Cutting Edge PowerPoint For Dummies
Published on 23. September 2011
380 pages
978-0-471-78943-7 (ISBN)
Description
Use these great ideas to help you make your point
Create PowerPoint presentations with Flash(r) movies, Excel(r)charts, and more
Okay, you've PowerPointed before, right? And you knew there must bemore cool things you could do? Here they are! This handy guidegives you pointers on what makes a powerful presentation, tips onusing the right formats and templates, and directions for dressingup text, wowing 'em with color, adding action, and much more.
Discover how to
* Tweak and streamline PowerPoint
* Get the most from color
* Avoid amateur mistakes
* Use shapes, fills, and 3D effects
* Add photos, soundtracks, and DVD video
* Deliver your presentation with punch
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Cutting Edge PowerPoint For Dummies
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08/2005
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Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
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Geetesh Bajaj is based in Hyderabad, India, and he gotstarted with his first PowerPoint presentation around a decade ago.He has been working with PowerPoint ever since.
Geetesh believes that any presentation is a sum of its elements.Everything in a presentation can be broken down to this elementlevel, and PowerPoint's real power lies in its ability to actas glue for all such elements.
Geetesh contributes regularly to journals and Web sites, includingPresentations magazine and the Microsoft.com Web site.He's also a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most ValuableProfessional) and a regular on Microsoft's PowerPointnewsgroups. It is from this newsgroup that many of the ideas andthoughts in this book were assimilated.
Geetesh's own Web site at indezine.com has hundreds of pageson PowerPoint usage. It also has a blog, an e-zine, productreviews, free templates and interviews.
Geetesh welcomes comments and suggestions about his books. He canbe reached at geetesh@geetesh.com.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Powering Up PowerPoint.
Chapter 1: PowerPointing with the Best of Them.
Chapter 2: Empowering Your PowerPoint Program.
Chapter 3: Color Is Life.
Chapter 4: Streamlining with Masters and Templates.
Part II: Achieving Visual Appeal.
Chapter 5: AutoShape Magic.
Chapter 6: Drawing in PowerPoint.
Chapter 7: Dressing Up the Text Stuff.
Chapter 8: Adding Images to Your Presentations.
Chapter 9: Pulling in Diagrams, Charts, Equations, and Maps.
Part III: Adding Motion, Sounds, and Effects.
Chapter 10: Listening and Watching: The Sound and VideoStuff.
Chapter 11: Moving On with Animations and Transitions.
Part IV: Communicating Beyond the PowerPoint Program.
Chapter 12: Interactivity and Linking.
Chapter 13: Exchanging Information.
Chapter 14: Preparing and Delivering Your AwesomePresentation.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: My Ten Favorite PowerPoint Tips.
Chapter 16: Ten PowerPoint Problems.
Appendix: What's on the CD-ROM.
Index.
