PowerPoint 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

by Weverka, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780470040621
• ISBN10: 0470040629
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-10
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

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

Author Biography

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

Getting Started in PowerPoint

Introducing PowerPoint

PowerPoint Nuts and Bolts

Finding Your Way around the PowerPoint Screen

Planning Ahead for a Solid Presentation

Building Your Presentation

Inserting and Handling Slides

Handling Master Slides and Master Styles

Handling Slide Backgrounds

Entering the Text

Formatting Text on a Slide

Communicating with Tables, Charts, and Diagrams

Constructing the Perfect Table

Putting a Chart on a Slide

Putting Diagrams on Slides

Embellishing Your Slides with Graphics and Shapes

Drawing Shapes, Lines, and Other Objects

Managing and Manipulating Objects

Decorating Slides with Graphics and Photographs

Decorating Slides with Clip Art

Flash and Dash

Taking Advantage of Transitions and Animations

Making Video Slides

Making Sound and Music a Part of a Presentation

Giving a Presentation

Giving an In-Person Presentation

Speaker Notes and Handouts

Creating a Self-Running Presentation

Creating a User-Run Presentation

Alternative Ways to Distribute Presentations

PowerPoint for Power Users

Customizing PowerPoint

Creating a Presentation Design for Your Company

Collaborating with Others on a Presentation

Linking and Embedding for Compound Presentations

Automating Tasks with Macros

Index

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