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PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual

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Like every other application in Microsoft Office suite, PowerPoint is loaded with features. So many, in fact, that even veterans don't know where to find them all. Microsoft solved this problem in PowerPoint 2007 by redesigning the user interface with a tabbed toolbar that makes features easy to locate and use. PowerPoint 2007 also boasts improved graphics, additional templates, the ability to save custom layouts, and improved collaboration through SharePoint. One thing Microsoft hasn't improved is its poor documentation. To learn the ins and outs of all the features in PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft merely offers online help. If you're familiar with previous versions of the program, you may be lost the first time you fire up the new PowerPoint; or you would be if it weren't for PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual . This book, written specifically for this version of the software, not only offers the basics of how to create, save, set up, run, and print a basic bullets-and-background slideshow, but takes you into the world of multimedia, animation, and interactivity. You'll learn how to add pictures, sound, video, animated effects, and controls (buttons and links) to their slides, along with ways to pull text, spreadsheets, and animations created in other programs. You can also create your own reusable design templates and learn to automate repetitive tasks with macros. Learn how to take advantage of advanced functions (such as adding custom background images) that existed in previous PowerPoint versions, but were so cleverly hidden that few people ever found them.

487 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 2006

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1,055 reviews42 followers
November 5, 2012
Of all the books I borrowed from the library to help prep for a computer skills test, "The Missing Manual" series was by far the best. The PowerPoint book is an excellent refresher to make sure that current skills are still sharp, but it also has great new advice and tips for navigating the changes in PowerPoint 2007. While most of the book just cemented my knowledge, I appreciated learning that PowerPoint 2007 allows kerning (!) [Font-->Character Spacing] and that SmartArt [Insert-->Illustrations-->SmartArt] can do some relatively fantastic graphics.

And while this macro-deficient reader would have loved to learn more about building macros in PowerPoint, I understand why the author included only the most basic information about Visual Basic for Applications: it's too huge of a topic to manage and not everyone who uses PowerPoint needs or wants to learn it. (Apparently, the year of Visual Basic programming I suffered through actually was worth something...)

Overall, a really good book that doesn't dumb down the topic. If you're looking for a solid basic PowerPoint education or refresher, I'd recommend this book.
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April 17, 2016
This is a good book. It is nothing but how to do things. Not a word about presentation principles. Sadly it is dated and quite useless.
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