Advanced PowerPoint
Plan decks around an audience and a story, build template systems, treat images like a designer, teach with Morph and triggers, build interactive and self-paced modules, and run a real QA pass before delivery.
Who it's for
You already make polished decks and now need high-stakes presentations, training modules or interactive lessons, with fewer revision cycles and higher production quality.
What you'll build
An 18-slide interactive training module with a story-led structure, a menu, Zoom or hyperlink navigation, Morph, a branching quiz, linked or stable data and a documented QA pass.
What's in this path
- Step 1: How to Plan a Presentation Story: Audience, Message and Narrative in PowerPointPlan a deck before you design it: profile the audience, write a one-sentence job, pick a narrative pattern and storyboard titles that make the case.14 min read
- Step 2: How to Build a Custom PowerPoint Template and Design SystemTurn your design decisions into a reusable PowerPoint template: theme colors and fonts, a grid, a named layout library, clean masters and a .potx file.15 min read
- Step 3: How to Crop, Mask and Overlay Images and Use Merge Shapes in PowerPointChoose strong images, crop to a ratio and focus point, keep text readable over photos, build custom graphics with Merge Shapes and make images look like a set.15 min read
- Step 4: How to Use Morph, Animation Triggers and Advanced Timing in PowerPointUse motion to explain: build smooth Morph sequences, name objects so they match, make clickable trigger reveals and polish timing that holds up live.15 min read
- Step 5: How to Build Interactive PowerPoint Presentations With Links, Zoom and Branching QuizzesBuild non-linear decks: menus with hyperlinks, action buttons and Zoom, branching quiz feedback and navigation tested so nobody hits a dead end.15 min read
- Step 6: How to Link Excel Charts to PowerPoint Without Breaking Your DeckChoose between linking, embedding and pasting Excel charts as pictures, manage and repair links, document sources, and ship stable decks.14 min read
- Step 7: How to Record a PowerPoint Lesson and Build Self-Paced DecksRedesign slides for learners without a presenter, record narration slide by slide, export to video, and package a lesson for a website or LMS.13 min read
- Step 8: How to QA and Rehearse a PowerPoint Deck Before You PresentReview a deck in content, visual, technical, and accessibility passes, rehearse with timings and Speaker Coach, and turn findings into a revision plan.13 min read
- Step 9: Advanced Project: Build an 18-Slide Interactive Tutoring Module in PowerPointPlan, design, and QA an 18-slide interactive module with a menu, branching quiz, Morph, and narration that works live or self-paced.11 min read
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