How To Do Everything With Powerpoint(R) (2002)

Follow real-world examples in this get-you-going guide and create your own PowerPoint presentations—from simple to dazzlingly sophisticated. Prepare slide shows—which you can show on a projection screen or computer monitor—featuring animation, sound, graphics, and even video clips. Edit and format text, add graphs and diagrams, include multimedia and hyperlinks, and add finishing touches—including fills and 3-D effects—to make your presentations jump off the screen. How to Do Everything with PowerPoint 2002 will lead you successfully through the features of this robust tool and help you create professional-quality presentations.

• Communicate with words, artwork, shape, color, sound, and special effects
• Design custom graphs, tables and diagrams
• Use transition effects to keep visual interest high while changing slides
• Manipulate text, paragraphs, and graphics in myriad ways
• Import or export content with ease
• Get tips on delivering a smooth presentation
• Save your presentation in HTML format and publish it on the Internet or an intranet
• Create interactive and automatically looping slide shows

Library Journal

Here, beginning to intermediate PowerPoint users will find a wealth of useful information, ranging from presentation creation basics to more advanced tips on topics such as VBA programming. Especially relevant to novices is the last chapter on presenting slide shows, with its advice on handout creation and presentation. The "How To Do Everything" series is less visual than Peachpit's "Visual QuickStart" series, but it judiciously uses screen shots, making entries very practical. Recommended for public libraries. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.