# PowerPoint Level I (Self-Paced)

Canonical URL: <https://www.graduateschool.edu/courses/self-paced-powerpoint-level-i>

## Overview

Learn Microsoft PowerPoint at your own pace with this self-paced course. Master creating engaging presentations using text, images, shapes, transitions, layered objects, tables, and charts, and prepare your slideshows for effective delivery.

Designed for beginners and those looking to enhance their skills, the course focuses on both efficiency and functionality. You’ll also gain lifetime access to a PowerPoint video suite with several hours of tailored content, accessible on desktop, tablet, or mobile, included free with enrollment.

## What you'll learn

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

## 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

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249