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
- Copyright
- Praise for Visual Books
- Credits
- About the Author
- Author's Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- PowerPoint Basics
- Presentation Fundamentals
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Typing and Formatting Presentation Text
- Understanding Presentation Structure
- Explore Text Formatting Options
- Add a Slide
- Delete a Slide in Normal View
- Navigate Slides
- Type and Edit Text on a Slide
- Format Text Color and Style
- Format Text Font and Size
- Cut, Copy, and Paste Text
- Format Bulleted Lists
- Using the Spelling Check Feature
- Using the Research Feature
- Working with Outlines
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Working with Slide Content
- Understanding Layouts and Placeholders
- Insert a New Slide with the Selected Layout
- Change a Slide Layout
- Using Layouts with a Content Placeholder
- Insert a Table
- Insert a Chart
- Insert Pictures and Clip Art
- Insert Media Clips
- Insert a SmartArt Graphic
- Edit a Slide Object
- Insert a Slide from Another File
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Using Themes
- Understanding Themes
- The Anatomy of a Theme
- Apply a Design to Selected Slides
- Apply a Design to All Slides
- Find Themes Online
- Apply a Color Theme to Selected Slides
- Apply a Color Theme to All Slides
- Apply a New Font Theme
- Apply a New Background
- Apply a Texture or Picture Background
- Save Your Own Theme
- Make a Document Theme the Default for New Presentations
- Save a Template
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Using Masters
- Understanding Masters
- Understanding Slide Master Elements
- Display and Close Slide Master View
- Remove a Placeholder
- Insert a Placeholder
- Add a Footer
- Add a Date
- Set Up Slide Numbers
- Insert a Graphic in Slide Master View
- Work with Multiple Masters
- Insert a New, Custom Master
- Preserve a Master
- Rename a Master
- Work with the Notes Master
- Work with Handout Master
- Omit Master Graphics on a Slide
- Create a Custom Slide Layout
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Adding Graphics and Drawings
- Insert Clip Art
- Insert an Image File
- Draw a Shape
- Add a Text Box
- Add Text to a Shape
- Select Objects
- Apply a New Effect
- Format Objects
- Move and Resize Objects
- Rotate and Flip Objects
- Add WordArt
- Edit Pictures
- Group and Ungroup Objects
- Change Object Order
- Using the Grid and Guidelines
- Nudge Objects
- Align Objects
- Organize Slides
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Adding Action to Slides
- Understanding Animations and Action Buttons
- Apply an Animation
- Preview an Animation
- Add a Custom Animation
- Reorder Animations
- Remove an Animation
- Insert an Action Button
- Understanding Transitions
- Add a Transition
- Remove a Transition
- Advance a Slide After a Set Time Interval
- Add a Transition Sound
- Set a Transition Speed
- Insert Movie and Sound Clips
- Insert a Hyperlink
- Finish, Set Up, and Run a Slide Show
- Print Presentations
- Publish Presentations
- Finalizing and Making a Presentation
- Making a Photo Album
- Customizing PowerPoint
- PowerPoint 2007 Keyboard Shortcuts
- Online Resources
- Index
Product information
- Title: Teach Yourself VISUALLY™: Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2006
- Publisher(s): Visual
- ISBN: 9780470045886
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