Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation, Book Covers And Animation

PowerPoint beginner to advanced: Presentation skills: Book covers: 2D animation: Camtasia Recording and Video Editing

What you'll learn
Create basic bulletted presentation slides
Insert advanced elements such as Smart Art to enhance slide impact
Use advanced slide animation to create visually stunning slides
Produce video presentations of PowerPoint presentations
Requirements
A preinstalled copy of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013/2016/365 is required
The course demonstrates PowerPoint on a PC running Windows 8.1/10
Description
Want to Take Your Presentation Slides to a Whole New Level with PowerPoint?You may think you know Microsoft PowerPoint, but you don't know jack if you don't how to use advanced animation to bring your boring static slides to life.Your PowerPoint slides may be information packed but may also lack visual impact if you're not familiar with the use of shapes, word art and smart art.You're presentations are going to collect dust on your computer  if you don't learn how to produce them and share them on the Internet.Hi, My Name is Brian, and I'd Like to Teach you Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 and 2016We'll begin by reviewing a set of orientation lectures that will familiarize you with the Microsoft PowerPoint window and screen layout.Next we'll cover the basics of PowerPoint in which you'll learn to create simple, bulletted item based presentations.Then we'll learn to insert visual elements into your presentations to add impact and help convey your message.Finally, we'll look into advanced animation techniques and how you can record and share your finished presentations on the Internet.If You're Finally Ready to Learn Microsoft PowerPoint, I'm Prepared to Teach YouIn this course you'll learn everything you need to know to use Microsoft PowerPoint like a professional. I'll teach you the basics from the ground up, spice things up with some intermediate additions, and finish things off with advanced automation and presentation production techniques. This course provides complete Microsoft PowerPoint from beginner through advanced training.You'll learn the basics:PowerPoint Window and Screen LayoutCreating and Saving PresentationsInserting, Deleting and Moving SlidesEditing Slide ContentsConfiguring Slide TransitionsAdding Simple AnimationThen we'll add some intermediate flourishes:Insert pictures, text boxes, shapes, smart art, tables, charts and graphsFinally, we'll finish the course off with some advanced topicsAdvanced AnimationAdvanced Presentation ProductionNewly Added: 6+ Hours of Additional Advanced InformationAs of this writing, I've spent the last month extending this course from it's original 3 hour format to a 9.5 hour course.  Additions have been included throughout, but the main additions are in 5 new advanced sections:Advanced Presentation SkillsAdvanced AnimationCreating Book Covers in PowerPointPowerPoint Presentation Production OptionsBusiness GraphicsWhy Not Check Out the Course and See What You've Been Missing?PowerPoint mastery is just a click away.  Why not give yourself the gift of knowledge and come learn with me today?Don't forget Udemy's 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee.P.S. The course includes four downloadable sample Microsoft PowerPoint presentations including the slides for the course's overview and promotional video.So, what are you waiting for?  Let's get started today.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 About Your Instructor

Lecture 3 Course Sample Files

Lecture 4 Overview of the 2017 Extensions

Lecture 5 Introduction Section Project #1

Section 2: PowerPoint Overview

Lecture 6 Introduction to the PowerPoint Overview Section

Lecture 7 Differences Between Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 and 2016 (2017 Extension)

Lecture 8 Purchasing and Installing PowerPoint

Lecture 9 Starting and Stopping PowerPoint

Lecture 10 PowerPoint Window, Quick Access Toolbar and Status Bar

Lecture 11 Menu, Ribbon and Screen Layout

Lecture 12 New, Save, Save As, Open and Close

Lecture 13 PowerPoint Overview Section Project #2

Lecture 14 Summary of the PowerPoint Overview Section

Section 3: PowerPoint Beginner Training

Lecture 15 Introduction to PowerPoint Beginner Training

Lecture 16 Choosing and Configuring Your Template

Lecture 17 Configuring Slide Size and Orientation

Lecture 18 Configuring Slide Size, DPI and Orientation for a Book Cover (2017 Extension)

Lecture 19 Inserting, Selecting, Deleting, Moving and Duplicatiing Slides

Lecture 20 Creating Title and Standard Slides

Lecture 21 Selecting From the Other Slide Layouts

Lecture 22 Editing Slide Contents

Lecture 23 Previewing Your Presentation

Lecture 24 Configuring Slide Transitions

Lecture 25 Adding Simple Slide Animation

Lecture 26 Course Overview Presentation Slides: Beginner

Lecture 27 Producing PDF Documents and JPG Images from PowerPoint Slides (2017 Extension)

