How To Do Everything With Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007

Design winning presentations with the new version of PowerPoint Create dynamic and professional-quality presentations using sage advice, handy tips, and clear descriptions from PowerPoint expert Ellen Finkelstein. This book gives you that extra edge with best-practice design, layout, and organizational techniques that will make your presentations leap off the screen. In addition to in-depth coverage of new features, including the redesigned user interface, SmartArt diagrams, new special effects, and custom layouts, this must-have resource delivers everything you need to get started, organize your content, and add those finishing touches for a top-notch presentation. Make your point with well-crafted, clear content Design and save custom themes and layouts Create perfectly formatted tables and charts Include special effects like animation, 3-D, reflections, and soft edges Add music, video clips, and narration Convert bulleted text to diagrams using SmartArt graphics Protect presentation files with new security tools Deliver with confidence using the new Presenter View

An illustrated, step-by-step guide to creating professional presentations with PowerPoint that include slide shows, tables, charts, special effects, video, narration, and music.

We're getting the word out on how to get the most out of Word 2007 This up-to-date guide makes it easy for both beginners and experienced users to master the powerful features and new interface of Word 2007. You will learn to create professional-looking documents effortlessly. Practical examples and step-by-step instructions make even the most complex features simple to grasp, while workarounds show you how to circumvent common problems.

When you’re trying to harness the power of PowerPoint, you don’t want to wade through lots of background and definitions; you want to make things happen! Power Point Just the Steps for Dummies puts your hands and eyes to work immediately so you can finish any PowerPoint project in a flash. Just choose your task, follow the step-by-step instructions and vivid illustrations, and POOF! It’s done. In seconds, you’ll be: Creating a new presentation Resizing or moving an object Duplicating a slide Using the outlining toolbar Adding notes to a slide Printing your presentation Setting up a slide show Working with pictures and clip art Coloring text and objects Modifying the slide master Creating a template Inserting a diagram or chart Adding sound and video And more Whether you’re new to PowerPoint, pressed for time, or visually oriented, this get-it-done guide will help make your next PowerPoint presentation look like a work of genius!

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.

A new handbook not only covers the basics and new features of PowerPoint 2007, but also teaches users how to combine multimedia, animation, and interactivity into a presentation; how to take full advantage of advanced functions; and how to create reusable design templates and automate tasks with macros.

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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.