PowerPoint: From Outline to Presentation

Learn how to build a high-impact PowerPoint presentation from start to finish.

Introduction

• Creating a PowerPoint presentation from an outline
• Using the exercise files

1. Approaching a Presentation

• Setting and achieving a goal for your presentation
• Building a presentation in stages
• Building a production schedule for your presentation

2. Building the Outline

• Why create an outline first?
• The impact of a PowerPoint theme on your outline
• Using Microsoft Word to create a presentation outline
• Using Microsoft PowerPoint to create or modify a presentation outline
• Collaborating with a team on the presentation outline

3. Using the Outline to Create Slides

• Converting the outline into an initial slide deck
• Changing the format of PowerPoint slides
• Modifying a PowerPoint slide in Outline view
• Adjusting the layout of a slide master
• Advice on changing PowerPoint templates and themes

4. Working with Text

• Formatting text in PowerPoint with the format bar
• Stylizing text
• Creating a table in PowerPoint
• Adding presenter notes in PowerPoint
• Fixing spelling errors

5. Photos, Video, Charts, and Shapes

• Adding a photo to PowerPoint
• Cropping a photo in PowerPoint
• Adjusting a photo's appearance in PowerPoint
• Adding a video to PowerPoint
• Creating a chart in PowerPoint
• Modifying a chart's appearance in PowerPoint
• Adding a webpage to a slide
• Working with SmartArt
• Reducing a PowerPoint presentation's file size

6. Animating a Presentation

• Creating a text build in PowerPoint
• Revealing a chart in PowerPoint
• Revealing a photo in PowerPoint
• Adding a transition to a slide in PowerPoint
• Adding multiple transitions at once in PowerPoint

7. Getting Ready for Playback of Your Presentation

• Testing your PowerPoint presentation
• Consolidating your presentation files for smoother playback
• Tips on rehearsing your PowerPoint presentation

Conclusion

• Wrap up