# PowerPoint Level I

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## Overview

Get a strong foundation in Microsoft PowerPoint in this one-day course. You'll learn to create dynamic presentations incorporating text, images, shapes, transitions, and layered objects, and gain experience working with tables and charts to prepare polished, professional slideshows.

This course is a great starting point for anyone new to PowerPoint as well as those looking to sharpen their existing skills. It covers both functionality and efficiency, giving you a practical toolkit that will significantly improve your effectiveness with the software. The course also includes a PowerPoint video suite with several hours of customized content available on desktop, tablet, or mobile, included at no additional cost.

## 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
- Oct 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Nov 12, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Dec 10, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jan 14, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Feb 11, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Mar 11, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Apr 14, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- May 13, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jun 17, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Jul 15, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Aug 19, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online
- Sep 22, 2027 10:00am–5:00pm — Live Online

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $299