PowerPoint Presentation Design
via Noble Desktop
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Improve the design of your presentation as well as its content. Noble Desktop's course covers structure, typography, color, visuals, and master slides, with tools such as outline mode and presenter notes. You examine how these decisions help a slide deck communicate a message clearly and consistently.
What's included
- Free course retake within one year to refresh the material and gain practice.
- Class recordings
Overview
Take your PowerPoint presentations up a notch by learning to create beautiful, professional presentations in PowerPoint. Learn the essentials of presentation design in PowerPoint. In this course, you’ll focus on presentation design, while our other PowerPoint courses focus on PowerPoint how-to skills.
- Learn key design principles for PowerPoint: layout, spacing, consistency, typography, color, animation, and more.
- Design presentations that will stand out.
- Use design principles to clearly convey your message.
No previous graphic design experience is required.
Schedule & enrollment
Find dates that fit your schedule, then book on Noble Desktop.
- Live tuition
- $325
- Course length
- 6 hours
View the latest live class dates and availability on Noble Desktop.
Curriculum
What you'll learn
- Learn essential design principles for creating more effective presentations
- Design both content and visuals
- Use presenter notes and outline mode for designing and managing content
- Understand best practices for typography and color in PowerPoint designs
- Use master slides for design
- Learn the guidelines for using visuals in presentations
Course syllabus
Designing the Content: Telling a Story with Your Presentation
Focus on the Message
Tips for Managing Content
Using Presenter Notes
Ways to use Presenter Notes (Presenting, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Printing)
Using Outline View
Visuals
Visualize Your Data
Charts, SmartArt, & Photos
Typography
Choosing Appropriate Fonts
Font Size & Weight
Type Hierarchy
Where to Get Fonts
Using Master Slides to Properly Set Theme Fonts
Embedding Custom Fonts
Colors
Color Harmonies: Choosing Appropriate Colors (That Work Well Together)
Resources for Creating Color Palettes
Using Master Slides to Properly Set Theme Colors
Working with Photos
Tips for Cropping Photos (Proper Composition)
Scaling Proportionally
Fixing Stretched/Squished Graphics
Where to Get High Quality Photos
Licensing Issues to Consider
Paying Attention to the Details
Text Styling
Alignment & Layout
Spacing
Consistency
Using Animation to Strengthen Your Presentation
Slide Transitions vs Animations
How to Animate Bullet Points: A Very Effective Presentation Technique!
Morph Transition
Course Reviews
Is this course right for you?
Choose this course when you want stronger slide design and message organization. If you still need to learn PowerPoint's core software tools, compare the PowerPoint Bootcamp before concentrating on the design of a complete presentation.