Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 [Paperback]

Patrice-Anne Rutledge (Author), Geetesh Bajaj (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 2006

We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward PowerPoint proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on PowerPoint 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 is the only book you need.

• Quickly move from learning PowerPoint 2007 basics to creating and delivering polished, dynamic presentations with Microsoft Office's new user interface
• Collaborate on presentations using slide libraries, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and more
• Communicate data in pictures using charts, diagrams, and graphs, including new SmartArt diagrams and enhanced graphics effects
• Design sophisticated presentations even faster with themes and custom layouts
• Create multimedia presentations using video, sound, pictures, and animation
• Publish and deliver your presentations on the web
• Expand the power of PowerPoint with add-ins and third-party tools
• Discover the secrets for powerful delivery of your presentation

On the CD-ROM

• NXPowerLite
• SmartDraw 30-Day Trial Edition
• Exclusive cartoon from Mark Anderson (AnderToons)
• ActiveSlide Thunder Trial plus examples
• Camtasia Studio Trial
• Sample presentations
• Electronic version of this book in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF)

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From the Back Cover

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007
THE ONLY POWERPOINT BOOK YOU NEED

About the Author

Patrice-Anne Rutledge  is a business technology journalist and author who specializes in social media, online collaboration, and presentation technologies. She has used -- and has taught others to use -- PowerPoint for more than 10 years, designing presentations for meetings, training classes, eLearning courses, and other events.
 
Geetesh Bajaj is a an MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Microsoft PowerPoint, and heads Indezine, a presentation design studio based out of Hyderabad, India. Geetesh believes that any PowerPoint presentation is a sum of its elements-these elements include abstract elements like concept, color, interactivity, and navigation-and also slide elements like shapes, graphics, charts, text, sound, video, and animation. Geetesh also runs the well known indezine.com and ppted.com sites.
 
Tom Mucciolo, founder and president of MediaNet, Inc. is an accountant turned actor turned author and an acclaimed speaker on presentation skills. He started his company in 1985, and he is a recognized expert at enhancing the key components of communication, including the message (script), the media (visual design) and the mechanics (delivery). His seminars and workshops have been rated as "exceptional" and "entertaining" and many consider Tom one of the world's top presentation specialists. He is also part of the faculty at NYU where he lectures and coaches key faculty and administrators toward becoming more effective communicators. Tom's one-to-one coaching sessions develop individual style and prepare a person for presenting in a very visual world. Tom can be reached at [e-mail] or through his Web site at medianet-ny.com.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Que (December 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789736071
• ISBN-13: 978-0789736079
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good every day reference., July 6, 2007

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H. S. Bartholomew Jr. (Covington, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (Paperback)

This is a very good book for everyday reference. It covers all of the basics well, and intermediate also. The included disk is weaker than the book. A stronger disk would get it a 5. It claims to be the only Powerpoint book you will ever need. It also lists on the cover that it is for beginners and intermediate, this listing is accurate. There are some advanced things I would like to do with Powrpoint, that I have seen done, this book does not cover. If the author did an advanced book, I would buy that also. Easy style, thorough in what it covers.

Great book. I had the 2003 version, and the 2007 version was well worth the upgrade the first week.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft Office Hit, September 14, 2009

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Tulor "Yvonne" (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (Paperback)

I have purchased a "Que" book for every version of Microsoft Office that I have had. These books are wonderful. They are a helpful resource and the information you need is easy to find. I recommend this book to anyone who has PowerPoint 2007.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cannot be anymore of a BEGINNER than me!, July 21, 2008

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M. Caravaggi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (Paperback)

This is my very first time to work with PowerPoint let alone 2007. The book is filled with Tips,Notes, and descriptions of all the tabs in 2007. However, I would like to have more detailed "How To" on the many creative things that you can do. The book will tell you where to go if you are looking for something in particular which makes it a good reference book. But I would like more detail more depth with all the creative word art and effects, and much more that 2007 has available. Overall it is a pretty good book for introducing the many amazing features of the 2007. And I agree that the CD that comes with it is somewhat worthless in my opinion. The book does point out that you do not have to be creative to make and awesome Presentation with 2007. It does everything for you.