# PowerPoint Level I Course

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/powerpoint-1day>

## Overview

Spend a day mastering Microsoft PowerPoint. In this course, you’ll learn to create engaging presentations by adding text, images, shapes, transitions, and layered objects. You’ll also work with tables and charts, and prepare your slideshow for delivery.

This one-day PowerPoint class is perfect for beginners as well as those looking to sharpen their skills. It focuses on both functionality and efficiency, so even if you think you already know “the basics,” you’ll leave with a toolkit of techniques to boost your productivity with the software.

Included with the course is a PowerPoint video suite featuring several hours of tailored content. You’ll have lifetime access to high-quality videos on desktop, tablet, or mobile—a $95 value—free with enrollment.

## What you'll learn

- Build new presentations from templates and customize layouts, themes, and content structure
- Add and edit text, bullets, and numbered lists using Outline View and various formatting tools
- Insert and enhance photos, SmartArt, and shapes with effects, cropping, and alignment options
- Create and format tables, add connector lines, and import charts from Excel to display data
- Apply transitions, manage presenter notes, and use presentation tools for live or virtual delivery
- Save, print, and export presentations to PDF, with options tailored for professional use

## Curriculum

#### Creating New Presentations

- Creating a Presentation
- Choosing a Template/Theme
- Changing the Template/Theme
- Adding Slides & Typing in Content

#### Slide Layouts

- Choosing a Slide Layout
- Changing the Slide Layout

#### Adding Text & Outline View

- Adding Text
- Bulleted vs Numbered Lists
- Adding & Editing Text with Outline View
- Outline View Keystrokes

#### Pictures & Graphics

- Placing Pictures into Placeholders
- Cropping Photos
- Sizing Graphics
- Fixing Stretched/Squished Photos
- Where to Get Photos
- Crop to Shape & Aspect Ratio

#### Adjusting Photos & Graphics

- Picture Adjustments (such as converting to Black & White)
- Picture Border & Effects

#### Layered Objects

- Layered Object vs Placeholder Content
- Aligning
- Evenly Distributing
- Grouping
- Reordering Layered Objects

#### SmartArt

- Creating SmartArt
- Adding Text
- Layouts, Styles, & Shapes
- Converting Text into SmartArt
- SmartArt with Picture Placeholders

#### Shapes & Lines

- Adding Shapes
- Styling Shapes
- Adding Text to Shapes
- Resizing, Moving, & Rotating Shapes
- Connector Lines
- Text Boxes

#### Tables

- Creating Tables in PowerPoint
- Typing in Table Data
- Designing Tables
- Table Layout
- Sizing Tables & Columns/Rows
- Alignment & Spacing In a Table
- Adding or Removing Rows/Columns
- Merging Cells

#### Copying & Pasting Charts from Excel

- Importing a Chart from Excel
- Updating the Chart Data when the Excel File Changes

#### Transitions

- Adding Slide Transitions
- Transition Effect Options & Duration

#### Proofing & Editing

- Spell Check
- Slide Sorter View

#### Running a Presentation

- Starting & Stopping a Slide Show
- Ways to Navigate Slide Shows
- Tools to Use When Presenting
- Presenter Notes
- Presenter View
- Presenting in Microsoft Teams (PowerPoint Live)
- Presenter Notes in Zoom

#### Printing

- Choosing What Will Go On the Printed Page

#### Saving a PDF

- Why Make a PDF?
- Saving a PDF & Setting Options

## Schedule
- Jun 6, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 10, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 10, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 12, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 15, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249