Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2003: Fast and Easy

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Pub. Date: 2003-11-07
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Summary

Relax. Learning how to use Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 is now a breeze. With this book's easy-to-follow instructions, you'll be creating eye-catching presentations in no time. From adding data to a blank presentation to jazzing it up with graphics, animation, and digital photos, "Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Fast & Easy" gives you the step-by-step instructions you need to complete your task quickly. Simply look and learn!

Table of Contents

Introduction xvii
PART I GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH POWERPOINT
1(38)
Understanding the Basics
3(16)
Starting PowerPoint
4(3)
Creating a Desktop Shortcut for PowerPoint
5(1)
Starting PowerPoint and Opening a Saved File
6(1)
Exiting PowerPoint
7(1)
Minimizing and Restoring PowerPoint
8(1)
Understanding PowerPoint Views
8(4)
Changing to a Different View
9(3)
Working with the Task Pane
12(2)
Choosing a Different Task Pane
13(1)
Working with Toolbars
14(3)
Displaying the Standard and Formatting Toolbars on Separate Rows
14(1)
Moving a Toolbar
15(1)
Hiding or Displaying a Toolbar
16(1)
Turning Off the Personalized Menus Feature
17(2)
Asking for Help
19(6)
Asking a Question
20(1)
Printing a Help Topic
21(1)
Getting Help on the Internet
22(1)
Getting Program Updates
23(2)
Learning About Presentations
25(14)
Using the AutoContent Wizard
26(4)
Starting a New Presentation Using a Template
30(1)
Starting a Blank Presentation
31(1)
Previewing the Presentation Onscreen
32(1)
Printing the Presentation
33(1)
Working with Presentation Files
34(4)
Saving Your Presentation
34(1)
Closing the Presentation
35(1)
Opening a Recently Used Presentation
36(1)
Opening Any Saved Presentation
37(1)
Part I Review Questions
38(1)
PART II DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
39(56)
Organizing the Presentation Outline
41(20)
Displaying Outline View
42(2)
Displaying the Outlining Toolbar
42(2)
Outlining a Presentation
44(4)
Creating Slides in the Outline Pane
44(2)
Promoting and Demoting Lines
46(1)
Rearranging Outline Text
47(1)
Inserting Slides from Another Presentation
48(2)
Sharing Outlines with Microsoft Word
50(3)
Importing an Outline
50(2)
Exporting an Outline
52(1)
Editing Text
53(6)
Selecting Text
53(1)
Revising Text
54(1)
Adding Text to a Placeholder
54(2)
Deleting Text from a Slide
56(1)
Using the Replace Feature
56(3)
Printing the Outline
59(2)
Organizing and Improving the Presentation
61(10)
Spell Checking the Presentation
62(1)
Using the Research Tools
63(3)
Using the Thesaurus
64(1)
Using Other Research Tools
65(1)
Working with Slides in Slide Sorter View
66(5)
Selecting Slides
67(1)
Inserting a Slide
68(1)
Duplicating a Slide
69(1)
Moving a Slide
70(1)
Deleting Slides
70(1)
Changing the Presentation's Look
71(12)
Changing the Design Template
72(1)
Changing the Color Scheme
73(2)
Selecting an Alternate Color Scheme
73(1)
Customizing a Color Scheme
73(2)
Working with Masters
75(8)
Changing Text Formatting
77(1)
Moving and Resizing Text Placeholders
78(1)
Working with Footers and Special Placeholders
78(2)
Applying a Slide Background
80(3)
Formatting Slides
83(12)
Formatting Slide Text
84(6)
Working with the Formatting Toolbar
84(2)
Copying Text Formatting
86(1)
Selecting a Different Bullet Character
87(2)
Selecting a Picture Bullet
89(1)
Selecting a Slide Layout
90(4)
Inserting a New Slide Based on a Layout
92(1)
Inserting Content with Layout Placeholders
92(2)
Part II Review Questions
94(1)
PART III JAZZING UP THE PRESENTATION
95(60)
Inserting Graphics
97(16)
Working with Clip Art
98(4)
Using a Clip Art Placeholder
98(2)
Adding Clip Art Manually
100(2)
Positioning Graphics on the Slide
102(2)
Aligning Graphics
102(2)
Grouping Graphics
104(1)
Designing with WordArt
104(4)
Creating the WordArt Object
105(2)
Formatting WordArt
107(1)
Resizing and Rotating WordArt
107(1)
Changing the WordArt's Shape
108(1)
Adding Line Art
108(5)
Drawing a Line
109(1)
Drawing a Rectangle or Oval
110(1)
Drawing an AutoShape
110(1)
Recoloring the AutoShape
111(1)
Adding a Shadow or 3-D Effect
112(1)
Using Digital Photographs
113(8)
Scanning Photographs
114(2)
Enhancing Digital Photographs
116(5)
