PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Interface & Basics

Interface - Overview

1. Where is PowerPoint? -- Locate
2. PowerPoint 2016 Interface
3. Presentation Gallery
4. File Menu and Backstage View
5. Quick Access Toolbar
6. Live Preview
7. Ribbon and Tabs
8. Status Bar
9. Notes Pane
10. Slide Area
11. Task Pane
12. Mini Toolbar
13. Slides Pane
14. Format Task Pane
15. Switch Views Between Multiple Presentations
16. Tell Me
17. Black Interface
18. Using the Pen and Highlighter Tools in Slide Show View
19. Edit Annotations with Ink Tools
20. Hide/Unhide Slides
21. Changing Interface Color
22. Duplicate Slides
23. Set PowerPoint 2016 as the Default Version
24. Office Background

Working with QAT and Ribbon

1. Customize Quick Access Toolbar
2. Add and Rename Ribbon Tabs
3. Reordering and Removing Ribbon Tabs
4. Reset, Export, and Import QAT Customizations
5. Working with Custom Groups in Ribbon Tabs
6. Adding Commands to Custom Groups
7. Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations

Views

1. Views in PowerPoint
2. Normal View
3. Presenter View
4. Notes Master View
5. Slide Show
6. Outline View
7. Slide Sorter View
8. Reading View
9. Slide Master View
10. Handout Master View
11. Notes Page View

File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View

1. File Formats
2. File Menu and Backstage View
3. File Types that can be Opened
4. Backstage View - Info Pane
5. Save and Save As Options in Backstage View
6. Open and Close Options in Backstage View
7. Backstage View - New Tab
8. Print Option in Backstage View
9. Backstage View: Program Options
10. General Program Options
11. Add Services
12. Add Places
13. Manage and Remove Connected Services
14. Advanced Program Options
15. Share Option in Backstage View
16. Account Option
17. Export Option
18. Sign Out and Switch Accounts

Working with Slides

1. Change Slide Layout
2. Rulers
3. Guides
4. Gridlines
5. Snap to Grid Settings
6. Working with Snap to Grid
7. Working with Guides
8. Adding More Guides
9. Guide Options
10. Hierarchical Guide Options
11. Compare Presentations Manually
12. Reuse Slides
13. Reuse Slides Through Drag and Drop
14. Inserting a New Slide
15. Smart Dynamic Guides
16. Reset Slide
17. Comparing and Merging Presentations

Sections

1. Getting Started with Sections
2. Adding and Renaming Sections
3. Moving Slides Between Sections
4. Removing Sections
5. Reordering Sections
6. Viewing Sections

Headers and Footers in Slides

1. Working With Slide Numbers
2. Add Headers and Footers
3. Add Headers and Footers to Notes and Handout Pages

Slide Aspect Ratio

1. Widescreen Defaults
2. Set Standard 4:3 Aspect Ratio as Default
3. Change Presentation Aspect Ratio from Widescreen to Standard (and Vice Versa)

Text and Outlines

1. Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
2. Outline Pane Options
3. Import Outlines

Repair Office

1. Repair Office and PowerPoint

Creating Slides

1. Creating PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Word

Text and Fonts

Text Basics

1. Inserting a Text Box
2. Insert Dummy Text
3. Selecting Text
4. Text Alignment

Fonts

1. Font Types and Sizes
2. Format Font Attributes (Styles)
3. Font Dialog Box
4. Embed Fonts
5. Replace Fonts

Bullets and Numbering

1. Change Bullet Styles
2. Customize the Bullet Size and Color
3. Picture Bullets
4. Import Pictures for Bullets
5. Use Dingbats and Other Characters as Bullets
6. Create Your Own Picture Bullets
7. Change Bulleted List to Numbered List
8. Change the Numbered List Style
9. Start or Restart Numbering for Lists

Symbols

1. Insert Symbol

Text Formatting

1. Move Text Boxes on a Slide
2. Resize Text Boxes on a Slide
3. Resize Text Boxes Accurately on a Slide
4. Text Box Autofit Options
5. Reposition Text Boxes Accurately on a Slide
6. Character Spacing

Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools

1. Smart Lookup
2. Spell Check
3. More Spelling Options
4. Setting Spell Check Options
5. Find and Replace Words
6. What is AutoCorrect?
7. AutoCorrect Options
8. Edit Custom Dictionaries
9. Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries
10. Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries
11. Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages
12. Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries
13. Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary
14. Sharing Custom Dictionaries
15. Language Options on the Status Bar
16. Research Tools
17. Thesaurus
18. Translation

Shapes

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
3. Resizing Shapes
4. Rotate Shapes
5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Change One Shape to Another
2. Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles

Selecting Shapes

1. Select and Deselect Shapes
2. Select, Deselect, View, and Hide Shapes Using the Selection Pane

Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes

1. Duplicate Shapes Using Ctrl+D
2. Duplicate Shapes by Dragging

Merge Shapes

1. Merge Shape Commands
2. Shape Combine
3. Shape Union
4. Shape Fragment Command
5. Shape Intersect Command
6. Shape Subtract
7. Convert Text to Shapes by Intersecting
8. Convert Text to Shapes by Fragmenting
9. Merge Shapes with Pictures

Group, Nudge, and Reorder Shapes

1. Group, Ungroup, and Regroup Shapes
2. Nudge Shapes

Text in Shapes

1. Text within Shapes

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

1. Align Shapes
2. Align Shapes to Center of Slide

Text in Shapes

1. Rotate Text 180° within Shapes
2. Align Text within Shapes / Text Boxes

Exotic Shapes

1. Cookie Cutter Shapes

Drawing Lines

1. Drawing Lines
2. Drawing Curved Lines
3. Drawing Freeform Lines
4. Drawing Scribble Lines

Advanced Drawing Techniques

1. Edit Points for Shapes
2. Add or Delete Points (Vertexes) for Shapes
3. Types of Points (Vertexes) for Shapes
4. Edit Points - Open and Close Paths
5. Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments

Customize PowerPoint

Keyboard Shortcuts and Tips

1. Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
2. Keyboard Sequences: PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Customize Interface

1. Removing Customizations from PCB Files

Programming

1. Enable Developer Tab of the Ribbon
2. View Add-ins
3. Manage and Load Add-ins
4. Trust Center
5. Trust Center Settings

Animation and Transitions

Basics of Animation

1. Adding an Animation
2. Types of Animation
3. Entrance Animations
4. Emphasis Animations
5. Exit Animations

Motion Path Animations

1. Motion Path Animations
2. Getting Started with Motion Path Animations
3. Drawing Custom Paths for Motion Path Animations
4. Reversing Motion Paths
5. Open and Closed Motion Paths
6. Lock and Unlock Paths for Motion Path Animations
7. Edit Points in Motion Paths of Animations
8. Position Previews for Motion Path Animations

Advanced Animation Concepts

1. Animation Events
2. Animation Speed
3. Remove Animations
4. Reorder Animations
5. Change Animations