Level 1—Beginner PowerPoint and Presentation Skills

Level 1 highlights essential aspects of building standard PowerPoint slide shows and delivering them in traditional linear fashion. You will master the following topics:

Session 1-1

• Opening PowerPoint
• Understanding the work area
• Customizing the work area
• Building text-based slides
• Formatting text
• The differences between Master-controlled and custom text boxes (placeholders)
• Animating bullets
• Using the Slide Master
• Adding multiple Masters
• Applying a template to a show
• Creating slide shows
• Saving slide shows
• Saving a show as a template
• Adding slides to a show
• Formatting slides
• Copying/pasting slides
• Deleting slides
• Renaming slide shows

Session 1-2

• Using Slide Sorter view
• Moving slides within a show and between shows
• Adding slide transitions
• Inserting a picture
• Creating/formatting/editing tables
• Creating formatting/editing graphs and charts
• Creating/formatting/editing diagrams
• Basic hyperlinking
• Delivering presentations in Slide Show mode
• Delivery and Design best practices
• Ending a slide show
• Printing handouts (and other alternatives)

Level 1 is roughly equivalent to standard PowerPoint courses offered through community colleges and software training facilities. The above knowledge provides a starting point for learning Relational Presentation methods.

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