Includes index.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Building Your Presentation. Chapter 1: A First Look at PowerPoint. Chapter 2: What Makes a Great Presentation? Chapter 3: Creating and Saving Presentation Files. Chapter 4: Creating Slides and Text Boxes. Chapter 5: Working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters. Chapter 6: Formatting Text. Chapter 7: Formatting Paragraphs and Text Boxes. Chapter 8: Correcting and Improving Text. Chapter 9: Creating and Formatting Tables. Part II: Using Graphics and Multimedia Content. Chapter 10: Drawing and Formatting Objects. Chapter 11: Creating SmartArt Diagrams. Chapter 12: Using and Organizing Clip Art. Chapter 13: Working with Photographic Images. Chapter 14: Working with Charts. Chapter 15: Incorporating Data from Other Programs. Chapter 16: Adding Sound Effects, Music, and Soundtracks. Chapter 17: Incorporating Motion Video. Chapter 18: Creating Animation Effects and Transitions. Part III: Interfacing with Your Audience. Chapter 19: Creating Support Materials. Chapter 20: Preparing for a Live Presentation. Chapter 21: Designing User-Interactive or Self-Running Presentations. Chapter 22: Preparing a Presentation for Mass Distribution. Chapter 23: Sharing and Collaborating. Part IV: Project Labs. Lab 1: Presenting Content Without Bulleted Lists. Lab 2: Project Lab: Adding Sound and Movement to a Presentation. Lab 3: Creating a Menu-Based Navigation System. Lab 4: Creating a Classroom Game. Part V: Appendixes. Appendix A: Feature Finder: 2003 to 2007. Appendix B: Customizing PowerPoint. Appendix C: What s on the CD-ROM. Index.

Creating a good presentation is much more than just clicking a few dialog boxes and typing some text. It requires knowledge and planning—lots of it. With the PowerPoint 2007 Bible you will not only be able to build a presentation with PowerPoint, but you’ll also be able to explain why you made the choices you did, and you’ll deliver that presentation smoothly and with confidence.

Experienced PowerPoint presenters will find the book full of coverage of Microsoft's new Office user interface for PowerPoint, including the innovative Ribbon. Anyone using PowerPoint will appreciate the advice on how to avoid really bad PowerPoint, get beyond bullet points, and engage the audience by creating PowerPoint presentations that don't suck.

Valuable CD-ROM included! The CD-ROM included with the book contains more than 500 ready-to-use PowerPoint templates, backgrounds and themes from some of the best-known professional PowerPoint designers

Some of the topics covered include:

Getting familiar with PowerPoint, the new tabs and Ribbon, the Office menu, SmartArt, and PowerPoint views
Delivering an effective presentation from identifying your audience and purpose through developing the content and rehearsing to preparing the room and equipment and finally getting on stage
Working with slides, text, and text formatting including the right fonts for your presentation format
Laying out slides and presentations with layouts, masters,backgrounds, and the new PowerPoint 2007 Themes
Working with tables and including tabluar material and data from Word or Excel
Drawing, working with photos and using charts, clip art, and PowerPoint 2007's new SmartArt
Adding sound effects, music, video, and soundtracks
Creating animations and transitions
Supporting your audience and presentation with handouts, speaker notes, and outlines
Working with PowerPoints live presentation tools including on-screen controls, backup slides, custom shows, preparing your presentation for use on another computer, and preparing your AV equipment or projectors
Building other presentation types including a self-running kiosk and a web and CD/DVD presentations
Sharing and collaborating on presentations on a LAN or using the new SharePoint Slide Library
4 special labs to help you put all of your PowerPoint skills to us in great content including presenting content with out Bullet lists
The CD-ROM included with the book contains more than 500 ready-to-use PowerPoint templates, backgrounds and themes from some of the best-known professional PowerPoint designers

From the Back Cover:

Make an impact on your audience with PowerPoint 2007

To deliver a compelling presentation to your audience, you need to get the most out of PowerPoint's powerful features. In this comprehensive guide to PowerPoint 2007, experienced author and trainer Faithe Wempen shows you how to do both. You'll get up to speed on PowerPoint's new interface and the Ribbon—while you also find out what contributes to a good presentation, such as choosing the right amount and style of information for your audience.

Format with Layouts, Themes, and Master slides
Integrate drawings, charts, or data from a variety of sources
Get beyond bullet points and reading slides full of text and learn to engage your audience during your presentation
Add sound effects, music, animation, and video
Present from multiple monitors and separate computers
Design interactive or self-running kiosk shows

Use SmartArt to quickly turn plain text into graphics

Create professional-looking charts with a few mouse clicks

Use any shape as a photo frame, and use WordArt for text effects

What's on the CD-ROM?

You'll find more than 500 professionally designed PowerPoint templates and backgrounds that you can use in your own PowerPoint presentations.

Please see Appendix C for details.

Also in the Book

Four special project labs highlight complete presentations that show a variety of ways to create content.

Presenting Content Without Bulleted Lists
Creating the Illusion of Movement with Static Graphics
Designing a Menu-Based Navigational System
Creating a Classroom Game

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