Advanced Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007

This is the only book that will help an intermediate PowerPoint user improve their skills to an advanced level. In doing so, they can benefit both professionally and personally. This is not a comprehensive book that will bore you with every detail of PowerPoint, but a guide to specific actions you can take to create the ultimate presentation. The book covers the powerful formatting engine new to PowerPoint 2007, and how it can be used for applying soft shadows, reflection, and glows to make a presentation look attractive. It also covers PowerPoint's new 3D engine. The book goes into deep technical detail about the Office 2007 theme engine and how color schemes, effect schemes, and font schemes work; as well as the new PowerPoint XML file format, showing you how to edit PowerPoint files without using PowerPoint at all. The authors walk through programming a macro and explain how to format shapes, diagrams, charts, text, tables with gradient and picture fills and different kinds of lines (e.g. a beveled compound line with a diamond arrowhead). Also covered are those all important slide show shortcuts that few people know about like -- seeing your private notes while presenting on a projector, starting the slide show from the current slide without fumbling through the user interface, and how to black out the slide show screen with one key press.

This practical guide to Microsoft® PowerPoint 2007 was designed so that you can easily find all the functions needed for making the most out of this Computer Assisted Presentation software. After becoming familiar the working environment and the various views, you will learn how to create and manage documents (opening and saving presentations and templates, creating photo albums); print, format and manage presentation elements (slides, masks, themes, backgrounds); manage text (entering slide and outline text); create, edit and format objects (automatic layouts, tables, pictures, multimedia objects, diagrams and charts); and, create dynamic slide shows (animations, timing and annotating slides during a show). The last part of the book discusses PowerPoint 2007's advanced features, such as managing hyperlinks, revising a slide show, working with other Office applications, and creating Web pages.

A guide in the PowerPoint 2007 series which improves the skills learned previously as well as introducing the use of macros, hyperlinks, sound and custom animation into slides resulting in professional shows. It is accompanied by downloadable data files, which help to reinforce the learning process.

This Illustrated Series' CourseGuide covers the essential information that users need to know for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.

Presents an introduction to the new features of PowerPoint 2007 along with step-by-step instructions for eight makeovers, including a corporate presentation, a school project, a kiosk presentation, and a no bullets presentation.

Covers new PowerPoint features including how to create presentation slides, dress them up using templates and graphics, add sound and animation, and present in a business or Internet setting Equips users to present visually charged, captivating slideshows Sophisticated, revised full-color design provides readers with easier navigation Shows users how to make real-world use of PowerPoint 2007 with highly visual two-page tutorials and numbered, step-by-step screen shots in full color on high-quality paper

Microsoft PowerPoint is nearly ubiquitous in today's world--from business to schools to clubs to organizations, PowerPoint presentations are everywhere you turn. To get up and running quickly and to learn to create the best-looking presentations--the ones that stand out in terms of content and visual appeal--readers need Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. PowerPoint presenter extraordinaire Tom Negrino steps readers through the redesigned user interface and highlights the tools readers will use as they create their presentations. Trusted teacher Tom Negrino gives step-by-step instruction on using all the new features in PowerPoint 2007, such as using the dynamic SmartArt Diagrams, custom layouts, applying attractive new themes (change them in just one click!), and how to manipulate and work with your text, tables, charts, and other presentation elements in much richer ways than ever before. Readers learn about writing their presentation, gathering images and sound files, choosing a design, working with text, and adding graphics and slide effects and transitions. In the end, users will have a professional-looking and visually appealing presentation they can use anywhere! As with all Visual QuickSta rt Guide books, clear, concise instructions and lots of visual aids make learning easy and painless.