PowerPoint 2016: Tips and Tricks

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Free Online Course: PowerPoint 2016: Tips and Tricks provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. PowerPoint 2016: Tips and Tricks is taught by Jess Stratton.

Overview
  • Get tips and tricks for designing better presentations with PowerPoint 2016. Learn to format slides, create handouts, and use Excel data.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    1. Customize PowerPoint
    • Add often-used tools to the Ribbon
    • Change the save location and add Google Drive
    • Customize the view
    2. Create and Edit Great Content
    • Remove the background from pictures
    • Use the Eyedropper tool to match colors
    • Create custom icons using shapes
    • Use the language tools
    • Copy and paste formatting
    • Use PowerPoint to create social media posts
    3. Work with Existing Content
    • Organize slides into sections
    • Use Outline view to quickly build slides from Microsoft Word
    • Create your own layouts with slide masters
    • Add footers to the bottom of every slide
    • Align and size photos perfectly
    • Use the Morph tool for seamless animation
    4. Prepare for Your Presentation
    • Create handouts
    • Reherse a presentation and add speaker notes
    • Use Presenter view and add annotations
    5. Work with Excel Data in PowerPoint
    • Copy and embed charts onto a slide
    • Copy a selection of cells onto a slide
    • Embed an entire spreadsheet as an object
    • Dynamically update text on a slide from Excel
    Conclusion
    • Goodbye