Free PowerPoint Introductory Course – 2019

There’s a difference between a presentation and an effective presentation. Being able to wield Microsoft PowerPoint to have the most significant impact is often the difference between the two. In this free PowerPoint Introductory Course, we help you turn your boring slides into compelling stories.

It all starts with knowing the basics of PowerPoint – without a good foundation; you are never going to build a winning presentation. That’s exactly where this Microsoft PowerPoint video course starts – at the beginning.

From there, we move on to show you how to get the most out of objects and pictures in PowerPoint and even how to use Icons and 3D models to make your slides look slick.

You don’t need to sign up to watch this course, just hit play, sit back and enjoy 3+ hours of free Microsoft PowerPoint tuition.

Note, this course was made using Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 but is still relevant if you are using a different version.

If you want a more immersive learning experience. You can follow along with this course by downloading the practice exercise files here

To make it simple to jump forward to certain parts of the course, we’ve created this handy guide:

• 0:00:15 – Welcome and Overview
• 0:03:33 – Navigate a PowerPoint Presentation
• 0:15:17 – Overview of the Screen and Views
• 0:27:35 – Exercise 01
• 0:28:47 – Presentation Tips and Guidelines
• 0:36:55 – Creating a New Presentation
• 0:41:43 – Working with Slides
• 0:48:44 – Saving a Presentation
• 0:55:14 – Exercise 02
• 0:57:20 – Formatting Text
• 1:08:16 – Working with Bullets and Numbered Lists
• 1:19:08 – Exercise 03
• 1:20:34 – Inserting Shapes
• 1:32:48 – Inserting Graphics
• 1:38:43 – Inserting Icons and 3D Models
• 1:45:08 – Inserting Pictures
• 1:51:49 – Exercise 04
• 1:53:03 – Selecting Objects
• 1:56:43 – Editing Objects
• 2:01:18 – Formatting Objects – Part 1
• 2:14:09 – Formatting Objects – Part 2
• 2:23:11 – Arranging Objects
• 2:32:56 – Grouping Objects
• 2:39:24 – Exercise 05
• 2:40:49 – Picture Options
• 2:46:53 – Cropping Pictures
• 2:53:41 – Formatting Pictures
• 3:01:04 – Things You Can Do with Pictures
• 3:10:34 – Exercise 06
• 3:11:40 – Creating SmartArt
• 3:19:56 – Modifying SmartArt
• 3:26:04 – Creating a Flowchart using SmartArt
• 3:30:13 – Exercise 07

This introductory course is taken from the full Simon Sez IT PowerPoint 2019 course.

Adam Lacey

Adam Lacey is an Excel enthusiast and online learning expert. He combines these two passions at Simon Sez IT where he wears a number of different hats.When Adam isn't fretting about site traffic or Pivot Tables, you'll find him on the tennis court or in the kitchen cooking up a storm.