PowerPoint 2013, 2016, 2019 - Introduction

Goals

Be able to create a presentation.

Prerequisite

Good knowledge of the Windows environment.

Contents

Introduction to PowerPoint

• The PowerPoint interface: Quick Access Toolbar, the ribbon and the tabs
• PowerPoint help
• The different views
• The Comments pane

Managing presentations

• Create a blank presentation
• Create a presentation based on a template or a theme
• Create a new presentation based on an existing presentation
• Open, close and save a presentation
• New default slide size (16:9 layout)

Slides

• Create a slide
• Change the slide layout
• Delete slides
• Copy/move slides
• Duplicate slides
• Insert a slide from another presentation
• Apply a background

Text

• Typing text
• Working in Outline View
• Check spelling and grammar
• Translate one or a few words
• Search for synonyms
• Find and replace text
• Format fonts
• Use the eyedropper for colour matching
• Apply a WordArt effect on text
• Copy formatting
• Clear all formatting
• Apply and change bullets or numbering
• Change line and paragraph spacing
• Change indents
• Apply a vertical alignment on text
• Change the text orientation
• Display a text in columns

Shapes

• Draw a shape
• Live preview and alignment guides for objects
• Use the Smart Guides to show if objects are spaced evenly
• Merge common shapes to combine and create new shapes

Tables

• Insert a table
• Draw a table
• Selections
• Change the table structure
• Modify the table formatting
• Apply a table style

Pictures

• Insert a picture
• Insert a clipart online (Office.com or Bing Picture Search)
• Apply quick styles on pictures
• Change the picture shape (crop to shape)
• Modify a picture
• Reset picture
• Compress pictures

SmartArt

• Insert a SmartArt
• Change the SmartArt layout and formatting

Charts

• Insert a chart
• Change the chart data
• Change the chart layout
• Apply a quick style

Printing

• Change page orientation when printing
• Use print preview
• Create headers and footers (printing slides)
• Create headers and footers (printing handouts, notes or outline)
• Printing options