Course Introduction and Pre-Course Reading
  • Introduction to your course and the instructor
  • Download these files and images before you start
  • Downloadable Exercise Book and Personal Quick Reference Guide
  • Using the Mouse
  • Understanding the Ribbon
Introduction to PowerPoint 2016
  • What is PowerPoint 2016?
  • How to get PowerPoint 2016
  • Office 2016 vs Office 365 vs Office Online and how to get a 1 month free trial
Start PowerPoint 2016 and Create Your First Presentation
  • Start PowerPoint (step by step notes)
  • Start PowerPoint (video)
  • Take a look around and open a blank presentation
  • Blank presentation - take a look around
  • Add a title and subtitle
  • Add a title and subtitle to a blank presentation
  • Add a new default slide
  • Add content to a slide
  • Add Default Slide and Add Content
  • Exercise - Start PowerPoint 2016 and Create Your First Presentation
Adding specific slide types
  • Add a specific slide type and add content (step by step notes)
  • Add a specific slide type and add content (video)
  • Exercise - Add a specific slide type
Adding visuals to a slide
  • Inserting images (step by step notes)
  • Inserting images (video)
  • Insert and edit a basic pie chart (step by step notes)
  • Insert and edit a basic pie chart (video)
  • Edit a Pie chart
  • Add, resize and move a shape
  • Add text and change the colour of a shape
  • Add and edit a shape
  • Exercise - Adding Visuals to a Slide
Duplicate and move slides
  • Duplicate a slide
  • Move a slide
  • Duplicate and move a slide
  • Exercise - Duplicate and move a slide
Spell checker
  • Set Default Language
  • Check Spelling
  • Exercise - Spell Checker
Style and formatting
  • Change background colour (step by step notes)
  • Change background colour (video)
  • Change font size and colour
  • Text bold, italic and underline
  • Font size, colour, bold, italic and underline (video)
  • Exercise - style and formatting
Effects
  • Transitions (step by step notes)
  • Transitions (video)
  • Animations
  • Delete an animation
  • Create and delete an animation (video)
  • Exercise - Effects
Viewing and Presenting
  • Normal and Slide Sorter Views
  • Slide show view and presenting your work
  • Views and presenting your work (video)
  • Exercise - Viewing and presenting
Saving and Closing
  • Saving your work
  • Close a Presentation
  • Save and Close (video)
  • Exercise - Saving and closing
Help
  • PowerPoint help
  • Help from the instructor
Bonus Section
  • Preview - Super Simple Microsoft Forms