Desktop Computer Skills
PowerPoint 2016
PowerPoint 2016: Adding Animations
PowerPoint 2016: Configuring PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2016: Configuring PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2016: Creating Graphics & Diagrams
PowerPoint 2016: Creating Presentations
PowerPoint 2016: Formatting Presentations
PowerPoint 2016: Getting Started
PowerPoint 2016: Illustrating Presentations
PowerPoint 2016: Inserting & Manipulating Text
PowerPoint 2016: Organizing Presentations Assets
PowerPoint 2016: Preparing & Delivering Slideshows
PowerPoint 2016: Saving & Sharing Presentations
PowerPoint 2016: Using PowerPoint 2016 with Office 365
PowerPoint 2016: Using the Office Mix Add-in

PowerPoint 2016: Adding Animations

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_09_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Adding Animations

  • Adding basic animations to your presentation
  • Customizing an animation
  • Creating an animation
  • Managing multiple animations
  • Adding animations to multiple slides
  • Replaying slide animations
  • Creating transitions between slides
  • Applying Morph transitions

Overview/Description
Presentations are far more impactful for the audience when animation is added to the mix. Discover how to create, customize, and manage animations in PowerPoint.

Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Configuring PowerPoint

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_12_19_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Configuring PowerPoint

  • Customizing your presentation view
  • Installing Add-ins
  • Customizing your interface
  • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Customizing the Ribbon

Overview/Description

PowerPoint is ready to use out of the box, but configuring it can make it even better. Discover how to customize the view, interface, Quick Access Toolbar, and ribbon.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Configuring PowerPoint

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_12_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Configuring PowerPoint

  • Customizing your presentation view
  • Installing Add-ins
  • Customizing your interface
  • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Customizing the Ribbon

Overview/Description

PowerPoint is ready to use out of the box, but configuring it can make it even better. Discover how to customize the view, interface, Quick Access Toolbar, and ribbon.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Creating Graphics & Diagrams

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_07_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Creating Graphics & Diagrams

  • Inserting a diagram
  • Creating a custom shape
  • Adding a fill effect to your shapes
  • Formatting borders & outlines to your shapes
  • Adding shape effects
  • Inserting a chart
  • Formatting your chart
  • Inserting a SmartArt graphic
  • Editing your SmartArt graphic

Overview/Description

Good presentations often require good visual elements that speak louder than words. Explore custom shapes, fill effects, shape effects, charts, and SmartArt.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Creating Presentations

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_02_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Creating Presentations

  • Creating & opening a presentation
  • Using themes & templates to create a presentation
  • Inserting a new slide
  • Inserting slides from an existing presentation
  • Adjusting your slide layout
  • Moving your slides
  • Creating a template
  • Creating sections in your presentation
  • Creating an outline
  • Using headers & footers
  • Using the Master mode
  • Creating a Master slide template
  • Managing multiple themes using Master slides

Overview/Description

Create your slides, and finesse them like a pro. Discover how to use themes, create and manipulate slides, and work with slide elements.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Formatting Presentations

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_05_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Formatting Presentations

  • Changing your text's size & font
  • Adding color to your presentation
  • Creating a customized color palette
  • Creating a WordArt title
  • Aligning your text
  • Rotating your text
  • Organizing your text into columns
  • Inserting bullet points
  • Inserting a numbered list
  • Creating a hybrid list
  • Modifying your paragraph indentation
  • Modifying your line & paragraph spacing
  • Using presentation themes
  • Changing your slide background
  • Creating a custom slide background
  • Creating a theme
  • Using the Designer tool

Overview/Description

Presentations with visual impact are the key to a great talk. Explore the many ways you can polish your PowerPoint 2016 presentation, from working with color and WordArt to paragraphs, lists, themes, and backgrounds.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Getting Started

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_01_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Getting Started

  • Finding & opening the application
  • Using the application
  • Moving between slides
  • Changing your view mode
  • Using the zoom tool
  • Moving between presentations

Overview/Description

PowerPoint is the presentation application that is included with Microsoft Office 2016. Discover how to locate and open the application, explore the interface tools and menus, and navigate between slides and presentations.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Illustrating Presentations

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_06_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Illustrating Presentations

