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Getting Help in Microsoft PowerPoint

Help is built right into PowerPoint!

Click the question mark icon in the top right corner of Microsoft PowerPoint to search for solutions to your problems, training, and more.

Online Resources

All of Microsoft’s help resources are also available online. Visit Microsoft’s Help and How-to Site to get started.

Penn Carey Law templates

Download Penn Carey Law Powerpoint templates on the Communications page, from the drawer titled Powerpoint templates

Powerpoint templates

Microsoft Online Training Courses

Microsoft offers a series of 15-60 minute online training courses that can be completed from your desk at your own pace. Most trainings have an audio component, so be sure to wear headphones or turn up your speakers.

View a complete list of training courses.

Don’t have headphones? Email ITS Help.

Course What You’ll Learn
PowerPoint Quick Start
  • Create presentations from scratch or a template
  • Add text, images, art, videos
  • Select a professional design with PowerPoint Designer
  • Add transitions, animations, and motion
  • Save to OneDrive
  • Set up your mobile apps
Design Your Slides
  • Apply a template to your presentation
  • Create and save a PowerPoint template
  • Create or customize a slide master
  • Format the background color of slides
  • Create your own theme
  • Save a slide design (theme) as a template
  • Edit page numbering, footers, and headers
Slides and Text
  • Add, rearrange, and delete slides
  • Change the size of your slides
  • Change the page orientation of your presentation
  • Organize your slides into sections
  • Wrap text around a circle
  • Add a hyperlink to a slide
  • Format text as superscript or subscript
  • Clear all text formatting
Pictures and Charts
  • Add clip art to your file
  • Insert a picture from your computer or screenshot
  • Crop a picture
  • Create an organization chart
  • Use charts and graphs in your presentation
  • Add a table to a slide
  • Change the look of a table
Animations and Multimedia
  • Animate text or objects
  • Animate a picture on your slide
  • Add an animated GIF to a slide
  •  Add, change, or remove transitions between slides
  • Set the speed and timing of transitions
  • Add audio to your presentation
  • Add and play a video in your presentation
  • Insert or link to a video on YouTube
Print and Present
  • Print slides with or without speaker notes
  • Print your slides or handouts
  • Create a self-running presentation
  • Start presentation and see notes in Presenter view
  • Add speaker notes to your slides
  • View your speaker notes privately
  • Turn your mouse into a laser pointer
Collaborate and Share
  • Save presentations as PDF files
  • Share your presentation with others
  • Share and coauthor a presentation
  • Track changes in your presentation
  • Add or remove a digital signature


LinkedIn Learning Training Courses

Course What You’ll Learn

PowerPoint Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365)

Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) to quickly create, edit, and share professional-looking presentations. In this training course, learn how to get started with PowerPoint templates and themes or build a new presentation from scratch, how to change the slide layout, add and edit text, images, charts, video, and animation, format slides for consistency, and add speaker notes and comments to ensure a smooth delivery. Plus, discover how to collaborate on changes and share presentations with others.

PowerPoint Tips and Tricks

Learn to use lesser known PowerPoint features to create more engaging and effective presentations.

Topics include:

  • Animating with the Morph transition
  • Inserting 3D models
  • Turning on Microsoft Intelligence Services
  • Mastering PowerPoint Designer
  • Drawing and inking
  • Recording a slideshow

PowerPoint for Mac Essential Training (Microsoft 365)

Tips and tricks as described above, using PowerPoint for Mac.

 

Additional Links

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