Video description
Explore the most popular and some of the lesser known features of PowerPoint 2013 – Shapes, Photos, Tables, Charts, Multimedia with Echo Swinford as your guide!
- Start-to-finish personal training on PowerPoint 2013: just watch and learn!
- Simple, quick video walkthroughs of the tasks you perform most often!
- Great personalized training at a fraction of the cost...for everyone who doesn't have time to read a book!
These video lessons will ensure that you can harness the power of PowerPoint faster and more easily than ever before! In 13 thorough parts, PowerPoint 2013 LiveLessons shows you how to increase add finesse and polish to your presentations so they look like the pros. Expert Echo Swinford simplifies powerful features and tools including Formatting, Templates, Effects Graphics, Animation, Video and much more! Truly harness the power built into PowerPoint! Just watch: You’ll master high-powered skills at your own pace–and get specific answers and solutions immediately, whenever you need them! For anyone who wants to master Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 fast!
About the Author:
A Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since 2000, Echo Swinford began her PowerPoint career in 1997. She holds a Master's degree in New Media from the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis School of Informatics. Echo is the owner of Echosvoice, a PowerPoint consulting firm specializing in custom template development, presentation creation, makeovers and cleanup, and training for large and small corporate clients. Echo has written and co-written three PowerPoint books and has a string of tech editing credits to her name. Visit Echo’s Web site at www.echosvoice.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction to PowerPoint 2013 LiveLessons
Lesson 1: PowerPoint Environment
Learning objectives
1.1 Overview of the PowerPoint interface
1.2 The Backstage view
1.3 Views and other parts of the PowerPoint interface
1.4 Customizing the Ribbon and QAT
Lesson 2: Getting Started: The Basics
Learning objectives
2.1 Starting a new presentation
2.2 Changing the slide size
Lesson 3: Creating Shapes
Learning objectives
3.1 Inserting, selecting and manipulating shapes
3.2 Alignment and distribution
3.3 Combine Shapes tools and Edit points
Lesson 4: Formatting Shapes
Learning objectives
4.1 Shape fills and outlines
4.2 Shape effects
4.3 Using format painter or eyedroppers
Lesson 5: Formatting Text
Learning objectives
5.1 Basic text formatting
5.2 Formatting text as graphics
Lesson 6: Working with Photos
Learning objectives
6.1 Image types
6.2 Inserting pictures
6.3 Remove background
6.4 Changing the look of your photo
6.5 Cropping and sizing
6.6 Creating a photo album
6.7 Compress pictures
Lesson 7: Working with SmartArt
Learning objectives
7.1 Creating a SmartArt diagram
7.2 Formatting your diagram
Lesson 8: Working with Tables
Learning objectives
8.1 Creating a table
8.2 Formatting tables
Lesson 9: Working with Charts
Learning objectives
9.1 Creating a chart
9.2 Chart formatting tools
9.3 Inserting charts from Excel
Lesson 10: Animations and Transitions
Learning objectives
10.1 Transitions
10.2 Animation basics
10.3 Advanced animations
Lesson 11: Multimedia
Learning objectives
11.1 Inserting multimedia and setting the start
11.2 Video and audio editing tools
11.3 Synch animations to video or audio
11.4 Compress and optimize media
Lesson 12: Printing and Finalizing
Learning objectives
12.1 Sections
12.2 Headers and Footers
12.3 Review and compare
12.4 Printing handouts, slides and notes pages
12.5 Check for issues
12.6 Saving as other formats
Lesson 13: Setting Up a Slide Show
Learning objectives
13.1 Nonlinear presentations
13.2 Running a slide show
13.3 Presenter View
13.4 Present online
Summary
Summary of PowerPoint 2013 LiveLessons