Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007

by Beskeen,David W.

• ISBN13: 9781423905233
• ISBN10: 1423905237
• Edition: Brief
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-16
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This Microsoft Office 2007 Illustrated Series book covers the essential information that you need to know about how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. Our signature two-page spread design has been updated and refreshed to take full advantage of the new features of the Office 2007 software. This practical, easy to navigate book provides you with the essential knowledge you need to succeed at both work and beyond.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iv
Getting Started with Microsoft Office 2007	p. 1
Understanding the Office 2007 Suite	p. 2
Deciding which program to use
Starting and Exiting an Office Program	p. 4
Using shortcut keys to move between Office programs
Viewing the Office 2007 User Interface	p. 6
Customizing the Quick Access toolbar
Creating and Saving a File	p. 8
Using the Office Clipboard
Opening a File and Saving it with a New Name	p. 10
Exploring File Open options
Working in Compatibility mode
Viewing and Printing Your Work	p. 12
Using the Print Screen feature to create a screen capture
Getting Help and Closing a File	p. 14
Recovering a document
Concepts Review	p. 16
Independent Challenges	p. 16
Creating a Presentation in PowerPoint 2007	p. 1
Defining Presentation Software	p. 2
Planning an Effective Presentation	p. 4
Understanding copyright
Examining the PowerPoint Window	p. 6
Viewing your presentation in grayscale or black and white
Entering Slide Text	p. 8
Saving fonts with your presentation
Adding a New Slide	p. 10
Applying a Design Theme	p. 12
Customizing themes
Comparing Presentation Views	p. 14
Printing a PowerPoint Presentation	p. 16
Animating in PowerPoint
Concepts Review	p. 18
Skills Review	p. 19
Independent Challenges	p. 21
Visual Workshop	p. 24
Modifying a Presentation	p. 25
Entering Text in the Outline Tab	p. 26
Setting permissions
Formatting Text	p. 28
Replacing text and fonts
Converting Text to SmartArt	p. 30
Choosing SmartArt graphics
Inserting and Modifying Shapes	p. 32
Changing the size and position of shapes
Editing and Duplicating Shapes	p. 34
Understanding PowerPoint objects
Aligning and Grouping Objects	p. 36
Distributing objects
Adding Slide Headers and Footers	p. 38
Entering and printing notes
Checking Spelling in a Presentation	p. 40
Checking spelling as you type
Concepts Review	p. 42
Skills Review	p. 43
Independent Challenges	p. 45
Visual Workshop	p. 48
Inserting Objects into a Presentation	p. 49
Inserting Text from Microsoft Word	p. 50
Inserting slides from other presentations
Inserting Clip Art	p. 52
Finding more clips online
Inserting and Styling a Picture	p. 54
Picture compression
Inserting a Text Box	p. 56
Sending a presentation using e-mail
Inserting a Chart	p. 58
Entering and Editing Chart Data	p. 60
Series in rows vs. series in columns
Inserting a Table	p. 62
Saving slides as graphics
Insert and Format WordArt	p. 64
Using content templates from the Web
Concepts Review	p. 66
Skills Review	p. 67
Independent Challenges	p. 69
Visual Workshop	p. 72
Finishing a Presentation	p. 73
Understanding Masters	p. 74
Create custom slide layouts
Customizing the Background Style	p. 76
Using Slide Show Commands	p. 78
Setting Slide Show Transitions and Timings	p. 80
Rehearsing slide show timings
Setting Slide Animation Effects	p. 82
Presentation checklist
Inspecting a Presentation	p. 84
Digitally sign a presentation
Evaluating a Presentation	p. 86
Creating a Design Template	p. 88
Applying a theme from another presentation
Concepts Review	p. 90
Skills Review	p. 91
Independent Challenges	p. 93
Visual Workshop	p. 96
Appendix	p. 1
Glossary	p. 9
Index	p. 13
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