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New features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 helps PC users create great presentations (and great impressions) and deliver them in any setting — from meeting rooms and formal presentations to kiosks and virtual presentations on the Internet.
"Quick Course "RM" in Microsoft Powerpoint 2000" offers fast-paced, to-the-point tutorials and learning exercises for quickly grasping presentation graphics basics and building proficiency. Designed for the beginning to intermediate student, Quick Course "RM" books can be used for self training and instructor-led classes, focusing on using the computer to get specific tasks done at work or home. The core of each book is a logical sequence of straightforward, easy-to-follow instructions for creating outstanding presentations — the kind of presentations people create and use every day.
| Part 1 | Learning the Basics | |
| 1 | Creating a Simple Presentation | 2 |
| Using the AutoContent Wizard | 5 | |
| Saving a Presentation | 10 | |
| Switching Views | 12 | |
| Editing Slides | 13 | |
| Editing Text | 13 | |
| Promoting and Demoting Items | 16 | |
| Deleting Slides | 18 | |
| Adding Special Effects | 19 | |
| Viewing a Presentation | 22 | |
| Getting Help | 24 | |
| Quitting PowerPoint | 27 | |
| 2 | Presenting Information Visually | 28 |
| Adding Clip Art to Slides | 31 | |
| Sizing and Positioning Clip Art | 33 | |
| Changing Clip Art Colors | 34 | |
| Searching for Clip Art | 35 | |
| Cropping Clip Art | 36 | |
| Adding Clip Art to the Background | 37 | |
| Importing Graphics | 38 | |
| Adding Graphics to the Clip Gallery | 40 | |
| Animating Graphics | 42 | |
| Adding Graphs | 42 | |
| Using a Graph AutoLayout | 43 | |
| Changing the Chart Type | 46 | |
| Customizing Graphs | 49 | |
| Working with Titles | 50 | |
| Working with Legends | 51 | |
| Working with Axes, Tick Marks, Gridlines, and Labels | 52 | |
| Working with Chart and Plot Areas | 55 | |
| Moving and Sizing Graphs in PowerPoint | 56 | |
| 3 | Fine-Tuning a Presentation | 58 |
| The Characteristics of a Good Presentation | 60 | |
| Using a Design Template | 61 | |
| Adding Slides | 63 | |
| Switching Templates | 65 | |
| Formatting Text | 66 | |
| Opening an Existing Presentation | 68 | |
| Checking Your Spelling | 69 | |
| More Editing Techniques | 71 | |
| Moving and Copying Text on Slides | 72 | |
| Moving and Copying Text Between Presentations | 74 | |
| Reordering Slide Text in Outline View | 74 | |
| Rearranging a Presentation | 76 | |
| Reordering Slides in Outline View | 76 | |
| Reordering Slides in Slide Sorter View | 77 | |
| Changing the Thumbnail Size | 78 | |
| Adding Transitions | 80 | |
| Delivering a Presentation | 81 | |
| Printing Transparencies | 81 | |
| Printing Handouts | 83 | |
| Preparing a File for Slides | 83 | |
| Delivering a Presentation over the Internet or an Intranet | 84 | |
| Part 2 | Building Proficiency | |
| 4 | More Visual Effects | 88 |
| Adding Organization Charts | 90 | |
| Adding and Removing Boxes | 93 | |
| Rearranging Boxes | 94 | |
| Switching Styles | 95 | |
| Formatting an Org Chart | 97 | |
| Formatting Org Chart Text | 97 | |
| Formatting Org Chart Boxes | 97 | |
| Formatting Org Chart Lines | 98 | |
| Returning to PowerPoint | 99 | |
| Adding Tables | 100 | |
| Entering Data | 101 | |
| Inserting and Deleting Columns and Rows | 103 | |
| Adjusting Column Width and Row Height | 104 | |
| Merging and Splitting Cells | 105 | |
| Formatting a Table | 106 | |
| Using WordArt for Fancy Type Effects | 108 | |
| Using PowerPoint's Drawing Tools | 112 | |
| 5 | Creating a Custom Template | 116 |
| Designing a Template | 118 | |
| Using Masters | 119 | |
| Formatting the Slide Master | 120 | |
| Changing the Font | 120 | |
| Saving the Template | 122 | |
| Creating a Background | 122 | |
| Adding a Graphic to the Background | 126 | |
| Changing the Bullet Character | 127 | |
| Adding a Footer and a Slide Number | 129 | |
| Changing the Color Scheme | 131 | |
| Applying a Custom Template | 133 | |
| Fine-Tuning | 134 | |
| 6 | More About Electronic Presentations | 136 |
| Equipment for Electronic Slide Shows | 138 | |
| Using the Slide Show Tools | 140 | |
| Running a Presentation Automatically | 141 | |
| Preparing Speaker-Controlled Presentations | 143 | |
| Adding Interaction | 143 | |
| Drawing on the Slides | 144 | |
| Hiding Supporting Information | 145 | |
| Branching to a Subordinate Presentation | 147 | |
| Preparing for Delivery | 150 | |
| PowerPoint Rehearsals | 150 | |
| Taking Care of Logistics | 153 | |
| Taking a Show on the Road | 154 |
Overview
New features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 helps PC users create great presentations (and great impressions) and deliver them in any setting — from meeting rooms and formal presentations to kiosks and virtual presentations on the Internet.
"Quick Course "RM" in Microsoft Powerpoint 2000" offers fast-paced, to-the-point tutorials and learning exercises for quickly grasping presentation graphics basics and building proficiency. Designed for the beginning to intermediate student, Quick Course "RM" books can be used ...