Lecture 28 PowerPoint Beginner Training Project #3

Lecture 29 Overview of PowerPoint Beginners Training

Section 4: PowerPoint Intermediate Training

Lecture 30 Introduction to PowerPoint Intermediate Training

Lecture 31 Inserting Pictures

Lecture 32 Artistic Effects in PowerPoint (2017 Extension)

Lecture 33 Quick and Simple Screen Copy and Paste plus Design Ideas (2017 Extension)

Lecture 34 Inserting Text Boxes

Lecture 35 Inserting Shapes

Lecture 36 Configuring Slide Elements

Lecture 37 Creating a Complex Graphic Slide

Lecture 38 Inserting Smart Art

Lecture 39 Inserting Tables

Lecture 40 Inserting Charts and Graphs

Lecture 41 Inserting Video

Lecture 42 PowerPoint Intermediate Training Section Project #4

Lecture 43 Summary of PowerPoint Intermediate Training

Section 5: PowerPoint Advanced Training

Lecture 44 Introduction to the PowerPoint Advanced Training Section

Lecture 45 Basic Presentation Skills

Lecture 46 Recording the Course Overview with Camtasia Studio

Lecture 47 Advanced Slide Animation

Lecture 48 Removing Image Backgrounds (2017 Extension)

Lecture 49 Animating Charts and Graphs

Lecture 50 Course Promotional Video Slides

Lecture 51 PowerPoint Advanced Training Section Project #5

Lecture 52 Summary of the PowerPoint Advanced Training Section

Section 6: Continuing Education

Lecture 53 Fast Selection and Editing

Lecture 54 PowerPoint 2D Animated Movie Trailer Example

Lecture 55 Creating Udemy Course Card Images Using PowerPoint (2017 Extension)

Lecture 56 Creating Infographics and Memes (2017 Extension)

Lecture 57 Introduction to Book Cover Design in PowerPoint (2017 Extension)

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 58 Conclusion to the 2017 Extensions… and More…

Lecture 59 Where Do I Go From Here?

Lecture 60 How Do I Leave a Review?

Section 8: Introduction to the 2017 Section Extensions

Lecture 61 So, Here's the Story Behind the 2017 Section Extensions

Lecture 62 PowerPoint 2017 Extensions Promotional Video

Section 9: Advanced Presentation Skills (2017 Extension)

Lecture 63 Introduction to Advanced Presentation Skills

Lecture 64 Choosing Between the Various Styles of Presentation

Lecture 65 Outlining Your Course, Sections, Lectures and Articles

Lecture 66 Presenting at a Casual Pace in a Clear, Comfortable and Confident Voice

Lecture 67 Defeating the Ums, Uhs and Sos

Lecture 68 Enunciating, Articulating, Emoting, Inflecting and Laughing

Lecture 69 Using Bullet Items to Prompt Your Dialog - No Script Required

Lecture 70 Paraphrasing and Augmenting Your Talking Points

Lecture 71 Cheating Ahead, Building Anticipation and Concluding

Lecture 72 Music or No Music… Plus the Rules

Lecture 73 Speaking Live

Lecture 74 Be Fearless!

Lecture 75 Advanced Presentation Skills Section Project

Lecture 76 Summary of Advanced Presentation Skills

Section 10: PowerPoint Slide Design and Advanced Animation (2017 Extension)

Lecture 77 Introduction to PowerPoint Slide Design and Advanced Animation

Lecture 78 Outlining a Lecture in PowerPoint

Lecture 79 Introductions, Bullet Items, Transition Slides, Graphics and Conclusions

