University of Hawai'i Outreach College

Take your PowerPoint presentations from “so-so” to sensational! In these lessons, you’ll learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 to create professional-quality slide presentations that grab and hold your audience’s attention from start to finish. 

First, you’ll explore the latest features of PowerPoint, from the all-new File menu to the Backstage View. After that, you’ll find out how to create dazzling presentations formatted with themes and a variety of slide layouts. You’ll embellish your slides with text, objects, SmartArt, multimedia, animation, sound, charts, clip art, and hyperlinks, and you’ll discover that global changes are a snap with the Slide Master. 

In addition, you’ll find out how to download an online image and insert it onto a slide. You’ll also discover how to edit clip art, images, WordArt, and shapes easily with the commands on the Ribbon. You’ll explore the printing interface in Backstage View, and find out how to view your presentations in the new Reading View.  

And that’s just the start! You’ll also learn how to create a PowerPoint photo album with your digital pictures, and you’ll work with PowerPoint Web App—an online version of PowerPoint. Finally, you’ll add versatility to your PowerPoint skills as you learn to save presentations as PDF files and videos. 

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced user, these lessons will teach you how to turn simple slides into a polished and exciting presentation that will make your message memorable. If you want to take your PowerPoint skills to a higher level, this is the course for you!

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University of Hawai'i Outreach College