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.

If you want to make a great presentation fast but don’t want to get bogged down in the details, then you need a Visual QuickProject Guide! You don’t need to know every feature—you just want to know how to get your project done. Full-color illustration s show you how to perform each step of your project from start to finish. Low priced—why pay for more than you need? Microsoft PowerPoint is nearly ubiquitous in today's world--from business to schools to clubs to organizations, PowerPoint presentations are everywhere you turn. To learn to create the best-looking presentations--the ones that stand out in terms of content and visual appeal--fast, readers need Creating a Presentation in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: Visual QuickProject Guide. PowerPoint presenter extraordinaire Tom Negrino steps readers through a single, basic presentation. He begins with an overview of the redesigned Office interface and highlights the tools readers will use as they create their project. From there, readers begin writing their presentation, gathering images and sound files, choosing a design, working with text, and adding graphics and slide effects and transitions. From there they learn about presenting and sharing their presentations with the world. Readers will learn how to use the attractive new themes in PowerPoint and so much more. In the end, they will have a professional-looking and visually appealing presentation they can use anywhere! Each book in the Visual QuickProject Guide series now has a companion website featuring sample project files--making it even easier for users to work through each project as they read through the book.

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.

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.

Advance your everyday proficiency with PowerPoint 2019, and earn the credential that proves it! Demonstrate your expertise with Microsoft PowerPoint! Designed to help you practice and prepare for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS): PowerPoint 2019 certification, this official Study Guide delivers: In-depth preparation for each MOS objective Detailed procedures to help build the skills measured by the exam Hands-on tasks to practice what you’ve learned Practice files and sample solutions Sharpen the skills measured by these objectives: Create and manage presentations and slides Insert and format text, shapes, and images Create and manage references Insert and format graphic elements Manage multiple presentations About MOS A Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification validates your proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, demonstrating that you can meet globally recognized performance standards. Hands-on experience with the technology is required to successfully pass Microsoft Certification exams.

This book looks at the new version of Microsoft Windows Office.

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.