How to Wow with PowerPoint

by Harrington, Richard; Rekdal, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780321495730
• ISBN10: 032149573X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-23
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Go Beyond The Ordinary With Your Next Presentation... hellip;provide a well-designed and rich multimedia experience! Wouldnrs"t it be great if you could have two of the most sought-after graphic design professionals sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate through the infinite possibilities of your next important presentation? How to Wow with PowerPoint is the next best thing. Itrs"s the brainchild of Richard Harrington and Scott Rekdal, who have developed an incredible way to help you reach your full creative potential. A book for non-designers, Richard and Scott guide you step by step through realworld projects with an emphasis on cutting through the clutter and focusing on good design principles as a more effective way to build presentations. Yours"ll receive tips and techniques on everything from selecting and preparing images to integrating sound and motion. Whether itrs"s adding effective transitions to your slides or making the presentation technically sound and mobile, yours"ll be given the tools at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow! We begin with the important essentials of typography, layout, and design, and move on to creating tables, charts, graphs, and custom templates. Next comes the fun stuff, with projects focusing on audio and video files and integrating Flash. Finally, there is a chapter devoted to exporting and publishing, including how to create handouts, upload to the Web, and other ways to share your presentation. On the How to Wow CD-ROM is everything yours"ll need to complete the projects. The How to Wow CD-ROM Makes it a Snap! The How to Wow with PowerPoint companion CD at the back of this book contains all the files yours"ll need, including: Easy to use PowerPoint templates for each chapter to help you navigate through these projects and learn essential techniques. And you can modify the templates later for your own presentations. PLUS all the photographs, video and audio files used in the projects! Follow along with the lessons to dramatically increase your understanding of how these features are used and how they can be applied to your work, everyday! Extra presentation goodies that are ready to use such as stock photos, fonts, backgrounds, extra templates, and checklists to help you wow your audience.

Author Biography

Richard Harrington a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team

Table of Contents

Typography, Layout & Design	p. 10
Slide Layout- 5 Do's & 5 Don'ts	p. 12
Using Powerpoint Themes	p. 15
Selecting and Installing Fonts	p. 17
Replacing Fonts Globally and Locally	p. 20
Organizing Information for Clarity	p. 23
Improving Readability	p. 26
Adding and Customizing Shadows	p. 29
Using Bullet Points Effectively	p. 31
Customizing Bullets	p. 33
Spell Check and Special Characters	p. 34
Tables, Charts & Graphs	p. 36
Choosing the Right Graphic Format	p. 38
Creating Tables	p. 40
An Overview of Different Chart Types	p. 44
Building a Pie Chart	p. 48
Building a Stacked Bar Chart	p. 52
Highlights of Smartart	p. 56
Working with Smartart	p. 58
Building an Organizational Chart	p. 61
Photos & Graphics	p. 64
Understanding File Formats	p. 66
Sizing and Optimizing Photos	p. 69
Using Clip Art	p. 72
Autoshapes	p. 74
Preparing Logos with Transparency	p. 76
Acquiring Images with Digital Cameras & Scanners	p. 78
Creating a Photo Album	p. 79
Adding Custom Borders	p. 82
Enhancing Photo Appearance with Powerpoint	p. 84
Audio/Video & Multimedia	p. 86
Supported Audio File Formats	p. 88
Supported Video File Formats	p. 90
Managing Your Media	p. 92
Inserting Audio On a Slide	p. 93
Extract Audio with Windows Media Player	p. 96
Extract Audio with Apple Itunes	p. 98
Insert Video On a Slide	p. 100
Putting Flash in a Presentation	p. 104
Unsupported Formats	p. 107
Playsforcertain	p. 109
Adding Web Pages	p. 111
Creating Custom Themes & Templates	p. 114
Modifying Existing Themes	p. 116
Building a Theme from Scratch	p. 119
Slide Masters	p. 123
Finding Source Material	p. 126
Creating Custom Backgrounds in Powerpoint	p. 128
Creating Custom Backgrounds with Photoshop Elements	p. 132
Creating a Custom Template	p. 138
Adding Motion & Creative Transitions	p. 142
Overview of Custom Animation	p. 102
Animating Bullets	p. 104
Animating a Chart	p. 107
Using GIF Files	p. 110
Animating Smartart	p. 111
The Theory of Transitions	p. 113
Adding Transitions to Slides	p. 115
Using Third Party Transitions	p. 117
Delivering the Presentation	p. 160
Final Proofing	p. 162
Customizing The Show	p. 164
Making the Presentation Mobile	p. 167
Mobile Media	p. 172
Creating and Customizing Handouts	p. 174
Creating a Kiosk Presentation	p. 177
Implementing Rehearsed Timings	p. 179
Using the Presenter View	p. 180
Saving Files as Still Images or Pdfs	p. 182
Publishing a Web Page	p. 185
Index	p. 187
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