, shapes, images, and text before moving on to more advanced skills such as animation, transitions, diagrams, charts, tables, master slides, and more.

We’ll take you through a slide workshop, where you’ll learn to create slides from scratch and build knowledge as you go. Also get acquainted with PowerPoint 2021’s new functionalities: the eyedropper, slide zoom, summary zoom, the morph transition, and advanced morph. We’ll even show you some keyboard shortcuts so you can work more efficiently.

This course is designed to invite learners of all levels to see PowerPoint in a new light. Unleash your creativity to create dynamic, vibrant presentations.

Here is some of the ground we’ll cover in this course:

Creating visually stunning presentations that meet best practice guidelines

Finding free, high-quality resources like images, icons, fonts, and videos

Improving efficiency with keyboard shortcuts and the Quick Access Toolbar

Opening, closing, and saving presentations

Working with PowerPoint templates

Applying slide layouts to new or existing slides

Duplicating, arranging, copying, and pasting slides and objects

Working with images, icons, video, text, shapes, and audio files

Correctly selecting, aligning, and grouping objects on a slide

Working with animations, transitions, and motion paths

Creating summary pages using slide and summary zoom

Inserting and editing charts, diagrams, and tables

Inserting hyperlinks to other slides, external websites, and mail addresses

Creating motion video backgrounds

Inserting screenshots and recording

arrating presentations

Working with the Slide Master to make universal changes

Incorporating third-party add-ins into PowerPoint

Preparing a presentation for delivery by adding speaker notes, header and footer, and comments

Setting up a custom slide show and rehearsing timings

Using Presenter View to deliver a presentation

Exporting, sharing, and printing a presentation.

This course includes:

10+ hours of video tutorials

98 individual video lectures

Course and exercise files to follow along

Certificate of completion

Here's what our students are saying...

★★★★★ "Excellent course that is well thought out, detailed and easy to follow.  Knowledgeable instructor who provides a lot of good tips." -Barry Crawford

★★★★★ "Excellent information presented by a very engaging instructor." -Stephen M. Schneider