The key features of Microsoft PowerPoint, including · Creating and editing slides· Importing data from other applications· Adding charts, clip art, sound and video· Working with hyperlinks and action buttons· Creating Web Pages using PowerPointUpdated coverage of the new version: Revised throughout to cover the latest updates and enhancements made to PowerPoint. Some of these include:· Much tighter integration with Excel· Greatly improved formatting capabilities· Full 3-D rendering for the first time· New diagramming feature, the slide library, which will let users store and share slides for re-use, even alerting them when the original slide is changed· Improved tables

New and inexperienced PowerPoint users will discover how to use the latest enhancements to PowerPoint 2007 quickly and efficiently so that they can produce unique and informative presentations PowerPoint continues to be the world's most popular presentation software This updated For Dummies guide shows users different ways to create powerful and effective slideshow presentations that incorporate data from other applications in the form of charts, clip art, sound, and video Shares the key features of PowerPoint 2007 including creating and editing slides, working with hyperlinks and action buttons, and preparing presentations for the Web

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

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.

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.

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!