# Microsoft PowerPoint Level I

Canonical URL: <https://www.careercenters.com/courses/beginner-powerpoint-classes>

## Overview

Acquire essential skills to create and edit presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. You’ll learn how to create presentations that incorporate text as well as appealing visuals such as images, SmartArt, layered objects, tables, charts, shapes, and more. 

### Hands-On PowerPoint Training in NYC

In this six-hour course,  you'll learn the fundamentals of PowerPoint step-by-step, starting with setting up and customizing new presentations. You’ll learn about the different types of content you can add and how to customize them, including adding/cropping/adjusting photos, building custom diagrams with SmartArt, adding tables and charts, using slide transitions to add animation, and more. At the end of the course, you’ll learn how to give the presentation (called a slide show) for audiences who can be in-person or online. You will learn best practices, including how to use speaker notes and a special presenter view.

### Microsoft PowerPoint Bootcamp

Enroll in our [PowerPoint Bootcamp](/courses/powerpoint-bootcamp-nyc) to take advantage of PowerPoint's full potential. Over 2 days and 12 training hours, you'll learn the foundations covered in PowerPoint Level 1 plus advanced features like customizing the look of the entire presentation (using the Slide Master to create custom PowerPoint themes), incorporating video, adding animations, and much more.

### Free Retake & PowerPoint Tutorials

Get a free retake of the course within 6 months of your first enrollment. Also included with your course enrollment, you'll receive access to several hours of beginner PowerPoint tutorials, a $95, completely free.

### Prerequisites

None; basic computer skills

## What you'll learn

- Create new PowerPoint Presentations
- Choose appropriate slide layouts & add content (text, images, etc.)  
- Add photos, graphics, & how to adjust them (size, crop, etc.)
- Build Diagrams using SmartArt
- Draw Shapes & Lines
- Align & Evenly Space Objects
- Work with Tables & Charts
- Add Transitions
- Run a PowerPoint Presentation (Slide Show)

## 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
- Jul 16, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Aug 12, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC
- Sep 15, 2026 10:00am–5:00pm — NYC

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $249