Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Chapter . Introduction

In this introduction

• Why You Should Use This Book 2

• How This Book Is Organized 2

• Conventions Used in This Book 3

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 is the latest version of this powerful presentation graphics software program and is part of the Microsoft Office 2007 family. Using PowerPoint, you can create a basic slide show quickly or you can delve into sophisticated features to create a customized presentation. Because it’s part of the Microsoft Office suite of products, you’ll find PowerPoint intuitive and very familiar if you already use any other Office applications, such as Word or Excel. In this new version, Microsoft has initiated a dramatic interface change that makes using PowerPoint even more intuitive.

Because creating ...