Cutting Edge PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies [Paperback]

Geetesh Bajaj (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470095652 | ISBN-13: 978-0470095652 | Publication Date: March 26, 2007

Get ready to add punch and pizzazz to your presentations and wow your audience using the latest PowerPoint techniques. This friendly book/CD-ROM combo covers all of the new features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, including interface changes, presentation themes, multimedia, the Slide Library, and more. The guide introduces you to the elements of PowerPoint: text; background, images, and info-graphics; shapes; fills, lines, and effects; sound and video; animations and transitions; and interactivity, flow, and navigation. Packed with numerous tips, shortcuts, workarounds, and timesaving techniques, it shows you step-by-step how to:

• Dress up your text by using fonts creatively and using WordArt to create artistic effects
• Work with masters and layouts, templates and themes, and fills, lines, and effects
• Maximize visual appeal by combining Photoshop with PowerPoint
• Add transitions, photos, motion, sound (narration and music), video, and animation
• Use SmartArt to create diagrams
• Create dynamic charts, equations, maps, and more
• Use PowerPoint’s extensive clip art collection
• Test and set up your presentation
• Link to Flash, Acrobat, Word, and Excel
• Print presentation materials and create helpful handouts

The CD includes templates, textures, backgrounds, background music scores, images, alpha channel equipped graphics, maps, illustrations, and more, so this combo gives you the know-how and the tools. An 8-page color insert shows you how to use color effectively. With this friendly guide, you’re ready to bring your presentation to life with PowerPoint 2007.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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From the Back Cover

Covers interface changes, presentation themes, and multimedia

Pump up your presentations using the latest PowerPoint techniques!

Want to dazzle your audience with a knockout PowerPoint presentation? This handy guide gives you cutting-edge tips and shortcuts for streamlining PowerPoint; making the most of color and shapes; troubleshooting common problems; and adding motion, sound, and effects for maximum punch.

• Exploit PowerPoint's new features

• Enhance your visuals and text

• Use images, fills, and 3D effects

• Add photos, soundtracks, and DVD video

• Link to Flash®, Acrobat®, Word, and Excel

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• Samples of all projects covered in the book

• Free templates, textures, fill styles, background music scores, alpha channel equipped graphics, and much more

• Sony Sound Forge trial version and more!

For details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix.

About the Author

Geetesh Bajaj is based in Hyderabad, India, and he got started with his first PowerPoint presentation more than a decade ago. He has been working with PowerPoint ever since.
Geetesh believes that any presentation is a sum of its elements. Everything in a presentation can be broken down to this element level, and PowerPoint’s real power lies in its ability to act as glue for all such elements.
Geetesh contributes regularly to journals and Web sites, and has authored two other PowerPoint books. He’s also a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and a regular on Microsoft’s PowerPoint newsgroups. Geetesh’s own Web site at indezine.com has thousands of pages on PowerPoint usage. It also has a blog, an e-zine, product reviews, free templates and interviews.
Geetesh welcomes comments and suggestions about his books. He can be reached at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 394 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (March 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470095652
• ISBN-13: 978-0470095652
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > PowerPoint

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geetesh has done it again!, April 11, 2008

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Linda F. Johnson (Warminster, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cutting Edge PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies (Paperback)

All I can say is WOW, Geetesh has once again done a bang-up job of presenting his "cutting edge" techniques, this time for PowerPoint 2007. And also, once again, he's included an amazing CD with all kinds of helpful software on it. Because I've been using and teaching PowerPoint for a long, long time, when I opened this book I immediately looked for a "What's New in PowerPoint 2007" section, but I couldn't find it and was disappointed, but not for long. Once I opened PowerPoint 2007 on my computer and started playing around, every time I couldn't find something in the new interface, a quick glance at the index of this book and I found it immediately. And, don't let the "for Dummies" title fool you ... this book is an excellent addition to any PowerPoint user's library, from beginner through advanced user. Geetesh presents everything in a very readable fashion; it feels like he's right at the computer with you, looking over your shoulder. If you have his 2003 version of this book, this one is very similar but gets you used to using the new 2007 interface with ease.
I highly recommend this as a great reference to keep right beside your computer whenever you are working in PowerPoint 2007.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cutting Edge PowerPoint 2007 for Dummies is NOT just for dummies, February 19, 2008

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Ginger Marks "DocUmeantDesigns.com" (Clearwater, FL) - See all my reviews
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As a presentation designer and author of Presentational Skills for the Next Generation even I found inspiration within the contents of this delightful book. Yes, delightful is the operative word. Geetesh Bajaj's sense of humor sprinkled throughout was a refreshing change from ordinary skills books. His mix of clear explanations and helpful hints prove his credentials and expertise with PowerPoint are solidly established. If you are looking to add to your knowledge quickly or are just learning how to add the power of PowerPoint presentations to your marketing program this is the book you will want to read from cover to cover. And don't miss the free CD with Bonus Chapter, tools and resources too.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even Better Now, August 17, 2007

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Dilly Korn (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cutting Edge PowerPoint 2007 For Dummies (Paperback)

I own the PowerPoint 2003 edition of this book, and this is even better. I like the fact that the author goes so much out of his way to include coordinated material on the attached CD.