PowerPoint 2021 – Getting started

This course aims to give you the basics to create your first PowerPoint slide show: discover the working environment, create the first slides, input and format texts, add various pictures and shapes, launch your first slide show and print slides. After pursuing this course, you will be able to easily and quickly create a basic slide show.

Target audience:
Any user who wants to discover or further their knowledge of PowerPoint’s basics.

Level required:
No prior knowledge of PowerPoint is necessary.

MEDIAplus elearning
This module offers interactive training consisting of 33 training videos, 33 exercises and 5 additional resources.
PowerPoint 2021 – Slide show creation basics

• Discover PowerPoint – Theme
  • You need to know: About your presentation program
  • Overview of the working environment
  • Views
  • Zoom
  • Moving between slides
  • Using PowerPoint’s help
• Create your first slides – Theme
  • Creating slides
  • You need to know: Selecting, copying, moving
  • Selecting and deleting slides
  • You need to know: Text made easy
  • Inputting text
  • Undoing and redoing an action
  • Copying and moving slides
  • Selecting and editing text
  • Proofing
  • Themes and layouts
  • Slide creation and text input in Outline view
  • Managing the outline
  • Moving text in an outline
• Format text – Theme
  • You need to know: Formatting characters
  • Character format
  • Character font
  • Character case
  • Character size and spacing
  • Paragraph alignment and columns
  • Bulleted and numbered paragraphs
  • Paragraph and line spacing
  • Rulers
  • Paragraph indents
  • Managing tab stops
  • Copying formats
• Add shapes and pictures – Theme
  • Drawing shapes
  • Creating a text box or WordArt object
  • Formatting a text object
  • Inserting and saving a picture
  • Formatting pictures
  • Managing pictures
• Launch your first slide show – Theme
  • Playing the slide show
  • Transition effects
  • Running animations automatically
• Manage and print the presentation – Theme
  • You need to know: Saving files
  • Saving a presentation
  • Creating a new presentation
  • Opening a presentation
  • Page layout and orientation
  • Print preview and printing
  • You need to know: Headers and footers
  • Headers and footers
  • You need to know: Best practice with a presentation program

Video
This module offers to view a video lasting 22 minutes
Microsoft Office: use cases – Excel, Word or PowerPoint with a Microsoft 365 subscription

• Excel, Word or PowerPoint with a Microsoft 365 subscription
  • The Office suite with or without an Microsoft 365 subscription: what are the differences?
  • Creating and saving Office files in OneDrive, SharePoint Online or Teams
  • Editing an Office file from OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams
  • Sharing Office files with other contributors or people from outside your organization
  • Co-editing a file

Additional book
This module includes digital course material.
PowerPoint 2021 – Reference book