Create microsoft powerpoint 2002 presentations

Whether you have a PowerPoint presentation that is due on Monday or you simply want to improve your knowledge and working skills of PowerPoint, Create Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002 Presentations In a Weekend® is the resource you need! On Friday night, you'll begin by learning what elements make a good presentation, choosing a design, entering your information, and arranging your slide layout. By Sunday you will be adding charts and tables, enhancing your presentation with animations and sound, and learning how to navigate through everything to give the ultimate presentation!

Inside you'll find:

• Guidelines for an effective presentation
• Advice on using PowerPoint features and tools to organize your ideas
• Lessons on adding multimedia effects to your presentations
• "Great Presentations Idea Gallery"
• "Ten Steps to an Effective Web Presentation"
• An online resource directory

What's On the CD-ROM:

• iplay studio
• Power Movie
• Cool Edit
• WinZip
• IE5
• Macromedia® Fireworks®
• Macromedia® FlashTM
• Adobe® Acrobat Reader
• Awesome PowerPoint Backgrounds
• The GIMP
• Direct FTP
• HTML Editor
• Image Mapper

Table of COntents

Introduction

Friday Evening: Getting Started

What Makes a Cool Presentation? Our Topic Tonight Is
Knowing Your Audience
Getting Your Content Ducks in a Row
Organizing Your Information
Understanding PowerPoint's Output Options Taking a Break
A First Glimpse of PowerPoint 2002

Creating a New Presentation Help! Closing PowerPoint
What's Next?

Saturday Morning: Creating Your Content
Word Play

Organizing Your Thoughts Collaboration Tools Setting Up Team Sites What's Next?

Saturday Afternoon: Working with Design
Presentation Design Basics
Adding Pizzazz with Design Templates
Selecting Layouts

Mastering PowerPoint Masters Working with Text Effects Taking a Break
Adding Notes to Slides
Printing Your Presentation What's Next?

Sunday Morning: Adding Visual Interest
Providing Support for Your Ideas with Charts and Tables
Adding a Content Element to Your Layout
Working with Tables

Working with Charts Taking a Break
Working with Graphic Elements
Adding Clip Art to Your Presentation Using PowerPoint's Drawing Tools Working with Multimedia What's Next

Sunday Afternoon: Preparing to Make Your Presentation
Giving Your Presentation a Final Check

Setting Up Your Slide Show Recording a Narration
Running a Slide Show Publishing Your Presentation to the Web What's Next?

Appendix A: Great Presentations Idea Gallery
A Speaker-Driven Presentation
An Educational Presentation
A Photo Album
Web Graphics
Online Presentations
Movie Credits
Charts, Graphs, and Tables

Appendix B: Ten Steps to an Effective Web Presentation
Step 1: Learn About Cool Web Design
Step 2: Plan Your Web Presentation
Step 3: Create the Web Presentation File
Step 4: Know Your Audience
Step 5: Develop the Presentation
Step 6: Work with Multimedia Files
Step 7: Preview Before You Publish
Step 8: Save the Presentation as a Web Page
Step 9: Publish the Web Presentation
Step 10: Keep the Web Presentation Up-to-Date

Appendix C: Online Resource Directory
Microsoft PowerPoint Sites
Presentation-Oriented Web Sites
Presentation Equipment and Services
Free Templates, Media Clips, and Plug-ins
Clip Media for Sale
Design Resources Online
Resources for Writing and Research

Appendix D: Talk the Talk with Speech Recognition
What You Need to Speak to Your Computer

Entering Text By Speech
Giving Hands Off Commands

Glossary
Index