  • Inserting an image
  • Inserting a screenshot
  • Manipulating an image
  • Editing an image
  • Editing an image with the advanced editing tools
  • Inserting an audio file
  • Inserting a video file
  • Editing your multimedia file
  • Adding hyperlinks
  • Creating bookmarks in your presentation
  • Inserting a table
  • Editing your table
  • Formatting your table
  • Inserting a preset equation
  • Creating your own equation
  • Creating a photo album
  • Importing an item from Excel
  • Inserting a file

Overview/Description

A picture speaks a thousand words, but why stop there? Explore the graphic elements of PowerPoint, from working with images to audio and video files, hyperlinks, bookmarks, tables, equations, and inserting other file types.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Inserting & Manipulating Text

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_04_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Inserting & Manipulating Text

  • Inserting text
  • Inserting special characters
  • Undoing & redoing your actions
  • Configuring the Spell Check function
  • Using the Spell Check function
  • Adjusting the AutoCorrect options
  • Using the Find tool
  • Using the Replace tool
  • Using Smart Look-up

Overview/Description

PowerPoint 2016 presentations contain two key elements: graphics and text. Discover how to manipulate text like a pro.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Organizing Presentations Assets

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_08_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Organizing Presentations Assets

  • Copying & pasting
  • Using the paste special tool
  • Using the clipboard
  • Manipulating items in your presentation
  • Organizing your slide content
  • Grouping & ungrouping items

Overview/Description

Your presentation needs to be tweaked to make it just right. Discover the various editing elements of PowerPoint, from copying and pasting to object grouping and slide organization.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Preparing & Delivering Slideshows

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_10_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Preparing & Delivering Slideshows

  • Using the Slide Show mode
  • Using the Slide Show tools
  • Using the notes section
  • Inserting action buttons
  • Annotating your presentation
  • Creating a Zoom summary
  • Using the Zoom tool with a slide or section
  • Creating an automatic slide show
  • Creating customized slide shows
  • Configuring the Slide Show mode
  • Presenting your presentation online

Overview/Description
Ready to go live? All that work you put into your presentation has come to this. It's time to prepare and deliver your slideshow, from working with notes and action buttons to annotation and custom slide shows.

Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Saving & Sharing Presentations

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_03_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Saving & Sharing Presentations

  • Saving your presentation
  • Backing up & recovering your presentation
  • Saving your presentation as a PDF
  • Exporting your presentation
  • Creating a video presentation
  • Creating a presentation package
  • Using your presentation in Word
  • Checking for compatibility issues
  • Editing your presentation properties
  • Adjusting your print page layout
  • Printing your presentation
  • Creating an accessible presentation
  • Checking for personal information in your presentation
  • Protecting your presentation
  • Comparing two presentations
  • Sending your presentation via email
  • Sharing your document via OneDrive
  • Commenting on a presentation

Overview/Description

Once your presentation is done, you can save, export, and share it. Explore the methods for saving, backing up, exporting, and protecting PowerPoint 2016 presentations.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Using PowerPoint 2016 with Office 365

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_13_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Using PowerPoint 2016 with Office 365

  • Creating & opening a presentation
  • Saving a document
  • Creating a new document quickly with QuickStarter
  • Inserting icons
  • Using the Draw tools
  • Sending a document via email
  • Creating a shareable link
  • Managing shared documents
  • Managing a document's version history
  • Collaborating on a document

Overview/Description

If you or your organization has a qualifying Office 365 subscription, you can use it to install PowerPoint 2016 and get the latest software updates released by Microsoft. Recent updates available to Office 365 subscribers using PowerPoint 2016 include streamlined document management, annotation, and share interfaces, a QuickStarter tool to simplify deck creation, and icon insertion capabilities.



Target

Prerequisites: none

PowerPoint 2016: Using the Office Mix Add-in

Course Number:
ds_mspp2016_11_enus
Lesson Objectives

PowerPoint 2016: Using the Office Mix Add-in

  • Installing the Office Mix extension
  • Using the Slide Recording tool
  • Recording slide annotations
  • Recording a presentation
  • Adding screen recordings to your presentation
  • Adding multimedia files to your Mix
  • Creating a free response quiz
  • Creating a poll
  • Creating a multiple choice or true & false quiz
  • Exporting your presentation as a video
  • Sharing your presentation
  • Adjusting your share settings
  • Managing your Mixes
  • Tracking your Mix statistics

Overview/Description

Office Mix is the add-in for creating interactive online presentations with PowerPoint. Discover how to use Office Mix, including recording annotations and presentations, adding multimedia, creating quizzes and polls, and sharing the result.



Target

Prerequisites: none

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