Modifying and Formatting Slides in PowerPoint 2016

Modifying and Formatting Slides in PowerPoint 2016

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
In Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, you can easily add slides to a presentation, manipulate their order, and use predefined options to give the slides a particular look and feel. Then you can use a range of options to add content to slides and adjust its appearance. In this course, you'll learn how to set up a basic presentation, ordering a sequence of slides and applying a presentation theme and slide layout. You'll also learn how to add and work with slide text, including using creative text effects and converting text into SmartArt. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for beginners.

Target Audience
End users at all levels, including those who have little or no familiarity with Microsoft PowerPoint and more experienced PowerPoint users who want to learn about the new interface and features in PowerPoint 2016.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Modifying and Formatting Slides in PowerPoint 2016

start the course

work with slides in PowerPoint 2016

insert an outline from an external source in a presentation in PowerPoint 2016

insert saved slides in a presentation in PowerPoint 2016

apply and modify a theme, and hide background graphics, in PowerPoint 2016

work with themes in PowerPoint 2016

apply predefined slide layouts to slides in PowerPoint 2016

copy and move text, and apply special paste options, in PowerPoint 2016

work with lists in PowerPoint 2016

add and work with headers, footers, and slide numbering in PowerPoint 2016

indent text and set line and character spacing in PowerPoint 2016

set text alignment and direction, and convert text to columns, in PowerPoint 2016

work with text effects in PowerPoint 2016

convert text into SmartArt in PowerPoint 2016

set up a sequence of slides, apply a theme and slide layout, add a header, add and format text, and convert text to SmartArt in PowerPoint 2016

Course Number:
mo_bepw_a02_dt_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner