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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016

Get trained to deliver stunning presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.

(77-729) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-106-2
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Prepare for the Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (77-729) certification exam with this comprehensive prep course. It comes with interactive features like hands-on Labs, flash cards, quizzes, and video lessons. It helps you learn through exercises and real-world examples with a practical, step-by-step approach. From beginner to advanced, you’ll be exploring essential skills, for navigating the PowerPoint interface with ease. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to create stunning, engaging presentations that captivate your audience.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Effortlessly navigate the MS PowerPoint interface using ribbon, tabs, and toolbars
  • Create beautiful presentations using slide layouts, themes, and color schemes 
  • Expertise with text formatting: font styles, sizes, colors, and effects to text
  • Ability to insert images, shapes, SmartArt, tables, and charts into slides
  • Add visual effects with animations & transitions within slides
  • Deliver PPTs in slide-show mode at a controlled pace
  • Create custom slide layouts and master slides for a consistent theme
  • Ability to use advanced text formatting options like character spacing, line spacing, and text effects
  • Expertise with object manipulation for aligning, grouping, and layering objects
  • Add custom charts of various types including column, line, and pie to show data effectively
  • Format and insert audio and video clips into slides
  • Add hyperlinks to text / objects or slides wherever needed

 

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1

Getting Started with PowerPoint

  • Course Overview
  • Learning Your Way around PowerPoint
  • Changing the View
  • Creating and Saving a Presentation
  • PowerPoint Help Feature
  • Summary
2

Developing a PowerPoint Presentation

  • Layouts and Themes
  • Editing Text
  • Working with Slides
  • Working with Themes
  • Summary
3

Performing Advanced Text Editing Operations

  • Format Characters
  • Formatting Paragraphs
  • Text Alignment Options
  • Formatting Text Boxes
  • Summary
4

Adding Graphical Elements to Your Presentation

  • Inserting Images
  • Adding Shapes
  • Summary
5

Modifying Objects in Your Presentation

  • Editing Objects
  • Formatting Objects
  • Animate Objects
  • Summary
6

Adding Tables to Your Presentation

  • Creating a New Table
  • Applying Table Styles
  • Formatting Table
  • Adding Table from Other Office Applications
  • Summary
7

Adding Charts to Your Presentation

  • Starting a New Chart
  • Chart Data
  • Formatting a Chart
  • Inserting Chart from Microsoft Excel
  • Summary
8

Preparing to Deliver Your Presentation

  • Correcting Your Spelling and Grammar
  • Using AutoCorrect to Fix Common Problems
  • Adding Transition to Slide
  • Printing Your Presentation
  • Presenting Live Presentation
  • Exporting from PDF
  • Summary
9

Modifying the PowerPoint Environment

  • Customizing the User Interface
  • Working with Multiple Windows
  • Setting Options
  • Summary
10

Customizing Design Templates

  • Managing Slide Master
  • Headers & Footers
  • Modify the Notes Master and the Handout Master
  • Summary
11

Adding SmartArt and Math Equations to a Presentation

  • Inserting SmartArt Graphic
  • Formatting SmartArt Graphic
  • Inserting Math Equation
  • Summary
12

Working with Media and Animations

  • Inserting an Audio Clip
  • Inserting Video
  • Video Formatting
  • Video Playback Options
  • Animation
  • Summary
13

Collaborating on a Presentation

  • Creating and Using Sections
  • Working with Comments
  • Comparing and Merging Presentation
  • Sharing Presentation
  • Summary
14

Customizing a Slide Show

  • Adding Annotation
  • Setting up a Slide Show
  • Customizing Slide Show
  • Adding Hyperlinks & Action Buttons
  • Recording Narration and Timings
  • Summary
15

Securing and Distributing a Presentation

  • Securing a Presentation
  • Broadcasting
  • Saving as a Video
  • Summary
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Appendix: 3D Avatar-based Simulation

Getting Started with PowerPoint

  • Zooming in the Presentation
  • Using the Tell Me Feature

Developing a PowerPoint Presentation

  • Inserting New Slides from an Outline
  • Inserting Content into a Placeholder
  • Creating a Manual Text Box
  • Positioning a Text Box
  • Formatting the Text using Mini Toolbar
  • Using the Paste Special Command
  • Deleting Slides
  • Changing a Slide Layout

Performing Advanced Text Editing Operations

  • Changing the Font Size
  • Changing the Font Color
  • Applying Text Attributes
  • Applying WordArt Styles
  • Formatting the Numbered List

Adding Graphical Elements to Your Presentation

  • Merging Shapes

Modifying Objects in Your Presentation

  • Resizing an Object 
  • Cropping the Object to a Shape
  • Compressing Images
  • Applying an Object Border
  • Applying Object Effects

Adding Tables to Your Presentation

  • Inserting Rows and Columns
  • Applying Table Styles
  • Applying Table Margins

Adding Charts to Your Presentation

  • Changing Text Orientation in the Chart
  • Switching Row and Column of the Chart
  • Filtering the Chart Data
  • Changing the Chart Type
  • Applying the Chart Style
  • Turning Off a Legend to a Chart
  • Inserting a Chart from Excel

Preparing to Deliver Your Presentation

  • Setting Spelling and Grammar Options

Modifying the PowerPoint Environment

  • Adding Commands to QAT
  • Using Arrange All to Work with Multiple Windows
  • Using Cascade to Work with Multiple Windows

Customizing Design Templates

  • Creating a New Theme
  • Changing the Color Theme
  • Applying the Background Style
  • Creating and Deleting Slide Masters
  • Increasing the Size of Notes Text on the Notes Page

Adding SmartArt and Math Equations to a Presentation

  • Converting Lists to SmartArt Graphics
  • Inserting SmartArt Graphic and Reordering the Shapes in SmartArt Graphics
  • Inserting and Modifying a Mathematical Equation

Working with Media and Animations

  • Setting the Poster Frame
  • Adding a Motion Path to an Object
  • Applying Animation on Objects and Reordering Animations on a Slide

Collaborating on a Presentation

  • Creating a Section Break
  • Adding Comments
  • Comparing and Merging Presentations

Customizing a Slide Show

  • Choosing Pen Color
  • Placing an Action Button on a Slide

Securing and Distributing a Presentation

  • Setting the Password for File Access

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All those who want to learn PowerPoint to create visually appealing and informative presentations should do this course. There’s a wide range of professionals who need to create presentations for their routine work including business analysts, marketing and sales professionals, educators, trainers, consultants, project managers, and students.

It is an industry-recognized certification exam conducted by Microsoft that validates your skills and expertise in using Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for creating visually appealing and informative presentations.

The certification exam fee is $100.

  The exam format is a performance-based test that consists of 40-60 questions.

The time limit for this exam is 60 minutes.

There are several career benefits of obtaining this certification like adding a new credential to your resume to make it stand out among other candidates. Opportunity to cease job roles that require advanced PowerPoint skills like presentation designers, training specialists, or marketing professionals.

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