Introduction to the PowerPoint 2016 program interface and basic tasks

Overview

Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 makes it easy to create impactful business presentations. In this course, you will learn about the new interface and the main new features introduced in PowerPoint 2016. You will also learn to perform a number of basic tasks to get started with PowerPoint 2016. These tasks include creating and saving presentations, organizing slides. choosing print settings and viewing presentations in different ways. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft learning pathways covering Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for beginners.

Objectives

• Identify different sections of the PowerPoint 2016 interface
• Recognize key features in PowerPoint 2016
• Create and open PowerPoint 2016 presentations
• Create a presentation using a template in PowerPoint 2016
• Save a presentation as a template in PowerPoint 2016
• Set the size and orientation of slides PowerPoint 2016
• working with presentations from an earlier version of PowerPoint in PowerPoint 2016
• compressing images, adding tags to a presentation, and saving a presentation in a specific format
• setting basic printing options in PowerPoint 2016
• setting page parameters for printing and print quality and choosing to print a frame, comments, and using annotation management in PowerPoint 2016
• choosing a printer, checking printer properties, and previewing the print before printing in PowerPoint 2016
• customizing and use different views of PowerPoint 2016 presentations
• View ruler, demarcation lines, guides, and slide notes, and zoom in or out on a PowerPoint 2016 presentation
• switch between PowerPoint 2016 presentation and layout windows