Product Description

∗ The first and only book to focus exclusively on advanced PowerPoint techniques, this latest addition to our successful Power Pack series shows veteran users how to harness sophisticated program features–and take their presentations to the next level
∗ Techniques covered include putting together design templates and color schemes, working with master layouts, importing and manipulating digital photos and video clips, creating sophisticated animation and transition effects, and building interactive Web–based presentations
∗ The CD–ROM offers add–ins, utilities, background images, presentation templates, sound effects, animated image clips, third party software toolboxes, presentation libraries, sound effects, and much more

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #253417 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 600 pages

From the Back Cover
Are you about to put yourself to sleep with yet another dull bulleted list presentation?

Get ready to motivate and excite your audience with your next PowerPoint presentation! This no–nonsense, jargon–free guide dives right in to show you all the exhilarating and powerful PowerPoint features that most people don’t even know exist. Packed with priceless information that steers clear of stating the obvious, this book provides technical tidbits, unique ideas, and invaluable tips on avoiding pitfalls, all of which will help you become a more effective and efficient PowerPoint user.

Everything you need to know about

• Creating design templates and color schemes
• Building consistency with master layouts
• Integrating digital photography and video clips
• Creating complex custom animations
• Building interactive Web–based presentations
• Finding and installing time–saving add–ins

CD–ROM INCLUDES

• Paint Shop Pro® and Digital Juice evaluation versions
• Pantone® Office Color Assistant trial version
• SnagIt® and Camtasia Studio™ evaluation versions
• Plus backgrounds, images, templates, and sound effects

About the Author
Faithe Wempen is a Microsoft Office Master Instructor with over 80 computer books to her credit. She is an associate instructor of Computer Information Technology at Purdue University, and reviews Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams for CertCities.com.

Customer Reviews

Slide Shows?
This is a fairly comprehensive manual covering the MS programme BUT anyone - which includes me - looking for a slide show programme that can be burnt to a DVD (or Video CD) so as to play it on a stand alone player other than a computer, should look elsewhere. This manual tends to over emphasize the presentation of lists and graphs and whilst there are chapters covering the inclusion of pictures ( including short videos) one has the impression that this is a mere side line. It is always assumed that you, the presenter, will be standing at the side of the screen and talking to the audience. Many people do this and there is no doubt that Power Point is the programme to use and this manual covers that in great detail but using PP as a stand alone slide show....No. If you want that then this manual is not for you.

If this is the advanced book, I'd hate to see the Dummies Guide!
My department was pressured into designing and building PowerPoint presentations instead of InDesign to PDFs presentations as we're used to. So we are skilled operators used to the computer and I was hoping this book would shed light on the foibles of the program.

The callouts and "tips" wouldn't have been out of place in a idiots guide and the book to me and my team felt more like a childs or a beginners guide to PowerPoint. e