Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, Third Edition

Chapter 16. Working with Presentations

In This Chapter

• Understanding Microsoft PowerPoint

• Creating a New Presentation

• Formatting Your Slides

• Adding Graphics

• Applying Slide Transitions

• Start the Show!

When you need to present information to a group of people, the hip way to do it is with a PowerPoint presentation. Whether you use an overhead projector, traditional slides, or a computer projector, PowerPoint can help you create great-looking graphic and bullet-point presentations.

If you work in an office, you probably see at least one PowerPoint presentation a week. Teachers use PowerPoint to present lesson materials in class. Kids even use PowerPoint to prepare what used to be oral reports.

So get with the program—and learn how to create your own great-looking ...