PowerPoint For Beginners – Create Professional Slides Easily

Designed to guide you through the basics of PowerPoint, from navigating the interface to creating polished slides.

Created by: Alan Lomer
Presentation Specialist

What Will I Learn?

• The basics of PowerPoint, from navigating the interface to creating slides.
• How to create many widely used slide designs, using clear step by step instructions.
• Format text and learn the basics of alignment, distribution and margins.
• Understand the various chart types, look at how to edit the chart data and how to customize and improve the look of the chart.
• How to crop and resize photos from the stock library.
• Understand slide layouts, the slide master and choosing a colour theme.
• How to make professional looking diagrams quickly and easily using SmartArt.
• How to insert video clips into your slides and the various sizing, formatting and playback options.
• The different ways of laying out text content using tables.
• How to move away from plain text lists by using shapes to create panels to add clarity and impact.

Requirements

• PowerPoint 2010 / 2013 / 2016 / 2019 (or Office 365)
• No prior knowledge of PowerPoint needed, we'll walk you through everything you need to know.

Target audience

• Anyone who wants get started with PowerPoint, even if you have little to no prior experience with the software.
• Beginner PowerPoint designers who want to create professional slides