PowerPoint 2010 Bible

by Wempen, Faithe

• ISBN13: 9780470591864
• ISBN10: 0470591862
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-10
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Master PowerPoint and improve your presentation skills-with one book!It's no longer enough to have slide after slide of text, bullets, and charts. It's not even enough to have good speaking skills if your PowerPoint slides bore your audience. Get the very most out of all that PowerPoint 2010 has to offer while also learning priceless tips and techniques for making good presentations in this new PowerPoint 2010 Bible. Well-known PowerPoint expert and author Faithe Wempen provides formatting tips; shows you how to work with drawings, tables, and SmartArt; introduces new collaboration tools; walks you through five special presentation labs; and more. Explores the newest features in PowerPoint 2010, the new version of Microsoft's presentation software included in Microsoft Office 2010 Provides priceless tips and techniques for engaging your audience with compelling presentations Covers formatting including tables and working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters Demonstrates how to work with drawings, SmartArt, photos, charts, sounds, music, video, and data from other sources Explains how to use kiosks, mass distribution, and collaboration-including the SharePoint Portal-while preparing or presenting a presentationIt's the book you need to succeed with PowerPoint 2010 and your next live presentation!

Author Biography

Faithe Wempen is a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor, and the author of over 100 books on computer hardware and software, including The PowerPoint 2007 Bible, PowerPoint Advanced Presentation Techniques, Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 Special Edition, and A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies.?She is an adjunct instructor of Computer Technology at IUPUI. Her online courses for Powered.com have educated over a quarter of a million students in Microsoft Office applications for corporate clients including Sony, CNET, and Hewlett-Packard.

Table of Contents

Preface

Building Your Presentation

A First Look at PowerPoint

What Makes a Great Presentation?

Creating and Saving Presentation Files

Creating Slides and Text Boxes

Working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters

Formatting Text

Formatting Paragraphs and Text Boxes

Correcting and Improving Text

Creating and Formatting Tables

Using Graphics and Multimedia Content

Drawing and Formatting Objects

Creating SmartArt Diagrams

Using and Organizing Clip Art

Working with Photographic Images

Working with Charts

Incorporating Content from Other Programs

Adding Sound Effects, Music, and Soundtracks

Incorporating Motion Video

Creating Animation Effects and Transitions

Interfacing with Your Audience

Creating Support Materials

Preparing for a Live Presentation

Designing User-Interactive or Self-Running Presentations

Preparing a Presentation for Mass Distribution

Sharing and Collaborating

Customizing PowerPoint

Project Labs

Presenting Content Without Bulleted Lists

Adding Sound and Movement to a Presentation

Creating a Menu-Based Navigation System

Creating a Classroom Game

Appendix: What's on the CD-ROM

Index

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