Title - Power
Point 2007 For Starters & Power Point 2007 The Missing Manual Author – Frank Mitch, GCPCUG Products Reviews
Editor Category - Book Subject - How to use MS PowerPoint 2007 Date - September 2007
As a previous user of PowerPoint 2003 I find
that PowerPoint 2007 continues to be fairly intuitive. Both of these books are
excellent reference material. I usually refer to the Starters version first for
a quick find of how to do something.
Both books have the same introduction;
including what you can do with PP 2007, what’s new in PP 2007, “The Very
Basics”, and an explanation about the books. A presentation vs. a slideshow is
explained. The author requests: “For your audience’s sake, avoid bringing yet
another power-pointless presentation into the world!” One page is devoted to
telling when not to use PowerPoint.
Part One: Creating Slide Shows
Chapter 1 of Part 1, Creating a Basic
Presentation , is a good example of the thorough step by step assistance in
these books. These are the main parts of Chapter 1:
·
Beginning
a New Presentation
·
Choosing
a Theme for Your Presentation
·
Adding
Text
·
Adding
more Slides
·
Moving
Around Inside a Presentation
·
Adding
Speaker Notes
·
Creating
and Printing Handouts
·
Saving
and Closing a Presentation
·
Running
a Presentation
Much detail is included in each part of the
chapter. The full Missing Manual version adds even more detail. The next 5
chapters of Part 1 cover editing slides, formatting and aligning your text,
formatting and laying out your slides, editing your slideshow, and adding
charts, diagrams, and tables.
Part Two: Delivering Slideshows
Delivering and Printing Presentations are
covered in chapters 7 and 8 with the same detailed assistance as outlined above
in Chapter 1. The full version includes extras such as this frequently asked
question: “Where the heck are my slides?” An answer is provided to the person
who could see only half of the slides in their slideshow.
Part Three: Beyond Bullet Points – Graphics
and Transitions
Chapters 9 and 10 cover Images and Slide
Transitions in the Starters book. The full Missing Manual version adds Chapters
11 and 12 to also cover Sound and Video and Making your Slides Clickable. Again
there is much detail in each of these chapters. An example is discussion about
when to use multimedia, with a statement that just because you can add
multimedia doesn’t mean you should.
Part Four: Working Faster and More
Effectively
The full version adds chapters 13, 14, and 15
to discuss Customizing PP, Macros to put Slideshows on Autopilot, and
Collaborating with others. The collaboration discussion includes the variety of
features that help folks work together on a presentation.
Both books end with an extensive Getting Help
Appendix:
·
Getting Help from PowerPoint – Screen Tips,
Searching Help Topics
·
Getting Help from Microsoft – Tutorials, Online
Articles, Forums, and more
·
Getting Help from the PowerPoint Community - 3 of the best of
many useful Web resources.
The author states that there are an estimated
600 million folks using PowerPoint. These two books will greatly enhance your
joining this huge community of dedicated users of this outstanding presentation
tool.
Power Point 2007 for Starters: The Missing
Manual
January 2007, 305 pages, US $19.99
ISBN 10: 0-596-52831-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-596-52831-7
Power Point 2007: The Missing Manual
December 2006, 469 pages, US $29.99
ISBN 10: 0-596-52738-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-596-52738-9
Author: E.A. Vander Veer
Pogue Press O’Reilly
www.missingmanuals.com
Discount of 35% for User Group membershttp://www.oreilly.com