Teach Yourself VISUALLY™: Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007

Book description

  • Covers new PowerPoint features including how to create presentation slides, dress them up using templates and graphics, add sound and animation, and present in a business or Internet setting

  • Equips users to present visually charged, captivating slideshows

  • Sophisticated, revised full-color design provides readers with easier navigation

  • Shows users how to make real-world use of PowerPoint 2007 with highly visual two-page tutorials and numbered, step-by-step screen shots in full color on high-quality paper

  • Table of contents

    1. Copyright
    2. Praise for Visual Books
    3. Credits
    4. About the Author
    5. Author's Acknowledgments
    6. How to Use This Book
    7. PowerPoint Basics
      1. An Introduction to PowerPoint
      2. Start and Exit PowerPoint
      3. Understanding the Normal View
      4. Navigate PowerPoint Views
      5. Work with Ribbon Groups, Commands, and Galleries
      6. Hide and Redisplay Ribbon Commands
      7. Find and Use KeyTips
      8. Using the Quick Access Toolbar
      9. Resize the Notes Pane
      10. Using Help
    8. Presentation Fundamentals
      1. Start a New Presentation
      2. Save a Presentation
      3. Open an Existing Presentation
      4. Close a Presentation
      5. Delete a Presentation
      6. Arrange Presentation Windows
      7. Find a Presentation
    9. Typing and Formatting Presentation Text
      1. Understanding Presentation Structure
      2. Explore Text Formatting Options
      3. Add a Slide
      4. Delete a Slide in Normal View
      5. Navigate Slides
      6. Type and Edit Text on a Slide
      7. Format Text Color and Style
      8. Format Text Font and Size
      9. Cut, Copy, and Paste Text
      10. Format Bulleted Lists
      11. Using the Spelling Check Feature
      12. Using the Research Feature
    10. Working with Outlines
      1. Hide and Redisplay the Outline Tab
      2. Understanding How Outline and Slide Content Relate
      3. Enter Presentation Content in an Outline
      4. Move Slides in an Outline
      5. Promote and Demote Items
      6. Collapse and Expand an Outline
      7. Edit Outline Content
      8. Insert Slides from an Outline
    11. Working with Slide Content
      1. Understanding Layouts and Placeholders
      2. Insert a New Slide with the Selected Layout
      3. Change a Slide Layout
      4. Using Layouts with a Content Placeholder
      5. Insert a Table
      6. Insert a Chart
      7. Insert Pictures and Clip Art
      8. Insert Media Clips
      9. Insert a SmartArt Graphic
      10. Edit a Slide Object
      11. Insert a Slide from Another File
    12. Using Themes
      1. Understanding Themes
      2. The Anatomy of a Theme
      3. Apply a Design to Selected Slides
      4. Apply a Design to All Slides
      5. Find Themes Online
      6. Apply a Color Theme to Selected Slides
      7. Apply a Color Theme to All Slides
      8. Apply a New Font Theme
      9. Apply a New Background
      10. Apply a Texture or Picture Background
      11. Save Your Own Theme
      12. Make a Document Theme the Default for New Presentations
      13. Save a Template
    13. Using Masters
      1. Understanding Masters
      2. Understanding Slide Master Elements
      3. Display and Close Slide Master View
      4. Remove a Placeholder
      5. Insert a Placeholder
      6. Add a Footer
      7. Add a Date
      8. Set Up Slide Numbers
      9. Insert a Graphic in Slide Master View
      10. Work with Multiple Masters
      11. Insert a New, Custom Master
      12. Preserve a Master
      13. Rename a Master
      14. Work with the Notes Master
      15. Work with Handout Master
      16. Omit Master Graphics on a Slide
      17. Create a Custom Slide Layout
    14. Adding Graphics and Drawings
      1. Insert Clip Art
      2. Insert an Image File
      3. Draw a Shape
      4. Add a Text Box
      5. Add Text to a Shape
      6. Select Objects
      7. Apply a New Effect
      8. Format Objects
      9. Move and Resize Objects
      10. Rotate and Flip Objects
      11. Add WordArt
      12. Edit Pictures
      13. Group and Ungroup Objects
      14. Change Object Order
      15. Using the Grid and Guidelines
      16. Nudge Objects
      17. Align Objects
    15. Organize Slides
      1. Move a Slide
      2. Copy and Paste a Slide
      3. Delete a Slide in Slide Sorter View
      4. Make a Duplicate Slide
      5. Hide a Slide
      6. Zoom In the View
      7. Go to an Individual Slide
      8. View Slides in Grayscale
    16. Adding Action to Slides
      1. Understanding Animations and Action Buttons
      2. Apply an Animation
      3. Preview an Animation
      4. Add a Custom Animation
      5. Reorder Animations
      6. Remove an Animation
      7. Insert an Action Button
      8. Understanding Transitions
      9. Add a Transition
      10. Remove a Transition
      11. Advance a Slide After a Set Time Interval
      12. Add a Transition Sound
      13. Set a Transition Speed
      14. Insert Movie and Sound Clips
      15. Insert a Hyperlink
    17. Finish, Set Up, and Run a Slide Show
      1. Send a Presentation for Review
      2. Add a Comment
      3. Review and Delete Comments
      4. Select a Show Type and Show Options
      5. Specify Slides to Include
      6. Work with Resolution
      7. Rehearse Timing
      8. Record a Narration
      9. Run a Slide Show
      10. Package a Presentation
    18. Print Presentations
      1. Using Print Preview
      2. Change Printout Orientation
      3. Print Slides
      4. Frame Slides
      5. Print Handouts
      6. Print in Black and White or Grayscale
      7. Print Hidden Slides
      8. Print the Outline Only
      9. Print Notes
    19. Publish Presentations
      1. Work with Web Presentations
      2. Save a Presentation as a Single Web Page File
      3. View the Web Page
      4. Publish a Web Presentation
      5. Set Up Web Browser Support
      6. Navigate a Presentation in a Browser
      7. Specify Fonts for Web Presentations
      8. Customize Colors for Web Presentations
      9. Publish Slides as Graphics
    20. Finalizing and Making a Presentation
      1. Get Ready to Present
      2. Start and End a Show
      3. Navigate Among Slides
      4. Using the Pointer
      5. Save or Discard Annotations
      6. Display Slide Show Help
      7. Work with Multiple Monitors and Presenter (Podium) View
    21. Making a Photo Album
      1. Create an Album with Pictures from a Disk
      2. Create an Album with Pictures from a Digital Camera
      3. Choose Picture Layout and Frame Shape
      4. Add Picture Captions
      5. Work with the Photos
      6. Add a Text Box
      7. Finalize and Use the Photo Album
    22. Customizing PowerPoint
      1. Modify Common PowerPoint Options
      2. Change Spelling Options
      3. Change AutoCorrect Settings
      4. Customize Save Options
      5. Modify View and Slide Show Options
      6. Change Editing Settings
      7. Work with Print Options
      8. Change AutoFormat Settings
      9. Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
    23. PowerPoint 2007 Keyboard Shortcuts
      1. Frequently Used Keyboard Shortcuts
      2. Presentation Keyboard Shortcuts
    24. Online Resources
      1. Web Sites
      2. Sources for Templates and Graphics
      3. Microsoft Resources
    25. Index

    Product information

    • Title: Teach Yourself VISUALLY™: Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007
    • Author(s): Lisa A. Bucki
    • Release date: December 2006
    • Publisher(s): Visual
    • ISBN: 9780470045886