In this video, author Megan Hoffman demonstrates five ways to change presentation design through applying and modifying themes. Learn tips and best practices for quickly modifying themes including changing the color scheme, font set, effects, background styles, variants, and creating a new theme. Master these MOS objectives as a part of your prep for the MOS PowerPoint 2013 exam.
- [Voiceover] In this video, you will learn…to format a presentation by applying themes.…You will also learn to create and customize themes.…Themes are important because they allow you…to make changes quickly to the overall look of slides.…It's a best practice to modify colors, fonts, effects…and background styles at these layers…to provide a professional consistent look…through a presentation.…Applying a theme such as Berlin impacts the colors,…fonts, effects,…and background styles used throughout the presentation.…
Using themes is a huge time saver…compared to adjusting individual fonts…and colors on the individual slides.…You can quickly change the appearance…at any time by applying a different theme.…In this example, I've opened…02_03_Rooms.pptx…from the Exercise folder.…Now in this example, we've already applied…the main event theme.…To change the theme,…I'll click on the Design tab on the ribbon.…Notice that I can hover over any design…to quickly see what Microsoft calls live preview.…
Also notice if you hover and pause…
Author
Megan Bross
Released
4/4/2016The course first explores the MOS certification program and highlights its cost, format, and objectives. Megan then steps viewers through all the MOS exam objectives, explaining how to create and manage presentations, work with slides and shapes, create slide content, apply transitions and other effects, manage multiple presentations, and more.
Disclaimer: Microsoft does not produce, provide, or endorse this video training course.
Challenge exercises are included along the way, and the course concludes with a full-length practice exam.
- Preparing for the exam
- Reviewing exam objectives
- Creating blank presentations
- Formatting presentations with themes and slide masters
- Configuring slide shows
- Inserting slides and shapes
- Inserting text, tables, charts, SmartArt, images, and media
- Applying transitions
- Animating slide content
- Merging presentations
- Protecting and sharing presentations
- Taking a full-length practice exam
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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1. Microsoft Office Specialist Exam Overview
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2. Create and Manage PowerPoint Presentations
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Configure slide shows5m 5s
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Present slide shows5m 41s
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3. Insert and Format Shapes and Slides
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Insert and format slides6m 51s
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Insert and format shapes5m 36s
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4. Create Slide Content
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Insert and format text10m 58s
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Insert and format tables7m 54s
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Insert and format charts8m 26s
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Insert and format SmartArt5m 42s
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Insert and format images7m 16s
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Insert and format media6m 34s
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5. Apply Transitions and Animations
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Animate slide content5m 50s
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6. Manage Multiple Presentations
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Protect and share presentations11m 33s
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7. Full-Length Practice Exam
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Conclusion
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Next steps27s
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