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Take your PowerPoint presentations from ordinary to extraordinary! Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (now available through Office 365) to create professional-quality slide presentations that grab and hold your audience's attention from start to finish. You see how to plan a presentation for your audience, format it with themes and color and use the slide master and layout master to make global changes. You learn how to embellish your slides with text and objects, including pictures, shapes, WordArt and SmartArt, and how to add multimedia effects to create animated presentations and more.

Course Objectives

Discover how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 to create professional-quality slide presentations that grab attention from start to finish and make your message memorable

Outline of Instruction

The PowerPoint 2016 Interface
Come explore the basic features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2016! Learn about the ribbon, which replaces the menu and toolbars so common in other programs written for the Windows operating system. Find out how to plan a presentation and start the PowerPoint program and practice working with different views, task panes, tabs and templates.

Creating Presentations
It's time to create a presentation from scratch. Start by choosing a theme for the presentation and create slides with a variety of layouts. Find out about the Live Preview feature and learn how to save a file so that you can find it later. Create and edit slides in the slide pane and in Outline view. Review ways to put on a slideshow.

Creating and Editing Tables and Opening and Saving Files
Including tables in your presentation lets you present a lot of information in a little space. Add, revise and format tables and learn multiple ways to open a presentation. Also, find out how to preserve different versions of your work by saving with different filenames.

Creating and Printing Error-Free Presentations
Learn to print your presentation as slides, handouts, an outline or notes pages – this versatility will really help you connect with audience members. To make sure your printed presentation is as close to perfect as it can be, explore the Spelling, AutoCorrect and Thesaurus features, along with the new Smart Lookup feature.

Working With Saved and Online Images
See how to embellish your slides with media clips, which could include illustrations, clip art and photographs. Learn how to download an image from a website and insert the image on a slide.

WordArt, Shapes and SmartArt
Transform text into colorful WordArt objects and to draw and fill shapes with color and special effects. Learn to group and edit the objects you create and add visual sophistication to your text with SmartArt Graphics.

Creating and Editing a Chart
Create and edit a chart slide to illustrate statistical data. Learn how to change the look of your chart by using the options on the Chart Tools contextual tab and the chart formatting buttons.

Making Global Changes to a Presentation
Making the same changes to dozens of PowerPoint slides is boring and time-consuming, so learn about global changes you can make to your slides, handouts and notes. For example, if you want to increase or decrease the font size on all the slides in a presentation, just make the change on the slide master. You can also make global changes when you modify your presentation's theme colors or background.

Creating Links
Enliven your presentation as you learn to create links from text or objects to other slides, presentations, documents and web pages. You can even add sounds and 3D effects!

Applying Animation to Slides, Text and Objects
Have you seen a presentation where text, images or entire slides fly in from the top or push up from the bottom? Learn about slide transitions, the options on the Transition tab and apply animation to text and objects on slides and the slide or layout master with the options on the Animations tab. Find out how to add sound effects, such as chimes and whooshes, to slide transitions.

Applying Advanced Animation Effects to Text and Objects
You already know how to apply animation to your slides as they transition. Now, it's time to apply advanced animation effects to text and objects on slides and slide and layout masters. With the animation commands and the Animation Pane, you can add and reorder animated text and objects on slides and add an audio clip to your presentation.

Sharing and Saving Your Presentations, Including OneDrive and Office Online
Discover different ways to save and share PowerPoint presentations, such as exporting it as a PDF file so it is accessible on computers that don't have PowerPoint 2016. Learn to open, edit and share your presentation online with a Windows OneDrive account and PowerPoint Online and how to turn your presentation into a video.

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

1

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

N/A

Learning Supplies Needed

Hardware requirements:
This course must be taken on a PC. It is not suitable for Macs.

Software requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge is also compatible.
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 or a subscription to Office 365 (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account

Instructional material requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

N/A

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance
Students must score 70% or better on 10 quizzes or the final exam.

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Non-Credit Online Learning https://ceonline.waketech.edu
919-532-5847
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