PowerPoint 2013 Core Essentials

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Course Description

This one-level PowerPoint 2013 training course covers how to create, customize, and present an interactive slide show. Highlights of the course include using templates and variants; adding images, video, and audio to a slide show; organizing slides into sections; presenting a slide show online; and customizing the PowerPoint interface.
1 Day
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Prerequisites

Participants are expected to be IT literate. This is not an introduction to computers course.

The Basics

Getting Started
Signing In
Saving a Presentation
Opening a Presentation
Creating a New Presentation

Your First Presentation

Adding Content
Adding Notes
Selecting Text and Objects
Using Cut, Copy, and Paste
Using Undo and Redo
Checking Your Spelling

Creating Slides

Adding Slides to a Presentation
Selecting, Moving, and Deleting Slides
Changing and Resetting the Layout
Working with Sections
Viewing the Slide Show

Formatting Text

Changing the Font Face, Size, and Color
Changing Character Spacing
Applying Text Effects
Working with the Font Dialog
Using the Format Painter
Clearing Formatting

Working with Text

Using Find and Replace
Applying Bullets and Numbers
Changing Text Alignment
Formatting Text as Columns
Changing Line Spacing
Changing Text Direction

Formatting the Presentation

Choosing a Theme
Choosing a Variant
Changing the Slide Size
Formatting the Slide Background
Adding Headers and Footers to Slides

Inserting Art and Objects, Part One

Inserting Tables
Inserting Charts
Inserting SmartArt
Inserting Equations
Drawing Shapes
Inserting Text Boxes

Inserting Art and Objects, Part Two

Creating Photo Albums
Inserting Pictures
Inserting Videos
Inserting Screenshots
Inserting Audio

Advanced Slide Tasks

Creating a Basic Animation
Customizing Animations
Using the Animation Painter
Adding a Transition
Customizing Transitions

Viewing and Printing Your Presentation

Viewing the Slide Show
Using Views
Using Zoom
Using Presenter View
Printing a Presentation
Printing Notes and Handouts

Saving and Sharing Your Presentation

Saving a Presentation as PDF or XPS
Packaging a Presentation for CD
E-Mailing a Presentation
Sharing Your Presentation on SkyDrive
Publishing Your Slides to a SharePoint Site
Presenting Online

Customizing the Interface

Changing Ribbon Display Options
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Hiding and Showing Ribbon Tabs
Creating Custom Ribbon Tabs
Resetting Interface Changes
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