Why another book on PowerPoint? If that’s what you are thinking now, then you need to read this book; because this is not just another book on PowerPoint. This is the book on PowerPoint, which has started where all other books have chosen to end.
This book talks about a lot of features of PowerPoint that you may not find anywhere else. This book will guide you to design the most beautiful & professional presentation you have ever designed.I am not a master in PowerPoint. After completing my graduation in Computer Engineering, I started working for a few companies and gradually reached a senior level where I needed to develop a lot of presentations. The low quality of presentations being designed was a major irritant to me and I started thinking of doing something that will help every PowerPoint user to make better presentations in an easier way. I started reading a lot of books on PowerPoint & read a lot of articles on Internet. But then I found that there was not a single book on PowerPoint that had the level of detail that I wanted. There was no material available to tell you how to design your own templates, to reduce the size of a big presentation, to convert your presentation to a self-running executable file & so on. This book has tried to cover a lot of things that you will need, which are not available anywhere else.
So here I am and here is this book. I hope that everyone who reads and uses this book will find it useful. I am sure this book will address the purpose it is meant for. Please read the book & tell others if this book has been useful to you.
Dreams do come true…..After completing my Engineering in Computer Science, I started working as a Software Engineer for few years. Then I moved on to work for an Aerospace Company. After a year, I moved to work in a few manufacturing companies. After leaving my job in Paradeep Phosphates Limited as the Head of IT in 2004, I designed a website w w w . or i s s a a. c o m . During that time, I also planned to write this book. After the website was stabilized a bit, I went on to write the book.
During the making of this book I have done a lot of research. I hope it helps you. All the best and enjoy this book.HISTORY OF POWERPOINT ................................................................................................................................................ 12
BEFORE USING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT..................................................................................................................... 15
CREATING A SIMPLE PRESENTATION ............................................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Getting Started........................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Slide Manipulation .................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Adding Transitions to a Slide Show ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Color Scheme ......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Using the Animation Scheme .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Using Custom Animations ................................................................................................................................................... 26
Reviewing the Slide Show ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
To preview the slide show ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Highlighting parts of the slide show ..................................................................................................................................... 27
To use the Slide Show Menu............................................................................................................................................... 27
Navigating While In Your Slide Show .................................................................................................................................. 27
Saving Your Presentation ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
Saving the document as another file type............................................................................................................................ 28
Saving to the Web ............................................................................................................................................................... 28
To save a copy of a presentation to a Web server in Windows Explorer ............................................................................. 28
Pack & Go............................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Pack up a presentation for use on another computer .......................................................................................................... 28
Unpack a presentation to run on another computer............................................................................................................. 28
Printing a Presentation ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
To print notes....................................................................................................................................................................... 29
To print handouts................................................................................................................................................................. 29
MIND MAPPING ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31
How to Draw a Mind Map .................................................................................................................................................... 32
Benefits of Mind Mapping .................................................................................................................................................... 33
Creating a Mind Map ........................................................................................................................................................... 33
About recording a voice narration or sound in a slide show.................................................................................................... 35
To record a voice narration ..................................................................................................................................................... 35
To insert a CD audio track on a slide ...................................................................................................................................... 36
To insert a video on a slide ..................................................................................................................................................... 36
Adding Flash Animation to PowerPoint Presentations ............................................................................................................ 36
CREATING A TEMPLATE ...................................................................................................................................................... 38 Creating Custom Templates ................................................................................................................................................... 39
To create a design template ................................................................................................................................................... 39
To create a content template .................................................................................................................................................. 40
To add a template to the AutoContent Wizard ........................................................................................................................ 40
Animating PowerPoint Design Templates............................................................................................................................... 40
IMPORTING OTHER OFFICE FORMATS ............................................................................................................................. 41
Import Microsoft Word text into your presentation .................................................................................................................. 42
To import an Microsoft Excel chart ......................................................................................................................................... 42
CREATING PORTABLE PRESENTATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 43
MACRO PROGRAMMING IN POWERPOINT........................................................................................................................ 45 Create a New Presentation.................................................................................................................................................. 46
PROJECTING YOUR SLIDESHOW IN THE CLASSROOM .................................................................................................. 50
PROOFING, EDITING, & COLLABORATING ........................................................................................................................ 53
To check consistency and style .............................................................................................................................................. 54
To follow up with Meeting Minder and Action Items ................................................................................................................ 54
Master slides and custom templates....................................................................................................................................... 54
Customizing your slides using the slide master ...................................................................................................................... 54
To change master text and title styles .................................................................................................................................... 54
COPYING YOUR PRESENTATION TO MEMORY STICK..................................................................................................... 55
ADVANCED POWERPOINT .................................................................................................................................................. 57
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Working with Text ................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Guides and Rulers. .............................................................................................................................................................. 58
Identifying Toolbars ................................................................................................................................................................ 59
Page Setup for 35mm slides................................................................................................................................................... 61
Creating Action Buttons .......................................................................................................................................................... 61
Adding Objects to Slides Using the Drawing Toolbar ............................................................................................................. 61
Advanced Drawing Techniques .............................................................................................................................................. 63
Combining Presentation ......................................................................................................................................................... 65
Creating Original Artworks in PowerPoint ............................................................................................................................... 65 Builds and Transitions - A Review .......................................................................................................................................... 66
Setting Animation.................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Saving a Slide as a Graphic File............................................................................................................................................. 67
Organizational Charts ............................................................................................................................................................. 67
Showing Off your Presentation at a KIOSK ............................................................................................................................ 68
Annotating Slides .................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Style Checker ......................................................................................................................................................................... 69
ADDING A NARRATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 70
EXTENDING POWERPOINT BEYOND ................................................................................................................................. 73
POWERPOINT FAQS ............................................................................................................................................................ 77
Drawing In PowerPoint ........................................................................................................................................................... 77
Pictures and Other External Files ........................................................................................................................................... 78
Animation and Slide Show ...................................................................................................................................................... 80
Sound and Video .................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Printing.................................................................................................................................................................................... 83
Formatting............................................................................................................................................................................... 84
Saving, Using, Editing And Opening Presentations ................................................................................................................ 85
Unsolved Mysteries ................................................................................................................................................................ 87
POWERPOINT TIPS .............................................................................................................................................................. 88
Toolbars.................................................................................................................................................................................. 88
Saving, Using, Editing And Opening Presentations ................................................................................................................ 90
Formatting............................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Transitions & Animations ...................................................................................................................................................... 103
Templates ............................................................................................................................................................................. 104
Drawing In PowerPoint ......................................................................................................................................................... 106
Pictures And Other External Files ......................................................................................................................................... 107
Printing.................................................................................................................................................................................. 109
PowerPoint Mysteries ........................................................................................................................................................... 111
Powerpoint Add Ins............................................................................................................................................................... 113 POWERPOINT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ......................................................................................................................... 114
Text Formatting..................................................................................................................................................................... 114
Deleting and Copying ........................................................................................................................................................... 114
Navigating in Text Blocks...................................................................................................................................................... 114
Navigating and Working With Objects .................................................................................................................................. 114
Outlining, in All Views ........................................................................................................................................................... 115
Outlining, in Outline View...................................................................................................................................................... 115
Selecting, in Text .................................