Displaying the Picture Toolbar
116(1)
Cropping Pictures
117(1)
Rotating the Picture
118(1)
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
119(1)
Changing the Image Mode
119(2)
Incorporating Tables
121(12)
Creating a Table
122(2)
Inserting Text into the Table
124(1)
Adding Text
124(1)
Displaying the Tables and Borders Toolbar
124(1)
Aligning Text in a Cell
125(1)
Modifying the Table
125(3)
Adding Rows and Columns
126(1)
Deleting Rows and Columns
127(1)
Merging Cells
127(1)
Splitting Cells
128(1)
Resizing the Table
128(2)
Formatting the Table
130(3)
Designing a Border
130(2)
Adding Color to Cells
132(1)
Producing Charts and Graphs
133(10)
Entering Data for the Chart
134(3)
Exiting and Entering Microsoft Graph
136(1)
Changing How the Data Is Plotted
137(1)
Formatting the Chart
137(6)
Selecting a Chart Type
137(2)
Including Text Labels
139(2)
Changing a Font
141(2)
Creating Diagrams
143(12)
Inserting a Diagram
144(1)
Adding Text to a Diagram
144(1)
Changing the Diagram Structure
145(5)
Adding Organization Chart Boxes
145(1)
Adding Boxes on Other Diagrams
146(1)
Deleting Boxes
147(1)
Changing Reporting on an Organization Chart
147(1)
Changing the Subordinate Layout on an Organization Chart
148(1)
Reversing the Order on Diagrams
149(1)
Applying Formatting to the Diagram
150(4)
Using AutoFormats
150(2)
Manually Formatting the Diagram
152(2)
Part III Review Questions
154(1)
PART IV CREATING SPECIAL EFFECTS
155(28)
Animating the Slide Show
157(12)
Using Slide Transitions
158(3)
Applying an Animation Scheme
161(1)
Creating Custom Animation
162(7)
Adding an Animation Effect
164(2)
Modifying an Animation
166(2)
Reordering Animations
168(1)
Removing an Animation
168(1)
Moving Along with Multimedia
169(14)
Adding Sound Clips to a Slide
170(2)
Attaching a Sound to an Object
172(3)
Playing Audio CDs
175(3)
Adding Video Clips to a Slide
178(3)
Part IV Review Questions
181(2)
PART V GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW
183(74)
Working with Other Office Applications
185(18)
Using the Office Clipboard
186(4)
Displaying the Clipboard
186(1)
Copying and Pasting with the Clipboard
187(2)
Keeping the Source Formatting When Pasting
189(1)
Dragging and Dropping Between Applications
190(2)
Linking Content
192(6)
Linking Part of a File
192(2)
Linking an Entire File
194(2)
Changing the Link Update Method
196(2)
Embedding Content
198(5)
Returning to PowerPoint
200(1)
Editing an Embedded Object
201(2)
Adding the Final Touches to Your Presentation
203(16)
Using Notes
204(3)
Adding Notes to a Slide
204(1)
Working in Notes Page View
205(2)
Working with the Notes Master
207(5)
Removing a Placeholder
207(1)
Moving a Placeholder
208(1)
Resizing a Placeholder
208(1)
Restoring Deleted Placeholders
209(1)
Editing Headers and Footers
209(2)
Printing Your Notes
211(1)
Using Hidden Slides
212(2)
Hiding a Slide
212(1)
Using Hidden Slides During a Slide Show
213(1)
Recording Slide Timings
214(5)
Setting the Timing for an Individual Slide
214(1)
Setting the Same Timing for All Slides
215(1)
Recording Custom Timings for Each Slide
215(4)
Creating Audience Handouts
219(6)
Printing Handouts
220(1)
Formatting Handouts with the Handout Master
221(4)
Exporting Handouts to Microsoft Word
223(2)
Delivering the Presentation
225(10)
Presenting a Live Slide Show
226(4)
Moving Between Slides
227(1)
Pausing the Presentation
228(1)
Blanking the Screen
229(1)
Using the Pen in Slide Show View
230(5)
Writing with the Pen Tool
230(2)
Working with Saved Annotations
232(1)
Changing the Pen Color
233(2)
Creating a Self-Running Presentation
235(14)
Creating Hyperlinks
236(4)
Hyperlinking to Another Slide in the Presentation
236(1)
Creating Hyperlinks to Web Sites
237(2)
Creating an E-Mail Hyperlink
239(1)
Editing Hyperlinks
240(2)
Using a ScreenTip
241(1)
Creating Action Buttons
242(3)
Adding Voice-Over Narration
245(4)
Publishing to the Web or CD
249(8)
Publishing the Presentation in Web Format
250(2)
Publishing a Presentation to CD
252(4)
Part V Review Questions
256(1)
Appendix A Using Shortcut Keys
257(8)
Showing Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips
258(2)
Basic Shortcuts
260(1)
Working with the Help System
260(1)
Working with the Outline Pane
261(1)
Editing Text
262(1)
Formatting Text
263(1)
Moving Around in a Table or Slide Show
264(1)
Glossary 265(6)
Index 271

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