PowerPoint 2013 Essential Training

Chapters:

Introduction
- No need to watch.
- Data files are 2G, don't bother.
Navigating PowerPoint
- Tour of the Powerpoint Interface
  - If you didn't get this during the first two, you won't get it now either.
  - Don't bother
- Exploring the Ribbon
  - Not much new here.
- Exploring the Status Bar
  - one cool thing, the spell check is on the status bar?
- Changing Views and adding guides
  - If you have never worked with PPT, this is worth a look.
- Connecting Powerpoint to your SkyDrive account
  - If you are using SkyDrive this is worth a look, I suppose.
Working With Presentations
- Creating a presentation from scratch and saving
  - Very basic powerpoint.
  - Explores slide layouts, but you probably don't need this explained.
  - Includes saving/loading ppt presentations.
- Creating a presentation from a template or theme
  - Basic explanation of themes
  - Just like templates in the other packages.
    - They give us an option to change colors in a theme, I think this is new.
  - She also shows how to grab a pre-built template.
    - One nice use of powerpoint is to create a poster.
    - And there is a template, with sizes set (Design tab)
- Changing themes
  - Starting with an exiting presentation by applying a theme.
  - Design tab
  - Lots of options here.
  - She also shows how to change a single slide,
    - But WHY?
  - This is probably intuitive for you after word.
  - You probably do not need to view this section.
- Controlling the look of your presentation with slide masters.
  - This one is worth watching.
  - It shows how to alter a theme to customize for yourself.
  - Slide Master on the view ribbon.
  - Communications/Marketing does this for EUP.
- Adding a header and footer
  - This should be easy.
  - DO NOT PUT SLIDE NUMBERS in the footers.
  - You can control a footer showing up on a slide.
  - You probably do not need to view this section.
- Working with file options using the backstage view.
  - How to find data on presentations.
  - Saving/creating/new/...
  - Printing
  - You probably do not need to view this section.
Working with Slides
- Adding and removing slides
  - This is reasonably intuitive.
  - I HATE the slide that she creates in this video.
  - You probably do not need to view this section.
- Changing the slide layout
  - This is, for the most part, very intuitive.
  - She shows how to create a new layout in this section and that is neat.
  - You probably do not need to view this section.
- Organizing slides into sections
  - Introduction into header section slides.
  - I did not know about this.
  - Sort of like marking this as Headings in Word.
    - Easy navigation.
    - Collapse/Expand presentations.
    - Move entire sections within the presentation. (In next movie)
  - You might want to watch this section.
- Rearranging slides.
  - Shows how to move slides.
  - Intuitive.
  - Slide Sorter is the view to use here!
  - You probably do not need to view this section.