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Название: PowerPoint 2016 For Dummies

Автор: Lowe Doug

Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited

Жанр: Зарубежная образовательная литература

Серия: For Dummies

isbn: 9781119077343

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СКАЧАТЬ use. These types of computer chores are best handled by people who like computers. My hope is that you’re on speaking terms with such a person. Do your best to stay there.

      Icons Used in This Book

      As you’re reading all this wonderful prose, you occasionally see the following icons. They appear in the margins to draw your attention to important information. They’re defined as follows:

      

Watch out! Some technical drivel is just around the corner. Read it only if you have your pocket protector firmly attached.

      

Pay special attention to this icon – it tells you that some particularly useful tidbit is at hand, perhaps a shortcut or a way of using a command that you might not have considered.

      

Danger! Danger! Danger! Stand back, Will Robinson!

      

Did I tell you about the memory course I took? Paragraphs marked with this icon simply point out details that are worth committing to memory.

      Beyond the Book

      I couldn’t fit everything about PowerPoint 2016 in these pages, so you can go online to find even more information:

      ✔ Cheat Sheet: Go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/powerpoint2016 to find a variety of shortcuts for everything from formatting and editing to slide shows and more.

      ✔ Web Extras: Go to www.dummies.com/extras/powerpoint2016 to access articles on how to add recurring text, how to create a hyperlink to another slide, how to add comments to presentations, and more.

      Where to Go from Here

      Yes, you can get there from here. With this book in hand, you’re ready to charge full speed ahead into the strange and wonderful world of desktop presentations. Browse through the table of contents and decide where you want to start. Be bold! Be courageous! Be adventurous! Above all else, have fun!

      Part I

      Getting Started with PowerPoint 2016

      

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       In this part …

      ✔ Get a bird’s-eye view of PowerPoint 2016 and what you can do with it.

      ✔ Find out how to edit the content on PowerPoint slides, from the text itself to text objects to other types of objects, such as clip art pictures or drawn shapes.

      ✔ Understand how to work in Outline View so you can focus on your presentation’s main points and subpoints without worrying about appearance.

      ✔ Learn to proof your presentation with PowerPoint and avoid embarrassing mistakes.

      ✔ Discover how to create speaker notes to help you get through your presentation.

      ✔ Know how to finish the final preparations by printing copies of your slides, notes, and handouts, as well as how to set up a projector and actually deliver your presentation.

      Chapter 1

      Welcome to PowerPoint 2016

       In This Chapter

      ▶ Discovering PowerPoint

      ▶ Firing up PowerPoint

      ▶ Making sense of the PowerPoint screen and the Ribbon

      ▶ Visiting backstage

      ▶ Creating a presentation

      ▶ Viewing presentation outlines

      ▶ Saving and closing your work

      ▶ Retrieving a presentation from the hard drive

      ▶ Getting help

      ▶ Getting out of PowerPoint

      This chapter is a grand and gala welcoming ceremony for PowerPoint 2016, Microsoft’s popular slide-presentation program.

      This chapter is sort of like the opening ceremony of the Olympics, in which all the athletes parade around the stadium and people make speeches in French. In much the same way, this chapter marches PowerPoint 2016 around the stadium so you can get a bird’s-eye view of what the program is and what you can do with it. I might make a few speeches, but not in French (unless, of course, you’re reading the French edition of this book).

      What in Sam Hill Is PowerPoint?

      PowerPoint is a program that comes with Microsoft Office (although you can buy it separately, as well). Most people buy Microsoft Office because it’s a great bargain: You get Word, Excel, and Outlook all together in one inexpensive package. And PowerPoint is thrown in for good measure. Of course, depending on which edition of Office you buy, you might get other goodies as well, such as Access, Publisher, a complete set of Ginsu knives, and a Binford VegaPneumatic Power Slicer and Dicer. (Always wear eye protection.)

      You know what Word is – it’s the world’s most loved and most hated word processor, and it’s perfect for concocting letters, term papers, and great American novels. I’m thinking of writing one as soon as I finish this book. Excel is a spreadsheet program used by bean counters the world over. Outlook is that program you use to read your email. But what the heck is PowerPoint? Does anybody know or care? (And as long as I’m asking questions, who in Sam Hill was Sam Hill?)

      PowerPoint is a presentation program, and it’s one of the coolest programs I know. It’s designed to work with a projector to display presentations that will bedazzle your audience members and instantly sway them to your point of view, even if you’re selling real estate on Mars, season tickets for the Oakland Raiders, or a new tax increase to a congressman in an election year. If you’ve ever flipped a flip chart, you’re going to love PowerPoint.

      Here are some of the many uses of PowerPoint:

      ✔ Business presentations: PowerPoint is a great timesaver for anyone who makes business presentations, whether you’ve been asked to speak in front of hundreds of people at a shareholders’ convention, a group of sales reps at a sales conference, or your own staff or co-workers at a business meeting.

      ✔ Sales presentations: If you’re an insurance salesperson, you can use PowerPoint to create a presentation about the perils of not owning life insurance and then use your laptop or tablet computer to show it to hapless clients.

      ✔ Lectures: PowerPoint is useful for teachers or conference speakers who want to reinforce the key points in СКАЧАТЬ