Book description
Fast-paced and easy to read, this new book teaches you the basics of PowerPoint 2007 so you can start using the program right away. This concise guide shows readers how to work with PowerPoint's most useful features and its completely redesigned interface. With clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, lots of illustrations, and plenty of timesaving advice, PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual will quickly teach you to:
- Create, save, set up, run, and print a basic bullets-and-background slideshow
- Learn how to add pictures, sound, video, animated effects, and controls (buttons and links) to your slides
- Discover how to incorporate text, spreadsheets, and animations created in other programs
The new PowerPoint is radically different from previous versions. Over the past decade, PowerPoint has grown in complexity, but its once-simple toolbar has been packed with so many features that not even the pros could find them all. For PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft redesigned the user interface completely, adding a tabbed toolbar that makes every feature easy to locate.
Unfortunately, Microsoft's documentation is as scant as ever, so even if you find the features you need, you still may not know what to do with them. But with this book, you can breeze through the new user interface and its timesaving features in no time. PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual is the perfect primer for anyone who needs to create effective presentations.
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Table of contents
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PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
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- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. CREATING SLIDESHOWS
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1. Creating a Basic Presentation
- 1.1. Beginning a New Presentation
- 1.2. Choosing a Theme for Your Presentation
- 1.3. Adding Text
- 1.4. Adding More Slides
- 1.5. Moving Around Inside a Presentation
- 1.6. Adding Speaker Notes
- 1.7. Creating and Printing Handouts
- 1.8. Saving and Closing a Presentation
- 1.9. Running a Presentation
- 2. Editing Slides
- 3. Formatting and Aligning Your Text
- 4. Formatting and Laying Out Your Slides
- 5. Editing Your Slideshow
- 6. Adding Charts, Diagrams, and Tables
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1. Creating a Basic Presentation
- II. DELIVERING SLIDESHOWS
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III. BEYOND BULLET POINTSâGRAPHICS AND TRANSITIONS
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9. Putting Images on Slides
- 9.1. Drawing on Slides
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9.2. Modifying Drawings
- 9.2.1. Selecting Lines and Shapes
- 9.2.2. Applying Shape Styles
- 9.2.3. Modifying Lines, Connectors, and Shape Outlines
- 9.2.4. Modifying the Inside of a Shape
- 9.2.5. Applying Special Effects
- 9.2.6. Rotating Drawings
- 9.2.7. Repositioning Lines and Shapes
- 9.2.8. Resizing Drawings
- 9.2.9. Changing the Type of a Shape or Connector
- 9.2.10. Adding Text to Shapes
- 9.2.11. Reshaping and Distorting Shapes
- 9.2.12. Aligning Shapes and Lines
- 9.3. Adding Pictures from Other Programs
- 9.4. Modifying Pictures
- 10. Slide Transitions
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9. Putting Images on Slides
- A. Appendix Getting Help
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
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Product information
- Title: PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2007
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596553739
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