Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Foundation Training Materials

Using PowerPoint 2016

• Opening PowerPoint 2016
• Opening a Presentation
• Navigating between Slides
• Using the Zoom Tool
• Changing PowerPoint Views
• Using Help
• Searching For Help
• Using the Help Table of Contents
• Saving a Presentation
• Closing a Presentation
• Closing PowerPoint
• Opening Multiple Presentations
• Switching between Multiple Presentations

Creating a PowerPoint 2016 Presentation

•  Creating a New Presentation
• Inserting a New Slide
• Recommended Techniques When Creating Slide Content
• Undo and Redo
• Saving a Presentation
• Saving a Presentation Using a Different Name

Manipulating Slides within PowerPoint 2016

•  Inserting Slides with a Particular Slide Layout
• Modifying the Slide Layout
• Changing the Background Colour on the Active Slide
• Changing Background Colour on All the Slides within a Presentation

PowerPoint 2016 Design Themes

•  Applying a Theme to a Presentation
• Modifying the Theme Colours
• Modifying the Theme Fonts

Text Boxes (Placeholders)

•  Editing Text Boxes (Placeholders)
• Resizing a Text Box (Placeholder)
• Moving a Text Box (Placeholder)

Manipulating Text in PowerPoint 2016

•  Selecting Text
• Moving Text within a Slide
• Moving Text between Slides within a Presentation or between Presentations
• Copying Text within a Slide
• Copying Text between Slides within a Presentation or between Presentations
• Deleting Text
• Using Find
• Using Replace

Font Formatting within PowerPoint 2016

•  Font Formatting Options
• Changing the Font Type
• Changing Font Size
• Increasing or Decreasing the Font Size
• Bold, Italic or Underline Formatting
• Strikethrough Effects
• Shadow Effects
• Character Spacing
• Changing Case
• Font Colour
• Clearing All Text Formatting

Paragraph Formatting within PowerPoint 2016

•  Text Alignment
• Columns
• Modifying Bullet Point Formatting
• Using Numbering Instead of Bullet Points
• Changing the List Level
• Indenting Bulleted Text
• Line Spacing Vs. Paragraph Spacing
• Line Spacing
• Paragraph Spacing
• Using Outline View
• PowerPoint Presenter Notes
• Text Direction
• Text Alignment within a Text Box (Placeholder)
• Text AutoFit
• Using the Format Painter

Tables and PowerPoint 2016

•  Table Selection Techniques
• Column Selection
• Row Selection
• Entire Table Selection
• Creating a Table
• Applying a Style to a Table
• Cell Background Shading
• Applying Table Effects
• Adding ‘Quick Styles’ to Selected Text
• Applying Borders to Cells
• Deleting a Column
• Deleting a Row
• Inserting Rows or Columns
• Modifying Column Width and Row Height
• Distributing Rows and Columns

PowerPoint 2016 & Illustrations

•  Selecting an Illustration
• Selecting Multiple Illustrations
• Moving an Illustration
• Copying an Illustration
• Deleting an Illustration
• Resizing an Illustration
• Stretching an Illustration
• Copying Illustrations between Presentations
• Moving Illustrations between Presentations
• Inserting Illustrations within PowerPoint
• Inserting Pictures from Your Hard Disk
• Inserting Online Pictures or Clip Art
• Inserting Shapes
• Inserting Text into a Shape
• Inserting Perfect Circles or Perfect Squares
• Inserting a Line
• Inserting a Free Drawn Line
• Inserting an Arrow
• Inserting a Text Box
• Inserting SmartArt

Manipulating Illustrations within PowerPoint

•  Formatting the Shape Background Fill Colour Style
• Applying a Shadow to an Illustration
• Modifying Arrow Line Shapes and Size
• Rotating or Flipping an Illustration
• Rotating Illustrations by Dragging With the Mouse
• Layering Illustrations to the Front or Back
• Aligning Graphics Relative to Each Other or Relative to the Slide
• Aligning Shapes Relative to the Left of a Slide
• Aligning Shapes Relative to the Centre of a Slide
• Aligning Shapes Relative to the Right of a Slide
• Aligning Shapes Relative to the Top of a Slide
• Aligning Shapes Relative to the Bottom of a Slide
• Grouping and Ungrouping Objects

Charts in PowerPoint 2016

•  Inserting Charts and Editing the Chart Data
• Changing the Chart Type
• Changing the Background Colour in the Chart
• Changing the Column, Bar, Line or Pie Slice Colours in the Chart
• Chart Title Manipulation
• Adding Data Labels to a Chart

Manipulating Slides within PowerPoint 2016

•  Moving Slides within a Presentation or between Presentations
• Copying Slides within a Presentation
• Deleting a Slide or Slides
• Copying Slides between Presentations
• Moving Slides between Presentations

PowerPoint 2016 Slide Masters

•  What Is a Slide Master?
• Inserting a Picture (Clipart) Into a Master Slide
• Removing a Picture or Shape from a Master Slide

Headers, Footers and Slide Numbering

•  Creating a Footer
• Automatic Slide Numbering
• Inserting Dates into the Footer

PowerPoint 2016 Slide Shows

•  Running a Slide Show
• Adding Slide Show Transition Effects
• Removing Transition Effects
• Adding Slide Show Animation Effects
• Modifying Slide Show Animation Effects
• Removing Animation Effects
• Hiding Slides
• Displaying Hidden Slides within a Slide Show

Video Creation Using PowerPoint 2016

•  Inserting Hyperlinks into Slides
• Converting a PowerPoint Presentation into a Video
• Uploading a Video to YouTube

Printing and Proofing In PowerPoint 2016

•  Spell-Checking a Presentation
• Using Portrait or Landscape Slide Orientation
• Switching between Standard and Widescreen Formats
• Selecting Your Output Format
• Visually Inspect Each Slide before Printing
• Printing Options
• Setting the Number of Copies to Print
• Selecting a Different Printer
• Printing Selected Slides
• Setting the Number of Slides per Page to Be Printed
• Single or Double Sided (Duplex) Printing
• To Print a Presentation