PowerPoint 2010 Bible
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Master PowerPoint and improve your presentation skills-with one book!

It's no longer enough to have slide after slide of text, bullets, and charts. It's not even enough to have good speaking skills if your PowerPoint slides bore your audience. Get the very most out of all that PowerPoint 2010 has to offer while also learning priceless tips and techniques for making good presentations in this new PowerPoint 2010 Bible. Well-known PowerPoint expert and author Faithe Wempen provides formatting tips; shows you how to work with drawings, tables, and SmartArt; introduces new collaboration tools; walks you through five special presentation labs; and more.

Coverage includes:

  • A First Look at PowerPoint
  • What Makes a Great Presentation?
  • Creating and Saving Presentation Files
  • Creating Slides and Text Boxes
  • Working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters
  • Formatting Paragraphs and Text Boxes
  • Correcting and Improving Text
  • Creating and Formatting Tables
  • Drawing and Formatting Objects
  • Creating SmartArt Diagrams
  • Using and Organizing Clip Art
  • Working with Photographic Images
  • Working with Charts
  • Incorporating Content from Other Programs
  • Adding Sound Effects, Music, and Soundtracks
  • Incorporating Motion Video
  • Creating Animation Effects and Transitions
  • Creating Support Materials
  • Preparing for a Live Presentation
  • Designing User-Interactive or Self-Running Presentations
  • Preparing a Presentation for Mass Distribution
  • Sharing and Collaborating
  • Customizing PowerPoint
  • Presenting Content Without Bulleted Lists
  • Adding Sound and Movement to a Presentation
  • Creating a Menu-Based Navigation System
  • Creating a Classroom Game

It's the book you need to succeed with PowerPoint 2010 and your next live presentation!

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Faithe Wempen is a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor, and the author of over 100 books on computer hardware and software, including The PowerPoint 2007 Bible, PowerPoint Advanced Presentation Techniques, Using Microsoft Office Word 2007 Special Edition, and A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies.?She is an adjunct instructor of Computer Technology at IUPUI. Her online courses for Powered.com have educated over a quarter of a million students in Microsoft Office applications for corporate clients including Sony, CNET, and Hewlett-Packard.

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Preface xxix

Part I: Building Your Presentation 1

Chapter 1: A First Look at PowerPoint 3

Chapter 2:What Makes a Great Presentation? 37

Chapter 3: Creating and Saving Presentation Files 57

Chapter 4: Creating Slides and Text Boxes 89

Chapter 5: Working with Layouts, Themes, and Masters 115

Chapter 6: Formatting Text 151

Chapter 7: Formatting Paragraphs and Text Boxes 187

Chapter 8: Correcting and Improving Text 213

Chapter 9: Creating and Formatting Tables 235

Part II: Using Graphics and Multimedia Content 261

Chapter 10: Drawing and Formatting Objects 263

Chapter 11: Creating SmartArt Diagrams 311

Chapter 12: Using and Organizing Clip Art 331

Chapter 13: Working with Photographic Images 353

Chapter 14: Working with Charts 387

Chapter 15: Incorporating Content from Other Programs 421

Chapter 16: Adding Sound Effects, Music, and Soundtracks 437

Chapter 17: Incorporating Motion Video 463

Chapter 18: Creating Animation Effects and Transitions 491

Part III: Interfacing with Your Audience 521

Chapter 19: Creating Support Materials 523

Chapter 20: Preparing for a Live Presentation 545

Chapter 21: Designing User-Interactive or Self-Running Presentations 577

Chapter 22: Preparing a Presentation for Mass Distribution 607

Chapter 23: Sharing and Collaborating 629

Chapter 24: Customizing PowerPoint 649

Part IV: Project Labs 673

Lab 1: Presenting Content without Bulleted Lists 675

Lab 2: Adding Sound and Movement to a Presentation 691

Lab 3: Creating a Menu-Based Navigation System 709

Lab 4: Creating a Classroom Game 729

Appendix: What’s on the CD-ROM? 749

Index 753

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