Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Patrice-Anne Rutledge is the bestselling author of 24 computer and business books and a business presentations specialist. She is also a successful technology journalist who has contributed to magazines, newspapers, and websites around the world. Patrice has used–and has trained others to use–PowerPoint for many years, designing presentations for meetings, seminars, trade shows, and worldwide audiences. Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 is her fourth book on PowerPoint. She can be reached through her website (www.patricerutledge.com).   Geetesh Bajaj is a an MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Microsoft PowerPoint, and heads Indezine, a presentation design studio based out of Hyderabad, India. Geetesh believes that any PowerPoint presentation is a sum of its elements–these elements include abstract elements like concept, color, interactivity, and navigation–and also slide elements like shapes, graphics, charts, text, sound, video, and animation. Geetesh also runs the well known indezine.com and ppted.com sites.   Tom Mucciolo, founder and president of MediaNet, Inc. is an accountant turned actor turned author and an acclaimed speaker on presentation skills. He started his company in 1985, and he is a recognized expert at enhancing the key components of communication, including the message (script), the media (visual design) and the mechanics (delivery). His seminars and workshops have been rated as "exceptional" and "entertaining" and many consider Tom one of the world's top presentation specialists. He is also part of the faculty at NYU where he lectures and coaches key faculty and administrators toward becoming more effective communicators. Tom's one-to-one coaching sessions develop individual style and prepare a person for presenting in a very visual world. Tom can be reached at tom@medianet-ny.com or through his Web site at www.medianet-ny.com.  

Introduction 1

I        PowerPoint 2007 Basics

1        Introducing PowerPoint 2007     7

2        Creating a Basic Presentation     29

II      Editing and Formatting Presentations

3        Working with Text  45

4        Working with Tables         67

5        Organizing Presentations  89

6        Working with Themes, Color Schemes, and Backgrounds  95

7        Formatting Slides and Presentations    109

8        Collaborating on Presentations   119

III     Making Presentations

9        Presenting a Slide Show   139

10      Creating and Printing Presentation Materials   161

IV      Working with Graphics, Charts, and Multimedia

11      Working with Charts and Graphs         175

12      Working with SmartArt    205

13      Working with Pictures and Clip Art        221

14      Working with Media Clips  245

15      Working with Shapes and Objects        259

16      Working with Animation   283

V       Maximizing the Power of PowerPoint

17      Using PowerPoint’s Web Features        303

18      Integrating with Office 2007      325

19      Working with PowerPoint Macros         339

20      Customizing PowerPoint  355

21      Using PowerPoint’s Foreign Language Capabilities    389

22      Troubleshooting PowerPoint      401

VI      Extending the Power of PowerPoint

23      Office Online and Other Resources       411

24      Extending PowerPoint with Third-Party Tools 421

VII    From Concept to Delivery

25      The Message–Scripting the Concept   433

26      The Media–Designing Visual Support   477

27      The Mechanics of Form–Developing External Presentation Skills 525

28      The Mechanics of Function–Developing Internal Presentation Skills       561

29      Techniques and Technicalities     583

30      Presenting in a Variety of Settings        613

Index 661