PowerPoint Level II
via Noble Desktop
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Build on basic slide-making skills in Noble Desktop's PowerPoint Level II course. The curriculum develops more advanced presentation features and reusable design structures. You practice gaining greater control over how slides are organized and formatted, with attention to maintaining consistency across presentations that contain different kinds of content.
What's included with live classes
- Microsoft Office (1 month)
- Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
- Class recordings
Overview
In this advanced PowerPoint class, you’ll learn how to create a reusable PowerPoint theme/template to control the design of entire presentations using Slide Master. Enhance your presentations with animations, gain more control over charts and tables, and much more.
This class includes our PowerPoint video suite with several hours of premium content. Review the course materials with high-quality videos, with lifetime access on desktop, tablet, or mobile, a $95 value, included free.
Prerequisites
Students must have PowerPoint proficiency equivalent to our PowerPoint Level 1 (PowerPoint for Business) course which covers adding images, inserting tables and charts, working with layered objects, and other basic PowerPoint functionality.
Schedule & enrollment
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- Live tuition
- $299
- Course length
- 6 hours
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Final session ends at 5pm ET
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Self-paced tuition & enrollment
Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.
- Tuition
- $299
- Course length
- 6 hours
- Format
- Self-paced online
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
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Curriculum
What you'll learn
- Create and manage Slide Master layouts to ensure consistent branding across entire presentations
- Design custom PowerPoint themes, including personalized color palettes, fonts, and reusable backgrounds
- Animate bullet points, charts, and objects using entrance, emphasis, and exit effects, and explore the Morph transition
- Integrate video, hyperlinks, and dynamic charts and tables imported from Excel for interactive presentations
- Customize presentation workflows with hidden slides, custom shows, sections, and the Quick Access Toolbar
- Collaborate and finalize projects with built-in commenting tools, PDF export options, and optimized printing settings
Course syllabus
Designing & Customizing PowerPoint Themes
- Using the Slide Master
- The Slide Master vs Slide Layouts
Theme Colors
- Color: Best Practices
- Creating a Color Theme
Theme Fonts
- Fonts: Best Practices
- Creating a Font Theme
- Using Non-Standard Fonts
Slide Backgrounds
- Changing an Individual Slide’s Background
- Changing Slide Backgrounds in the Slide Master
Styling Text & Lists
- Line Spacing Options
- Styling Text & Lists
Slide Layouts
- Customizing Slide Layouts
- Adding a Logo to Every Slide
- Creating & Deleting Slide Layouts
Header & Footer
- Adding Header & Footer Content
- Header & Footer Placeholders on the Slide Master
Saving a Custom PowerPoint Theme
- Creating a Custom PowerPoint Theme
- Setting the Default Theme
Animations
- Transitions vs Animations
- Animating Bullet Points
- Animating Objects
- Entrance, Emphasis, & Exit Animations
- Multiple Animations on One Object
- Ordering Multiple Animations
Animating Charts
- Animating a Bar Chart
- Animating a Line Chart
Morph Transition
- How Morph is Different Than All Other Transitions
- How To Use the Morph Transition
Adding Video
- Adding Online Videos (like YouTube videos)
- Adding Video Files
Charts
- Copying/Pasting Charts From Excel
- Updating the Chart Data
- Formatting Charts & Chart Elements
- Saving a Chart Template
Bringing in Tables from Excel
- Bringing in a Table from Excel with a Link
- Bringing in a Table from Excel with No Link
Links
- Linking to a Website: Adding a Hyperlink
- Creating an Email Link
Quick Access Toolbar
- What is the Quick Access Toolbar?
- Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Hiding Slides
- Managing Content with Hidden Slides
- Printing With & Without Hidden Slides
- Saving a PDF With & Without Hidden Slides
Custom Shows
- Creating a Custom Show
- Presenting a Custom Show
- Printing a Custom Show
Commenting
- Adding Comments
- Replying to & Resolving Comments
Sections
- Using Sections to Group Content in Large Presentations
Self-paced course
Learn through recorded lessons on your own schedule.
This course is available for 30 days. You can choose when to start your access period. Once you activate, you will have 30 days to complete it (access the course materials, quizzes, projects and videos). You may request one extension of seven (7) days. Other extension requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Videos are not downloadable.
View self-paced tuition & enrollmentBuild on your Microsoft PowerPoint fundamentals in this self-paced course. You’ll learn to customize themes, work with the Slide Master and slide layouts, animate objects and charts, use the Morph transition, and add video. Practice bringing charts and tables from Excel into your presentations, adding hyperlinks, and collaborating with comments.
This course is designed for students who already have the skills covered in PowerPoint Level I. In addition to the lessons, you’ll receive lifetime access to a PowerPoint video suite with customized content available on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
Self-paced prerequisites
Students must have PowerPoint proficiency equivalent to our PowerPoint Level 1 (PowerPoint for Business) course which covers adding images, inserting tables and charts, working with layered options, and other basic PowerPoint functionality.
Self-paced curriculum
What you'll learn self-paced
- Customize themes, colors, fonts, slide backgrounds, and layouts using the Slide Master
- Animate objects and charts, and use the Morph transition
- Add online videos and video files to presentations
- Bring charts and tables from Excel into PowerPoint
- Create hyperlinks, custom shows, and sections to organize presentations
- Collaborate using comments and prepare presentations for sharing and printing
Self-paced syllabus
Designing & Customizing PowerPoint Themes
- Using the Slide Master
- The Slide Master vs Slide Layouts
Theme Colors
- Color: Best Practices
- Creating a Color Theme
Theme Fonts
- Fonts: Best Practices
- Creating a Font Theme
- Using Non-Standard Fonts
Slide Backgrounds
- Changing an Individual Slide’s Background
- Changing Slide Backgrounds in the Slide Master
Styling Text & Lists
- Line Spacing Options
- Styling Text & Lists
Slide Layouts
- Customizing Slide Layouts
- Adding a Logo to Every Slide
- Creating & Deleting Slide Layouts
Header & Footer
- Adding Header & Footer Content
- Header & Footer Placeholders on the Slide Master
Saving a Custom PowerPoint Theme
- Creating a Custom PowerPoint Theme
- Setting the Default Theme
Animations
- Transitions vs Animations
- Animating Bullet Points
- Animating Objects
- Entrance, Emphasis, & Exit Animations
- Multiple Animations on One Object
- Ordering Multiple Animations
Animating Charts
- Animating a Bar Chart
- Animating a Line Chart
Morph Transition
- How Morph is Different Than All Other Transitions
- How To Use the Morph Transition
Adding Video
- Adding Online Videos (like YouTube videos)
- Adding Video Files
Charts
- Copying/Pasting Charts From Excel
- Updating the Chart Data
- Formatting Charts & Chart Elements
- Saving a Chart Template
Bringing in Tables from Excel
- Bringing in a Table from Excel with a Link
- Bringing in a Table from Excel with No Link
Links
- Linking to a Website: Adding a Hyperlink
- Creating an Email Link
Quick Access Toolbar
- What is the Quick Access Toolbar?
- Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Hiding Slides
- Managing Content with Hidden Slides
- Printing With & Without Hidden Slides
- Saving a PDF With & Without Hidden Slides
Custom Shows
- Creating a Custom Show
- Presenting a Custom Show
- Printing a Custom Show
Commenting
- Adding Comments
- Replying to & Resolving Comments
Sections
- Using Sections to Group Content in Large Presentations
Course Reviews
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