Synopses & Reviews
7 books in 1— your key to PowerPoint success!Your one-stop guide to perfect presentations with PowerPoint 2007
Everybody uses PowerPoint, right? How can you make your presentations pop? Check this handy reference with its easy-to-use minibooks! Once you get going with all the cool new stuff in PowerPoint 2007, you find out how to jazz up your presentations with charts, transitions, photos, animation, and even some ultra-cool power-user tricks.
Discover how to
- Plan and create a presentation
- Use speed techniques
- Handle master slides and master styles
- Customize slides with themes and templates
- Make diagrams and charts
- Create video slides
Synopsis
A seven-in-one reference takes readers from the fundamentals of PowerPoint 2007 to more advanced features, while offering step-by-step techniques and advice on using the business presentation software to create transparencies and handouts, publish presentations on the Internet, enhance a presentation with graphics and multimedia, and create timesaving macros. Original. (Beginner)
Synopsis
* Seven minibooks spanning over 750 pages give business people and educators the in-depth coverage they need to conquer PowerPoint complexities and create standout presentations-without having to outsource the job to a PowerPoint specialist
* Helps both new and experienced users navigate the new Office interface and make the most of new Office graphics tools
* Minibooks cover getting started; building a presentation; tables, charts, and diagrams; graphics and images; video, sound, and animation; giving a presentation; and power user strategies (including creating templates, macros, and collaboration)
Synopsis
7 books in 1—your key to PowerPoint success!Your one-stop guide to perfect presentations with PowerPoint 2007
Everybody uses PowerPoint, right? How can you make your presentations pop? Check this handy reference with its easy-to-use minibooks! Once you get going with all the cool new stuff in PowerPoint 2007, you find out how to jazz up your presentations with charts, transitions, photos, animation, and even some ultra-cool power-user tricks.
Discover how to
- Plan and create a presentation
- Use speed techniques
- Handle master slides and master styles
- Customize slides with themes and templates
- Make diagrams and charts
- Create video slides
About the Author
Peter Weverka is the bestselling author of several For Dummies books, including Office All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies and Microsoft Money For Dummies, as well as 30 other computer books about various topics. Peter’s humorous articles and stories — none related to computers, thankfully — have appeared in Harper’s, SPY, The Argonaut, and other magazines for grown-ups.
Table of Contents
Introduction.Book I: Getting Started in PowerPoint.
Chapter 1: Introducing PowerPoint.
Chapter 2: PowerPoint Nuts and Bolts.
Chapter 3: Finding Your Way around the PowerPoint Screen.
Chapter 4: Planning Ahead for a Solid Presentation.
Book II: Building Your Presentation.
Chapter 1: Inserting and Handling Slides.
Chapter 2: Handling Master Slides and Master Styles.
Chapter 3: Handling Slide Backgrounds.
Chapter 4: Entering the Text.
Chapter 5: Formatting Text on a Slide.
Book III: Communicating with Tables, Charts, and Diagrams.
Chapter 1: Constructing the Perfect Table.
Chapter 2: Putting a Chart on a Slide.
Chapter 3: Putting Diagrams on Slides.
Book IV: Embellishing Your Slides with Graphics and Shapes.
Chapter 1: Drawing Shapes, Lines, and Other Objects.
Chapter 2: Managing and Manipulating Objects.
Chapter 3: Decorating Slides with Graphics and Photographs.
Chapter 4: Decorating Slides with Clip Art.
Book V: Flash and Dash.
Chapter 1: Taking Advantage of Transitions and Animations.
Chapter 2: Making Video Slides.
Chapter 3: Making Sound and Music a Part of a Presentation.
Book VI: Giving a Presentation.
Chapter 1: Giving an In-Person Presentation.
Chapter 2: Speaker Notes and Handouts.
Chapter 3: Creating a Self-Running Presentation.
Chapter 4: Creating a User-Run Presentation.
Chapter 5: Alternative Ways to Distribute Presentations.
Book VII: PowerPoint for Power Users.
Chapter 1: Customizing PowerPoint.
Chapter 2: Creating a Presentation Design for Your Company.
Chapter 3: Collaborating with Others on a Presentation.
Chapter 4: Linking and Embedding for Compound Presentations.
Chapter 5: Automating Tasks with Macros.
Index.