Keynote 2 for Mac OS X (Paperback)

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The first task-based guide to Keynote is back, just in time for the revision of Apple's elegant presentation software, Keynote. Keynote 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide gets readers quickly up-to-speed on the powerful presentation software through detailed step-by-step tasks and hundreds of screenshots. Business and educational users will want to start leveraging the power of Apple's graphics-intensive Keynote presentation software ($79, as part of Apple's iWork suite) immediately--dragging and dropping graphics, digital photos, QuickTime movies, and audio into their slide shows; creating animations, shadows, and labels for their charts and tables; producing dynamic drop shadows and cinematic transitions between slides; and more--and this Visual QuickProject Guide will show them how. Task-based instructions, peppered with plenty of full-color screenshots, tips, and sidebars make it easy to dive in and start creating high-impact presentations in no time. Readers will learn how to use Keynote's professionally designed "themes" to create coordinated backgrounds, fonts, colors, bullets, tables, and charts in seconds. 

About the Author

A veteran presenter who knows the value of a strong presentation, Tom Negrino is the author of the previous edition of this book, Keynote: Visual QuickStart Guide, as well as numerous other Visual QuickStart guides, including (with Dori Smith) JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2nd edition (August 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321246616
• ISBN-13: 978-0321246615
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #753,177 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Program!!, October 7, 2005

By	Mikeal R. Hughes "Dr. Mike Hughes, D.Min., Th... (Wilmington, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am involved in doing around 100 Keynote Presentations a year! I am certified through Microsoft for PowerPoint. I find Keynote far superior to PowerPoint. Tom has done a magnificant job writing this book! If you are looking for a simple no nonesense book to learn Keynote look no further. I have used a lot of computer learning books this is the best! I recommend this one to everyone. The chapter creating custom themes is worth the price of the book.

Dr. Mike Hughes, D.Min., Th.D., Ph.D.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great but not if you upgraded from book 1 to book 2, February 26, 2006

By	Sam "Sam" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

The original book, which dealt with Keynote 1, was very helpful. I hoped this one would add or expand, since the author had a chance to improve on the original just as Apple had when they went up a version. No luck. I wasted my money. However, if you're buying this one and don't have a previous edition it should be great. Don't forget that Apple's Keynote version 3 is now out so you can expect another book soon, maybe.

I'm giving this a 5 since it's a great book but for me, buying the second edition of the same book, the second one is nothing new.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to start with, January 11, 2007

By	B. Kimball (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have been using these visual quickstart books for all my software, I have found them to be a great place to start when learning basics and to get you going. Later on you may want to delve into more geek type stuff, but if you want to get going and accomplish something right away with your new software or programs, I recommend these books.

Keynote is not overly complicated, but I wanted to see what I could really do on some projects I had in mind, and this book was a big help and saved me time.