Lecture 80 Static Slides, Transitions and Basic Animation

Lecture 81 When to Use Animation and How Much to Use

Lecture 82 Adding and Sequencing Animated Effects

Lecture 83 Moving, Spinning, Growing and Shrinking Objects Pt. 1

Lecture 84 Moving, Spinning, Growing and Shrinking Objects Pt. 2

Lecture 85 Draw Any Shape – PowerPoint as a Graphic Design Tool

Lecture 86 Addendum: Drawing Smooth Free Form Curves

Lecture 87 Bonus Lecture: My Truck Demonstration

Lecture 88 Using the Selection Pane to Organize and View Slide Elements

Lecture 89 Multislide Animations and Transitions

Lecture 90 Talking Head Animation

Lecture 91 Advanced PowerPoint Animation Examples

Lecture 92 PowerPoint Slide Design and Advanced Animation Section Project

Lecture 93 Summary of PowerPoint Slide Design and Advanced Animation

Section 11: Use PowerPoint to Draw Any 3D Shape

Lecture 94 Introduction to Using PowerPoint to Draw Any 3D Shape

Lecture 95 Drawing a Sphere with Shading and Highlighting

Lecture 96 Creating a Shadow for the Sphere

Lecture 97 Drawing a 3D Shaded and Highlighted Arrow with Shadow

Lecture 98 Drawing Any 3D Shape

Lecture 99 Remaking Shapes with Bezier Curves

Lecture 100 Adding Sparkles and Shine

Lecture 101 Demonstration of a Car Hood

Lecture 102 Demonstration of a Dog

Lecture 103 Completing the Car Hood and the Dog

Lecture 104 Use PowerPoint to Draw Any 3D Shape Section Project

Lecture 105 Conclusion to Use PowerPoint to Draw Any 3D Shape

Section 12: PowerPoint Presentation Production Options (2017 Extension)

Lecture 106 Introduction to PowerPoint Presentation Production Options

Lecture 107 Building Your Audio/Visual Environment

Lecture 108 Displaying an Unattended PowerPoint Presentation in a Loop

Lecture 109 Saving and Exporting JPG and PNG Image Files

Lecture 110 Producing PDF Documents

Lecture 111 Producing Simple Memes

Lecture 112 Addendum: Using Camtasia Studio 8 to Record & Edit Your PowerPoint Presentation

Lecture 113 PowerPoint Presentation Production Options Section Project

Lecture 114 Summary of PowerPoint Presentation Production Options

Section 13: Intermission

Lecture 115 Please Leave a Course Review

Section 14: Creating Professional Quality Book Covers in PowerPoint (2017 Extension)

Lecture 116 Introduction to Creating Professional Looking Book Covers in PowerPoint

Lecture 117 Configuring PowerPoint and Your Book Cover Layout

Lecture 118 Fundamentals of Book Cover Design (e.g. Branding)

Lecture 119 Choosing a Book Cover Background

Lecture 120 Inserting and Configuring Text

Lecture 121 Adding Free Internet Fonts to Windows

Lecture 122 Inserting and Configuring Colored Boxes

Lecture 123 Inserting, Sizing, Cropping and Manipulating Pictures

Lecture 124 Removing Image Backgrounds

Lecture 125 Multiple Book Cover Versions and Book Covers

Lecture 126 Book Cover Creation Example 1

Lecture 127 Book Cover Creation Example 1 Fix Ups

Lecture 128 Book Cover Creation Example 2

Lecture 129 Creating Professional Looking Book Covers in PowerPoint Section Project

Lecture 130 Summary of Creating Professional Looking Book Covers in PowerPoint

Section 15: Book Covers: Free PowerPoint Book Covers for Self-publishing

Lecture 131 Course Overview

Lecture 132 Downloadable Course Material

Section 16: How to Create Book Covers with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013

Lecture 133 Getting Started: Creating, Layout, Saving and Exporting

Lecture 134 Addendum: Setting PowerPoint Export Resolution to 300 DPI

Lecture 135 Addendum: Setting PowerPoint 2013 Export Resolution to 300 DPI on Windows 8.1

Lecture 136 Addendum: Setting PowerPoint 2016 Export Resolution to 300 DPI

Lecture 137 Choosing a Background for Your Book Cover

Lecture 138 Inserting and Configuring Text Boxes

Lecture 139 Duplicating and Manipulating Text Boxes

Lecture 140 Inserting and Configuring Colored Boxes

Lecture 141 Grouping and Ungrouping Elements

Lecture 142 Inserting Pictures and a Second Sample Book Cover Pt. 1

Lecture 143 Inserting Pictures and a Second Sample Book Cover Pt. 2

Lecture 144 All the Places to Find PowerPoint Commands

Lecture 145 Addendum: Creating a Paperback Book Cover (Cover/Spine/Back Cover)

Section 17: Advanced PowerPoint Image and Text Editing (2017 Extension)

Lecture 146 Introduction to Advanced PowerPoint Image and Text Editing

Lecture 147 Book Cover Versions, Multiple Book Covers and Exporting

Lecture 148 Resizing, Positioning, Rotating, Flipping and Cropping Images

Lecture 149 Removing Image Backgrounds to Produce Image Silhouettes

Lecture 150 Removing Image Insets to Produce Image Frames

Lecture 151 Stacking Image Layers and Controlling Image Layer Stacking Order

Lecture 152 Working with Individual Images and Grouping Slide Elements

Lecture 153 Applying Artistic Effects, Color and Corrections, Picture Styles and Effects

Lecture 154 More About Text and Fonts

Lecture 155 The Big Cover Image Project Example

Lecture 156 Bonus Lecture: PowerPoint Slide Animation

Lecture 157 Bonus Lecture: Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint Pt. 1

