Product Description

Do most slide show put you right to sleep? Do you want to put on a killer presentation that will blow your audience away, but you’re not quite sure how to compose one? With PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies, you can make your slides come alive with video, sound, and animations that will leave your audience cheering for more.

PowerPoint is one of the standard components of Microsoft Office. With over 120 million users worldwide, it is one of the most popular presentation programs available. It is highly versatile and can be used in many events including:

• Conferences
• Class lessons and lectures
• Business meetings
• Seminars

PowerPoint 2003 For Dummies lays down the basic functions to help you get started creating great slides, as well as some tips and tricks for improving your presentation. Chapters focus on useful topics like:

• Inserting texts, visuals, and notes in your slides
• Editing content and images
• Importing data from other applications
• Working with hyperlinks and action buttons
• Creating Web pages from your slides
• Presenting your slides online
• Designing your own images for slides
• Adding video, animation, and sound
• Troubleshooting, such as using the Assistant, repairs, and online resources

This book also shows you how to run projectors, present shows with a mouse and computer, time your slides, and more! Penned by a leading expert in computers, this quick and easy guide is sure to not only familiarize you with PowerPoint but also have you taking command, designing beautiful and creative slides and effective presentations that everyone in your audience will love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68431 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

From the Back Cover
Make your slides come alive with video, sound, and animations

Put together powerful presentations that get your point across and leave your audience cheering

Worried about that big presentation? Relax! In this friendly guide, Doug Lowe walks you through PowerPoint fundamentals and gives you the lowdown on all those special effects that can make your presentation truly memorable. From basic formatting to clip art, animations, and other cool stuff, it delivers just what you need to present like a pro!

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear–out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

About the Author
Doug Lowe is the author of more than 40 computer books, including the bestselling Networking For Dummies, now in its sixth edition.

Customer Reviews

Helpful and worth reading
An easy to read and jokey approach to getting to grips with using PowerPoint 2003. The book covers the basics such as managing slides, adding notes and animations as well as advanced techniques which help you use PowerPoint quicker (for example customising the menus).

I especially liked the review feature which I hadn't used before. This is useful for reviewing changes other members have made to your presentation.

Even if you use PowerPoint everyday it's worth flicking through to make sure your doing things quickly.

Not just for Dummies
Purchased on behalf of my father, he hasn't said anything negative about the product and he has used it quite a lot for fine tuning.