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PowerPoint for Beginners - Program & Animation Basics FREE (Udemy.com)

PowerPoint basics is a free course where you learn basics about the software and its animation features. Enjoy!

4.5
10,988 reviews

Created by: Andrew Pach

Last updated December 2025

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Based on the ratings of 10,988 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in December 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

Andrew Pach made this as a free prequel to his paid PowerPoint courses, and he says so up front. It runs 1.3 hours across 28 lectures: 17 on interface basics like slides, shapes, text and pictures, then seven short ones on transitions and animations. More than 226,000 students have joined. It is meant for someone opening PowerPoint for the first time, maybe for a class assignment or a work deck. Anyone who already builds slides comfortably will find it thin.

Reviewers mostly like how plain it is. Comments describe clear language, tasks to follow along with, and a lighter, almost YouTube-like tone. A few picked up shortcuts, such as holding shift while drawing shapes. About 84 percent of the 10,988 ratings are four or five stars. The complaints are small but real: one reviewer wanted more on photos and backgrounds, another struggled to see the menu bar in the recordings, and a two-star review called the teaching merely average.

At 77 minutes of video, this is a quick start, not a full training. It was last updated in late December 2025. Beside the broader beginner-to-advanced PowerPoint courses on the same page, it works as a free first step to see whether the teaching style suits you, which is exactly what the description says it is for. Take it if you are new, then move to something deeper once the basics click.

Best forPeople opening PowerPoint for the first time who need slides and basic animations done for class or work.
Skip it ifYou already build decks in PowerPoint and want design depth, advanced features or a certificate.

Pros

  • Clear, plain language and follow-along tasks make it easy for total beginners
  • Free, with 28 short lectures that fit into one 1.3-hour sitting
  • Teaches handy shortcuts like shift with shapes, plus building a full animation sequence
  • Updated in December 2025, with a relaxed, YouTube-style delivery reviewers enjoy

Cons

  • Only 77 minutes, so photos, backgrounds and design depth get little room
  • One reviewer found the menu bar hard to see in the recordings
  • No certificate, and one reviewer found the teaching merely average
Easy to follow and do the tasks simultaneously. Also language is clear and understandable
Sergey Babasyan, a student

Fits true beginners. The requirements say no prior experience, just PowerPoint on a PC or Mac.

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What you will learn

  • Understand basic PowerPoint usage
  • Understand how animation in Microsoft PowerPoint work
  • Easily navigate through PowerPoint and learn it's basic functionality
  • You will be 100% equipped to easily understand any of my other PPT courses
  • Believe in their skills and be confident while designing

Course content

4 sections · 28 lectures · 1.3 hours of video 1 quiz, 1 assignment, 2 articles

  1. 1[NEW for 2026] Introduction 1 free preview2 lectures · 4 min
  2. 2PowerPoint - Software Basics17 lectures · 1 quiz · 55 min
  3. 3PowerPoint - Animation Basics7 lectures · 1 quiz · 17 min
  4. 4Conclusion2 lectures · 2 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • People who are beginners or never used PowerPoint
  • Anyone who would like to learn basics about the software and it's animation features
  • People who are serious about acquiring a new skill set and adding one more design tool to their portfolio

What you need before you start

  • PowerPoint on PC or MAC (the newer the better, 2016, 2019, 2021 or Microsoft365 - best)
  • No prior experience or knowledge is required

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Course Description

This course is intended for beginner and inexperienced designers, who aspire to learn Microsoft PowerPoint for professional or private use. No matter if you want to add a new skill to your portfolio, create videos, impress at work or start beeing an online entrepreneur. If you have very little experience with the software or are a total beginner and this will be the first time you open the software - this is the right course for you!

It's your best shot at getting on the right track to becomming a pro in the quickest possible way. I am releasing this content totally FREE of charge because it is also intended to be a prequel to any of my existing and future premium courses. So I am both helping people and making sure that I have a point I can direct people to if they never used PowerPoint :)


The course has 2 main goals here which I explain right at the beginning and am completely open about:

  1. I want you to get familiar with PowerPoint and teach you a little bit about the program itself and its animation features.

  2. I want to make sure that in case you are interested in my premium courses but are not sure about my teaching style, the pace of my lectures and if you will be prepared enough to enroll them you will be 100% equipped to do so after taking this course.

Sometimes people did ask me to make a very basic introduction to PowerPoint - and I believe such a little Crash Course is the perfect way to be released as free content since you can ensure that you will have the neccesary "prequel" knowledge to understand any other, more advanced course.

