MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
SKILLS CHECKLIST
This checklist is intended as a personalized reference guide for your professional development. It is not intended to be a part of the performance review
process.
Created: March 2015, CSUDH Division of Information Technology
Updated: 7/13/2020 Page | 1
As you acquire and master a skill, check off the box next to it
BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SKILLS
Create a new blank presentation
Save the new presentation with a filename
Add New slide to a presentation
Open and Edit a Presentation
Open an existing presentation
Navigate within a presentation
Use outline view and other views
Insert, duplicate, rename and hide a slide
Move, cut, copy and paste text
Format Characters - font, size, color, etc.
Apply bulleted and numbered lists
Construct a Table in a Presentation
Create a table in PowerPoint
Align text in columns and rows
Move columns and rows in a table
Add shading and other style features to a
table
Construct a Chart in a Presentation
Create a simple chart using PowerPoint
Enter data in an Excel worksheet
Add Objects to a Presentation
Add WordArt or ClipArt to a slide
Insert photo from computer or internet
Convert tasks to appointments and back
Draw rectangles, ovals and other shapes
Use a shape as a text box
Use and revise slidemaster
Add an background graphic
Add an background graphic to a slide
Add transition and timing
Print or Export a Presentation
Prepare a handout for a presentation
Export a presentation in PDF or other
format
Upload a presentation to internet sharing
Run an existing presentation with an
audience
Modify an existing presentation
Incorporate Audio in a Presentation
Insert a sound file as an Icon
Insert all or part of a sound file
Specify timing, repetition, fading of a
sound clip
Add a CD audio sound track
Record and add a sound file
Incorporate Video in a Presentation
Link to an internet video in
Modify settings of a video clip
Base a new Presentation on an Office
Template
Modify and save a template
Create and save a custom template
Create a custom slide master
Create a custom presentation theme
Incorporate Content from Other Programs
Copy/Paste content from another
program
Insert link to content from another
program
Embed all/part of a file from another
program
Convert/edit an embedded object