it. With the PowerPoint 2007 Bible you will not only be able to build a presentation with PowerPoint, but you’ll also be able to explain why you made the choices you did, and you’ll deliver that presentation smoothly and with confidence.Experienced PowerPoint presenters will find the book full of coverage of Microsoft's new Office user interface for PowerPoint, including the innovative Ribbon. Anyone using PowerPoint will appreciate the advice on how to avoid really bad PowerPoint, get beyond bullet points, and engage the audience by creating PowerPoint presentations that don't suck.Valuable CD-ROM included! The CD-ROM included with the book contains more than 500 ready-to-use PowerPoint templates, backgrounds and themes from some of the best-known professional PowerPoint designersSome of the topics covered include:Getting familiar with PowerPoint, the new tabs and Ribbon, the Office menu, SmartArt, and PowerPoint viewsDelivering an effective presentation from identifying your audience and purpose through developing the content and rehearsing to preparing the room and equipment and finally getting on stageWorking with slides, text, and text formatting including the right fonts for your presentation formatLaying out slides and presentations with layouts, masters,backgrounds, and the new PowerPoint 2007 ThemesWorking with tables and including tabluar material and data from Word or ExcelDrawing, working with photos and using charts, clip art, and PowerPoint 2007's new SmartArtAdding sound effects, music, video, and soundtracksCreating animations and transitionsSupporting your audience and presentation with handouts, speaker notes, and outlinesWorking with PowerPoints live presentation tools including on-screen controls, backup slides, custom shows, preparing your presentation for use on another computer, and preparing your AV equipment or projectorsBuilding other presentation types including a self-running kiosk and a web and CD/DVD presentationsSharing and collaborating on presentations on a LAN or using the new SharePoint Slide Library4 special labs to help you put all of your PowerPoint skills to us in great content including presenting content with out Bullet listsThe CD-ROM included with the book contains more than 500 ready-to-use PowerPoint templates, backgrounds and themes from some of the best-known professional PowerPoint designers

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