MICROSOFT OFFICE POWERPOINT 2007: JUST THE STEPS
WORSE, WADE THROUGH LOTS OF TEDIOUS NARRATIVE TEXT IN A GIGANTIC REFERENCE MANUAL TO FIND THE HELP YOU NEED THIS BOOK ELIMINATES BACKGROUND DESCRIPTIONS AND DETAILED EXPLANATIONS AND TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO A SERIES OF STEPS TO PRO- DUCE PRECISELY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH A PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT IT SIMPLE, FAST, AND DIRECT, THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR PARTS THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS INTRODUCE EACH ONE PART I: CREATING A PRESENTATION IF YOU’RE FAIRLY NEW TO POWERPOINT, THE CHAPTERS IN THIS PART GET YOU UP AND RUNNING FIRST, YOU FIND OUT HOW TO CREATE A PRES- ENTATION AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION IS STARTED, WE SHOW YOU HOW TO ADD CONTENT FROM SCRATCH, FROM WORD, AND FROM EXISTING PRESENTATIONS YOU THEN FIND THE NECESSARY STEPS ON HOW TO EDIT AND FORMAT YOUR CONTENT TO GET JUST THE LOOK YOU WANT WE FINISH THIS PART BY GIVING YOU INFORMATION ON WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MASTERS IN POWERPOINT PART II: ADDING VISUAL INTEREST TO SLIDES AFTER YOU HAVE A BASIC PRESENTATION, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD ELE- MENTS TO INCREASE VISUAL INTEREST THESE COMPREHENSIVE CHAP- TERS SHOW YOU HOW TO DO JUST THAT YOU FIND OUT HOW TO ADD AND EDIT SIMPLE GRAPHICS LIKE SHAPES, LINES, AND ARROWS YOU THEN FIND STEPS ON HOW TO ADD EMBELLISHMENTS, SUCH AS SHAD- OWS, GLOWS, AND 3-D EFFECTS, TO THOSE SHAPES AND ALSO TO TEXT IF THAT ISN’T ENOUGH, YOU DISCOVER HOW TO JAZZ UP YOUR TEXT BY USING THE WORDART FEATURE WE ALSO GIVE YOU ALL THE STEPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON HOW TO APPLY COLOR, TEXTURE, AND PATTERN TO YOUR SLIDE ELEMENTS PICTURES SCORE BIG WITH ADDED VISUAL PUNCH WE SHOW YOU HOW TO BRING IN BOTH CLIP ART AND PHOTOS TO YOUR PRESENTATIONS FINALLY, WE ROUND OUT THIS PART BY GIVING YOU ALL YOU NEED TO CREATE AND FULLY EDIT TABLES, AND SMARTART SUCH AS CHARTS, ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS PART III: ADDING A DASH OF PIZZAZZ WITH MULTIMEDIA IF TEXT, SHAPES, AND PICTURES AREN’T ENOUGH FOR YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO EXPLORE USING SOUND, MOVIES, AND ANIMATION IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS USING MULTIMEDIA ISN’T NEARLY AS COMPLICATED AS YOU MAY THINK WE GIVE YOU THE STEPS TO INSERT SOUND AND MOVIE FILES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES YOU ALSO FIND OUT HOW TO USE HYPERLINKS TO JUMP TO OTHER SLIDES AND PRESENTATIONS OR TO A WEB SITE TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION FLOW SMOOTHLY, WE SHOW YOU HOW TO IMPLE- MENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN YOUR SLIDES AND LASTLY, TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION REALLY COME ALIVE, YOU FIND STEPS ON ANIMATING SLIDES, OBJECTS, AND TEXT PART IV: PRESENTING EFFECTIVELY WHEN YOUR PRESENTATION IS READY, WE SHOW YOU HOW TO PREPARE AND SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD YOU FIND IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SETTING UP YOUR SHOW OPTIONS FOR OPTI- MUM PERFORMANCE WE GIVE YOU THE STEPS ON PRINTING YOUR SLIDES, HANDOUTS, AND NOTES FOR YOUR AUDIENCE YOU FIND OUT HOW TO PACKAGE YOUR PRESENTATION ON CD AND HOW TO HOLD AN ONLINE PRESENTATION MEETING WE ALSO GIVE YOU THE LOWDOWN ON HOW TO SAVE A PRESENTATION IN THE NEW XML PAPER SPECIFICATION FORMAT FINALLY, YOU DIS- COVER HOW TO GIVE A PRESENTATION LIVE OR VIA A KIOSK GET READY TO GLANCE OVER THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO LOCATE THE TASK YOU WANT TO PERFORM IN MICROSOFT OFFICE POWERPOINT YOU DON’T NEED TO GRASP ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION; JUST JUMP INTO THE SERIES OF STEPS THAT DEFINES A SOLUTION FOR A PROJECT YOU WANT TO COMPLETE ?