PowerPoint 365 for Windows

Interface & Basics

Getting Started

1. Locate Your Version
2. Set as Default Version

Services

1. Connected Services

Interface Overview

1. Interface
2. Presentation Gallery
3. Ribbon and Tabs
4. Status Bar
5. Notes Pane
6. Slide Area
7. Task Pane
8. Format Task Panes
9. Mini Toolbar
10. Slides Pane
11. Quick Access Toolbar
12. Live Preview
13. Changing Interface Color
14. Office Background

Working with QAT and Ribbons

1. Customize Quick Access Toolbar
2. Add and Rename Ribbon Tabs
3. Reordering and Removing Ribbon Tabs
4. Working with Custom Groups in Ribbon Tabs
5. Adding Commands to Custom Groups
6. Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations
7. Reset, Export, and Import QAT Customizations

Views

1. Views
2. Normal View (Editing View)
3. Slide Sorter View
4. Outline View
5. Notes Page View
6. Reading View
7. Slide Master View
8. Handout Master View
9. Notes Master View
10. Slide Show View
11. Presenter View

File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View

1. File Formats
2. File Types That Can be Opened
3. File Menu and Backstage View
4. Home Tab of Backstage View
5. New Tab of Backstage View
6. Open and Close Tabs of Backstage View
7. Info Tab of Backstage View
8. Recent Tab of Backstage View
9. Save and Save As Tabs of Backstage View
10. Print Tab of Backstage View
11. Share Tab of Backstage View
12. Account Tab of Backstage View
13. Feedback Tab of Backstage View
14. General Program Options
15. Add Services
16. Advanced Program Options
17. Manage and Remove Connected Services

Creating Slides

1. Creating PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Word

Text and Outlines

1. Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
2. Import Outlines

Customize

Keyboard Shortcuts and Sequences

1. Keyboard Shortcuts
2. Keyboard Sequences

Text and Fonts

Symbols

1. Insert Symbol
2. Add Subscript and Superscript to Text

Spelling, AutoCorrect, and Reference Tools

1. Search Online Resources
2. Spell Check
3. More Spelling Options
4. Setting Spell Check Options
5. AutoCorrect
6. AutoCorrect Options
7. Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries
8. Saving and Sharing AutoCorrect Entries
9. Exporting and Importing AutoCorrect Entries
10. Creating Formatted AutoCorrect Entries
11. Find and Replace Words
12. Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries
13. Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint
14. Edit Custom Dictionaries
15. Sharing Custom Dictionaries
16. Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary
17. Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages
18. Language Options on the Status Bar
19. Setting Proofing Language for Text
20. Guidelines on Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation
21. Research Tools
22. Research Options
23. Thesaurus
24. Translation

Text Advanced

1. Highlight Text
2. Remove and Copy Highlighting for Text

Shapes

Basics About Shapes

1. Types of Shapes
2. Insert Shapes
3. Resizing Shapes
4. Resizing Shapes
5. Flip Shapes

Advanced Shape Techniques

1. Change One Shape to Another
2. Manipulating Shapes by Dragging Yellow Handles
3. Format Painter
4. Change a Diagonal Line to a Horizontal or Vertical Line
5. Finding Length of a Diagonal Line
6. Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes

PowerPoint Cool Stuff

1. PowerPoint Designer
2. Disable PowerPoint Designer
3. Working with Pictures in PowerPoint Designer
4. Editing Picture Slides Created With PowerPoint Designer
5. Creating Timelines with PowerPoint Designer
6. Troubleshooting PowerPoint Designer
7. Add Photos and Layouts to Title Slides With PowerPoint Designer
8. SmartArt With Icons from PowerPoint Designer

SmartArt Graphics (Diagrams)

Advanced

1. Creating Timelines Using SmartArt

Multimedia

Video (Movie Clips) -- Basics

1. Insert Video Clips

Audio (Sound Clips)

1. Insert Audio (Sound)
2. Sound Across Slides
3. Sound Across Specific Slides

Share and Prepare

Exporting Slides

1. Save as PDF

Animation and Transitions

Morph in PowerPoint

1. Using the Morph Transition with Words
2. Using the Morph Transition with Characters

Working with Other Programs

Working with Microsoft Excel

1. Link to Excel Cells and Ranges