1- Navigating the PowerPoint Environment

• What is PowerPoint?
• About Slides
• The Start Screen
• The PowerPoint 2016 User Interface
• The Ribbon
• Contextual Tabs
• Dialog Box Launchers
• The Quick Access Toolbar
• The Slides Pane
• The Status Bar
• The Backstage View

2- Creating and Saving a PowerPoint Presentation

• The Default PowerPoint Presentation
• Text Placeholders
• The AutoCorrect Feature
• The Save Command
• Using Help
• Using Tell Me
• Accessing Advanced Help Options

3- Developing a PowerPoint Presentation

• Selecting a Presentation Type
• Templates
• The Open Category in Backstage View
• Building a Presentation
• Inserting a Slide Layout
• Inserting Slides from an Outline
• Reusing Slides from a Presentation
• Reusing Slides from a Slide Library
• Duplicating Slides
• Hiding and Showing Slides
• Deleting Slides

4- Laying Out a Presentation

• Slide Layout
• Types of Slide Layouts
• Slide Size
• Themes
• Theme Variants
• Theme Components
• Background Styles
• The Format Background Task Pane

5- Editing Text

• Text Boxes
• Text Selection Methods
• The Mini Toolbar
• Cut, Copy, and Paste Options
• The Clipboard
• The Paste Special Command
• Galleries
• The Live Preview Feature

6- Viewing and Navigating a Presentation

• Presentation Views
• Color View Options
• The Slide Show View
• Slide Show Options
• The Magnifier
• The Slide Navigator
• Presenter View
• The Protected View
• Working with Multiple Presentation Windows

The following topics may be included at the discretion of your instructor.

7- Formatting Characters

• Character Formats
• The Font Dialog Box
• Creating WordArt
• Converting Text to SmartArt
• The Format Painter
• The Replace Fonts Option

8- Formatting Paragraphs

• Bulleted Lists
• Numbered Lists
• Horizontal Text Alignment
• Vertical Text Alignment
• The Format Shape Task Pane
• The AutoFit Feature
• Text Box Margins
• Spacing Options
• Formatting Text as Columns
• Text Direction Options
• Clearing Formatting from Text
• Using Rulers

9- Formatting Text Boxes

• Text Box Formatting Options
• Shape Fills
• Shape Outlines
• The Eyedropper
• Shape Effects
• Setting the Default Text Box

10- Inserting Images

• Local Pictures
• Online Pictures
• The Photo Album Feature
• The Screenshot Tool
• The Screen Recording Tool
• Converting Pictures to SmartArt

11- Inserting Shapes

• The Drawing Tools – Format Contextual Tab
• Resizing Shapes
• Customizing Shape Fill, Outline, and Effects
• The Merge Shapes Feature
• Edit Points
• Setting the Default Shape

12- Inserting WordArt

• Inserting WordArt
• Editing WordArt
• Formatting WordArt

13- Editing Objects

• Object Selection Methods
• Image Cropping
• The Picture Tools – Format Tab
• The Remove Background Feature
• Object Resizing Methods
• Object Scaling Methods
• Object Orientation Options
• Image Compression Options
• Changing the Picture
• Resetting the Picture

14- Formatting Objects

• The Format Picture Task Pane
• The Set Transparent Color Option
• Picture Formatting Options
• Group Objects
• The Grouping Feature

15- Arranging Objects

• Alignment Commands
• Object Order
• Guides and Gridlines

16- Animating Objects

• Built-In Animation Effects
• The Animation Painter Feature

17- Adding Tables to Your Presentation

• Table Creation Options
• Table Navigation Methods
• Adding and Deleting Rows and Columns
• Resize Rows, Columns, and Tables
• Merging and Splitting Cells
• Distributing and Arranging Rows and Columns
• Aligning Tables

18- Formatting Tables

• The Table Tools Contextual Tabs
• Table Styles
• Table Fill and Border Options
• Insert a Table from Other Microsoft Office Applications
• Linking vs. Embedding
• The Insert Object Dialog Box
• Insert Microsoft Excel Worksheets into PowerPoint

19- Adding Charts to Your Presentation

• Inserting a Chart and Adding Data
• Editing Chart Data
• Chart Types
• Formatting a Chart
• The Chart Tools Contextual Tabs
• The Chart Tools- Design Tab
• The Chart Tools- Format Tab
• Quick Chart Commands
• Change the Chart Type
• Change the Chart Layout
• Change the Chart Style
• Change the Chart Color
• Creating a Chart with Microsoft Excel Data

20- Manipulating a Chart

• Selecting and Formatting Chart Elements
• Arranging Chart Elements
• Specifying a Precise Position for the Chart
• Resizing Chart Elements
• Applying Effects to a Chart
• Applying Quick Styles to Shapes
• Applying a Border

21- Preparing to Deliver Your Presentation

• Creating a Chart with Microsoft Excel Data
• AutoCorrect Feature Options
• The Spell Checker Feature
• The Insights Pane
• The Thesaurus
• Checking Compatibility
• Checking Accessibility

22- Applying Transitions

• Setting Effect Options
• Customizing Transition Timing
• Adding a Sound
• Previewing Transitions

23- Printing Your Presentation

• The Print Command
• Printing Selected Slides
• Full Page Slides
• Handouts
• Outlines
• Notes Pages