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PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
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PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual

by E. A. Vander Veer
January 2007
Beginner content levelBeginner
320 pages
7h 19m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 1. Creating a Basic Presentation

  • Beginning a New Presentation

  • Choosing a Theme for Your Presentation

  • Adding Text

  • Adding More Slides

  • Moving Around Inside a Presentation

  • Adding Speaker Notes

  • Creating and Printing Handouts

  • Saving and Closing a Presentation

  • Running a Presentation

This chapter will familiarize you with powerpoint 2007 by walking you through the creation of a basic bullets-and-background slideshow presentation. You'll learn how to create a new slideshow, choose a look and feel, add text and slides, print speaker notes and handouts, and finally, how to unveil your masterpiece.

Beginning a New Presentation

You've got two basic choices when it comes to creating a new presentation:

  • You can start from scratch, using a blank canvas. If you're familiar with earlier incarnations of the PowerPoint program, or if you're interested in learning the ins and outs of PowerPoint quickly, then you'll probably want to choose this option. (As daunting as "from scratch" sounds, you don't have to do all the work yourself; Section 1.1.2.2 shows you how to apply a canned look and feel—or theme—to your new presentation.)

  • You can create a new presentation based on an existing template, theme, or presentation. A template is a generic presentation file designed for you to reuse. Complete with themes (see the box in Section 1.1.2.3), background images, and even generic content (such as page numbers and placeholder text), templates let you jump-start your presentation by giving you ...

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