This is the only book that will help an intermediate PowerPoint user improve their skills to an advanced level. In doing so, they can benefit both professionally and personally. This is not a comprehensive book that will bore you with every detail of PowerPoint, but a guide to specific actions you can take to create the ultimate presentation. The book covers the powerful formatting engine new to PowerPoint 2007, and how it can be used for applying soft shadows, reflection, and glows to make a presentation look attractive. It also covers PowerPoint's new 3D engine. The book goes into deep technical detail about the Office 2007 theme engine and how color schemes, effect schemes, and font schemes work; as well as the new PowerPoint XML file format, showing you how to edit PowerPoint files without using PowerPoint at all. The authors walk through programming a macro and explain how to format shapes, diagrams, charts, text, tables with gradient and picture fills and different kinds of lines (e.g. a beveled compound line with a diamond arrowhead). Also covered are those all important slide show shortcuts that few people know about like -- seeing your private notes while presenting on a projector, starting the slide show from the current slide without fumbling through the user interface, and how to black out the slide show screen with one key press.

This Illustrated Series' CourseGuide covers the essential information that users need to know for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.

This practical guide to Microsoft® PowerPoint 2007 was designed so that you can easily find all the functions needed for making the most out of this Computer Assisted Presentation software. After becoming familiar the working environment and the various views, you will learn how to create and manage documents (opening and saving presentations and templates, creating photo albums); print, format and manage presentation elements (slides, masks, themes, backgrounds); manage text (entering slide and outline text); create, edit and format objects (automatic layouts, tables, pictures, multimedia objects, diagrams and charts); and, create dynamic slide shows (animations, timing and annotating slides during a show). The last part of the book discusses PowerPoint 2007's advanced features, such as managing hyperlinks, revising a slide show, working with other Office applications, and creating Web pages.

Presents an introduction to the new features of PowerPoint 2007 along with step-by-step instructions for eight makeovers, including a corporate presentation, a school project, a kiosk presentation, and a no bullets presentation.

You already know PowerPoint 2007 basics. Now you'd like to go beyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you. Inside, you'll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteed to make you more productive with PowerPoint 2007. * Minimal text and maximum illustrations * Task-oriented, step-by-step approach * Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations * Self-contained, two-page lessons * Uniform layout makes it easy to read less, learn more How easy is it? Look for these symbols marking the difficulty of each task. * Demonstrates a new spin on a common task * Introduces a new skill or a new task * Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge * Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies

A guide in the PowerPoint 2007 series which improves the skills learned previously as well as introducing the use of macros, hyperlinks, sound and custom animation into slides resulting in professional shows. It is accompanied by downloadable data files, which help to reinforce the learning process.

A new handbook not only covers the basics and new features of PowerPoint 2007, but also teaches users how to combine multimedia, animation, and interactivity into a presentation; how to take full advantage of advanced functions; and how to create reusable design templates and automate tasks with macros.