Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) [Paperback]

Perspection Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Series: Step by Step (Microsoft) | Publication Date: May 14, 1999

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2000 STEP BY STEP is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to use the latest upgrade of Microsoft’s popular desktop slide presentation program. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you learn at your optimum pace from the teacher who knows you best—you.

With this book and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, you’ll learn to:

• Create, deliver, and print slide presentations
• Outline your ideas and add and modify text
• Apply and modify templates
• Implement color schemes
• Add clip art, charts, and graphs; draw and modify objects
• Create a presentation using Microsoft Office multimedia files
• Publish your presentations for viewing on the Internet or intranets
• Broadcast your presentations in real time over the Internet or intranets
• Share a presentation in an online meeting

This book is approved courseware for the Microsoft Office Specialist Program. Go to: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/officespecialist/default.mspx

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"An informative, well designed book without a soul."

I know nothing about PowerPoint, other than it's a presentation program and that I've spent many a dark hour barely awake at such presentations. So in these waning days of Office 2000, I thought I'd pick up a popular PowerPoint primer and see what's up. Upon leafing through the book, I was pleasantly surprised--but then I found myself suddenly mortified. This book has no author!

A book without an author is like a person without a personality. It's just shocking to think that such a thing could happen. Of course, someone did have to write this book, and that's this "Perspection, Inc." organization. After leafing madly through the front matter, I found the true author, one Katherine Pinard. Hey, Kathy! You wrote a good book. Go to work for yourself and make some real money!

Overall, I liked the book. I can see how the Step by Step series is one of the most popular computer book series of all time. At first I was taken aback by the many, many design elements. There are steps, figures, sidebars, icons, callouts, and margin art on just about every page. But it works! It's not junky; it's actually informative and makes the book highly accessible.

The book is also keenly organized. Information is presented clearly and accurately. You don't need to read the whole thing, either: just hop up to whatever chapter or section you need and you can get going. It's nice that the book appreciates that, seeing how people who are involved in presentations are often rushed.

Of course, the book is utterly devoid of a personality, which is sad because it would add a fun dimension it presently lacks. For example, the examples. They're painfully trite. Without an author, the book lacks a certain companionship I find in personality-laden books. I get no sense of "we're in this together" or "let me offer some insight." No, it's just information. Good, well-written information, but uninspiring.

I remember another computer book publisher seething with envy over the Step by Step books, which is fully justified. If the PowerPoint 2000 book is any indication, this is a solid series that serves its purpose well. But I'll never be fully comfortable with any book that lacks an author. --Dan Gookin

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (May 14, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572319720
• ISBN-13: 978-1572319721
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,330,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > Office 2000
  • #90 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > PowerPoint

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Step-by-Step Powerpoint, May 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

I had not even opened Powerpoint before I bought this book and it took me from ground zero up to detailed editing. It was easy to understand and the 'real world' excercises made learning fun. It was especially helpful to be able to play with presentations, without the fear of damanging or destroying. I will keep the book as a wonderful resource guide. It's definitely geared toward the beginner Powerpoint user. >

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for begining users, maybe, May 12, 2000

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Eric Karl Chambers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

The "step-by-step" in the title should have clued me in to the fact that this book is really for someone with limited (or no) knowledge of PowerPoint. I think I would have been much better off purchasing the "running" series, instead. Having said that, the strength of this book is in the way it familiarizes the reader with some of the things that one can do in PowerPoint and (perhaps more importantly) provides the reader with the vocabulary to ask the paperclip guy the right question. It did not, to my knowledge cover anything that was not covered in the help section and in some case presented it in a more confusing way. I did share this book with a colleague, though, and she used it to enhance an existing slide show. If you are more that a little familiar with PowerPoint, though I think you will find (as I did) that The Running PowerPoint book has much more substance to it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Step by Step, June 15, 2009

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J. Randal Dupape (Carrollton, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Step by Step (Step by Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

Designed for anyone who wants to learn or improve your skills. Easy to follow and sample problems are very useful.