Lecture 158 Bonus Lecture: Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint Pt. 2

Section 18: PowerPoint Book Cover Challenge

Lecture 159 Challenge #1 from RAD Pt. 1

Lecture 160 Challenge #1 from RAD Pt. 2

Lecture 161 Challenge #2 from Don Pt. 1

Lecture 162 Challenge #2 from Don Pt. 2

Lecture 163 Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 1

Lecture 164 Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 2

Lecture 165 Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 3

Section 19: Conclusion

Lecture 166 Course Summary

Section 20: Create a Book Cover with Me: Microsoft PowerPoint & Pixabay

Lecture 167 Course Overview

Lecture 168 Configuring PowerPoint to Export at 300 dpi

Section 21: PowerPoint Fundamentals

Lecture 169 Creating a Page and Adding Visual Components

Lecture 170 Configuring the Book Cover Background

Lecture 171 Inserting Text

Lecture 172 Configuring Text

Lecture 173 Inserting and Configuring Colored Boxes

Lecture 174 Inserting and Configuring Images from Pixabay

Lecture 175 Inserting and Configuring Icons

Lecture 176 Manipulating Stacking Order

Lecture 177 Loading Free Fonts Off the Internet

Section 22: Book Cover Creation

Lecture 178 Recreating the "Big Bones" Cover

Lecture 179 Recreating the "Book of Dreams" Cover

Lecture 180 Recreating the "The Last Divine" Cover

Section 23: Additional Material

Lecture 181 Grouping and Branding

Section 24: Microsoft PowerPoint YouTube Videos: YouTube/PowerPoint

Lecture 182 Course Overview

Section 25: Create Youtube Videos with Microsoft PowerPoint 2016

Lecture 183 Step 1: Select a Theme

Lecture 184 Step 2: Create a Thumbnail Image

Lecture 185 Step 3: Create Content with Slide Types

Lecture 186 Step 4: Narrate Each Slide

Lecture 187 Step 5: Time Each Slide

Lecture 188 Step 6: Add Simple Slide Transitions

Lecture 189 Step 7: Preview Your Slideshow

Lecture 190 Step 8: Produce Your MP4 Video

Lecture 191 Step 9: Upload Your Video to YouTube

Lecture 192 Step 10: Share on Facebook and Twitter

Lecture 193 Optional: Upgrade Your Microphone

Section 26: Demonstrations

Lecture 194 Adding a Music Soundtrack

Lecture 195 Simple Slide Animation

Lecture 196 Demonstration: Birthday Wishes

Section 27: Create Online Courses with Camtasia 2019 and PowerPoint 2016

Lecture 197 Course Overview

Lecture 198 Recording and Editing "Course Overview"

Section 28: Basic Camtasia 2019 and PowerPoint 2016

Lecture 199 How Camtasia 2019 Works

Lecture 200 Creating the Slides for "How Camtasia 2019 Works"

Lecture 201 Recording and Editing "How Camtasia 2019 Works"

Lecture 202 Where to Publish Your Online Courses

Lecture 203 Creating the Slides for "Where to Publish Your Online Courses"

Lecture 204 Recording and Editing "Where to Publish Your Online Courses"

Lecture 205 How Udemy, Skillshare and Stack Commerce Work

Lecture 206 Creating the Slides for "How Udemy, Skillshare and Stack Commerce Work"

Lecture 207 Recording and Editing "How Udemy, Skillshare and Stack Commerce Work"

Lecture 208 Camtasia 2019 and PowerPoint 2016 Section Project

Section 29: Advanced Camtasia

Lecture 209 Zoom and Pan, Split and Transitions

Lecture 210 Utilizing the Camtasia Library

Lecture 211 Importing and Using External Media in Camtasia

Lecture 212 Recording a Green Screen Talking Head Using Your Webcam

Lecture 213 Advanced Camtasia Section Project

Section 30: Advanced PowerPoint

Lecture 214 My Preferred Method for Making PowerPoint Presentations

Lecture 215 Creating Course Card Images with PowerPoint

Lecture 216 Advanced PowerPoint Section Project

Section 31: Publishing Your Course

Lecture 217 Publishing the Sample Video on YouTube

Lecture 218 Publishing a Sample Course on Udemy (Part 1)

Lecture 219 Publishing the Sample Course on Udemy (Part 2)

Lecture 220 Publishing the Sample Course on SkillShare

Lecture 221 Publishing the Sample Course on Teachable

Lecture 222 Publishing Your Course Section Project

Section 32: Using PowerPoint to Create a Child's Picture Book

Lecture 223 "Roscoe Goes Swimming" in PowerPoint

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