# PowerPoint Level I Canonical URL: ## Overview Take a day to get a firm grip on Microsoft PowerPoint. In this course, you’ll learn to create dynamic presentations, including adding text, images, shapes, transitions, and layered objects. Work with tables and charts, and prepare your slideshow for presentation. This one-day PowerPoint course is a great place to begin for anyone interested in learning how to use PowerPoint, as well as for those who want to improve their skills. The course is just as much about functionality as it is about efficiency, so even those who say they already know “the basics” can walk away with a toolkit of skills to significantly increase their effectiveness with the software. Also included is a PowerPoint video suite with several hours of customized content. Review the course materials with high-quality videos and lifetime access on desktop, tablet, or mobile (a $95 value), included free with the course. ## What you'll learn - Build new presentations from templates and customize layouts, themes, and content structure - Add and edit text, bullets, and numbered lists using Outline View and various formatting tools - Insert and enhance photos, SmartArt, and shapes with effects, cropping, and alignment options - Create and format tables, add connector lines, and import charts from Excel to display data - Apply transitions, manage presenter notes, and use presentation tools for live or virtual delivery - Save, print, and export presentations to PDF, with options tailored for professional use ## Curriculum #### Creating New Presentations - Creating a Presentation - Choosing a Template/Theme - Changing the Template/Theme - Adding Slides & Typing in Content #### Slide Layouts - Choosing a Slide Layout - Changing the Slide Layout #### Adding Text & Outline View - Adding Text - Bulleted vs Numbered Lists - Adding & Editing Text with Outline View - Outline View Keystrokes #### Pictures & Graphics - Placing Pictures into Placeholders - Cropping Photos - Sizing Graphics - Fixing Stretched/Squished Photos - Where to Get Photos - Crop to Shape & Aspect Ratio #### Adjusting Photos & Graphics - Picture Adjustments (such as converting to Black & White) - Picture Border & Effects #### Layered Objects - Layered Object vs Placeholder Content - Aligning - Evenly Distributing - Grouping - Reordering Layered Objects #### SmartArt - Creating SmartArt - Adding Text - Layouts, Styles, & Shapes - Converting Text into SmartArt - SmartArt with Picture Placeholders #### Shapes & Lines - Adding Shapes - Styling Shapes - Adding Text to Shapes - Resizing, Moving, & Rotating Shapes - Connector Lines - Text Boxes #### Tables - Creating Tables in PowerPoint - Typing in Table Data - Designing Tables - Table Layout - Sizing Tables & Columns/Rows - Alignment & Spacing In a Table - Adding or Removing Rows/Columns - Merging Cells #### Copying & Pasting Charts from Excel - Importing a Chart from Excel - Updating the Chart Data when the Excel File Changes #### Transitions - Adding Slide Transitions - Transition Effect Options & Duration #### Proofing & Editing - Spell Check - Slide Sorter View #### Running a Presentation - Starting & Stopping a Slide Show - Ways to Navigate Slide Shows - Tools to Use When Presenting - Presenter Notes - Presenter View - Presenting in Microsoft Teams (PowerPoint Live) - Presenter Notes in Zoom #### Printing - Choosing What Will Go On the Printed Page #### Saving a PDF - Why Make a PDF? - Saving a PDF & Setting Options ## Schedule - Jun 6, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Jun 10, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Jul 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Aug 12, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC - Sep 15, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC ## Instructors ### Garfield Stinvil — Senior Instructor Garfield is an experienced software trainer with over 16 years of real-world professional experience. He started as a data analyst with a Wall Street real estate investment company & continued working in the professional development department at New York Road Runners Organization before working at Noble. He enjoys bringing humor to whatever he teaches and loves conveying ideas in novel ways that help others learn more efficiently. Since starting his professional training career in 2016, he has worked with several corporate clients including Adobe, HBO, Amazon, Yelp, Mitsubishi, WeWork, Michael Kors, Christian Dior, and Hermès. Outside of work, his hobbies include rescuing & archiving at-risk artistic online media using his database management skills. ### Grace Hochheiser — Instructor After a successful career traveling internationally as a fashion executive, Grace Hochheiser journeyed back to her first love, the English language, and wrote her next chapter as a proofreader, copy editor, and business-writing instructor. She has edited everything from plays and photography books to an award-winning non-fiction book. After spending over a decade leading personal development classes to help others find their confidence and self-expression, she is focused on making a difference for students of every skill level in the professional development arena. Whether customizing training classes for diverse corporate clients or leading hybrid classes on site, Grace truly enjoys creating an interactive learning environment in which students feel comfortable to participate, expand, and thrive. She has effectively delivered both full-day classes and focused one-hour modular sessions for organizations ranging from small non-profits such as OnPointNYC to large network systems like the NYPD and NYU Langone Health. Grace is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to each student's growth and success, and is continually inspired by the diverse groups of people she gets to work with as an instructor. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $249