steps of creating high-value, high-impact presentations: Step 1: Learn the Logic. Start here with an overview of what PowerPoint is and how it helps you make better presentations. Step 2: Outline Your Content. Create a textual list, or outline, of the messages and points you want to share. Step 3: Add Objects. Use tables, charts, and pictures to augment the information in your outline. Step 4: Design Your Look. Move past the substance of your presentation and address its appearance and "look" to create a professional presentation. Step 5: Add Special Effects. Use transitions, animation, sound, and video to enhance your presentation's impact. Step 6: Prepare Your Presentation. Prepare by creating speaker's notes, rehearsing, producing any handouts, and tailoring your presentation's slides for the presentation method. Step 7: Deliver Your Presentation. Deliver a successful, memorable presentation to your audience by comfortably using the appropriate PowerPoint tools. More than just a book about Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Effective Executive's Guide to PowerPoint 2000 explains how to make effective, compelling presentations that audiences understand and remember.

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