All of my courses are fairly beginner friendly but in case you would struggle I encourage you to take this course first to see how it is. If you already know everything that is taought here - you are overqualified and ready to go :)


What this course IS, and what this course ISN'T. Please read to not be dissapointed!

  • It is a very basic and brief introduction into the software and it's animation features

  • It is very beginner friednly

  • It is aimed for people with little or no prior tech experience or knowledge of PowerPoint

  • It isn't an advanced powerpoint course

  • It isn't a complex, insightful explanation of all powerpoint features

  • It isn't suitable for advanced powerpoint users - if you understand the basics you do not need to take this course

I think I am very clear with my message about the intentions of the course, what is beeing taought here and who is it for. Some of the features you will learn here are bext viewed by reading through the lecture curriculu,.


Some features I want to explain here:

  • What is PowerPoint, what is it used for and the difference between its versions

  • Explaining the interface, how to add slides, save presentations and export them to video

  • Adding & editing shapes, text, pictures and designing an entire slide

  • Using both transitions and animations including all their types and changed timings

  • Creating an entire animation sequence for a slide

  • and of course some more features along the way :)

I highly encourage you to take this course and have some fun inside PowerPoint with me, see you inside! Enroll now!
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Instructor Details

Andrew Pach

Hi! My name is Andrzej Pach (but Andrew is easier to say ^^) and I spend my daily time with graphic design, presentations, motion & animation, typography, video editing, and online teaching. Most of my work is done in Adobe After Effects & Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 / 2021 / 365 and Camtasia so naturally, this is the software I want to teach about and share my experience with. I have completed more than 5000 graphic projects for clients, mostly including video animations like intros, outros, and transitions for various YouTube channels & marketers. On Fiverr alone (a freelancing website), I have more than 3500 reviews and 4k+ finished jobs. I would like to share with you the knowledge that I was able to "stack up" during the process. I am always willing to help people out by enhancing their brands and projects. 

  Who am I? 

I'm born in 1989, live in a small village in Poland, and graduated from my University in July 2014. A few years back, when I tried to find my "place" after getting hired to prepare a website, flyer, and business card for a local business in my area, I finally "felt it". Since then (2011) I have expanded my skills in this area by completing various graphic, website, and design-related projects. Places like the Warrior Forum, freelancing websites, and graphic contests across the web caught my interest and never let me go. I run my own company since April 2015.

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By S .Mayuri on 8/30/2026

This course was very useful and easy to understand. The lessons were clear and well organized, and I enjoyed learning the basics of PowerPoint and its animation features. It was a good match for me and helped me improve my skills.

By Margo James-Teeias on 7/6/2026

yes I've learned quite a bit in this lecture because I didn't know how to use powerpoint and its a part of my class assignments and I will be reviewing this a couple more times thank you so much andrew.

By Md Nadim on 6/13/2026

Contains all the basic stuff covered as it is a free course, yet it could be much more. Maybe in his paid courses he's a much more of a good teacher, i don't know it's totally average.

By Hope Erukoghene on 4/21/2026

This course is excellent. Even though English is not the tutor’s first language, he explained everything clearly and did a great job teaching. The content is easy to understand definitely deserves a 5-star rating.

By Wolfgang Tulmau on 4/13/2026

Great information given in short videos making it easier to keep up. The materials that were downloaded prior to starting also made it easy to do the work alongside the class.

By Tanisha on 4/11/2026

This was an amazing course for both a beginner and an intermediate. I learnt so much which I didn't before. Some features which were taught were a lot interesting and surprising too. Surely going to improve the quality of ppts ur gonna create further.

By Hassan on 3/29/2026

I loved this course. Andrew taught everything in very detail and explained in a very understanding manner. And he also provided the resources to practice along. Thank u for this course, Andrew!

By Jorel Alegre on 3/29/2026

I've got background on PowerPoint and its animation features, but it's a good refresher to familiarize the basics. It's a good start for learning more advanced features of PowerPoint to make more complex animations. Also, thank you for the coupons!

By Fessehaye Yehdego on 3/28/2026

great , engaging learning, the modern way of teaching, well prepared and organized, one at a time. nice!. i am taking paid version , will expect a great skill development

By Aress Bishar on 2/14/2026

I’m honoured and happy to have gained so much from this tutor. I’m very happy to have gained valuable experience, and it was my time to learn PowerPoint — which I did, thanks to you. Thank you very much!

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PowerPoint for Beginners - Program & Animation Basics FREE
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  • Video Duration: icon 1.3h
  • Price: Free
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon December 2025
  • Level: Beginner Beginner
  • Language: icon English
  • Certificate: icon No
  • Lectures:28 in 4 sections
  • Practice:1 quiz
  • Students:226,800
  • Subtitles:1 language

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