Microsoft PowerPoint best practices, tips, and techniques : an indispensable guide to mastering PowerPoint's advanced tools to create engaging presentations /
Chantal Bossé
- Mumbai : Packt Publishing Limited, 2023
- xviii, 317 pages: illustrations ; 23 cm
Chapter 1: Analyzing Your Audience and Presentation Delivery Needs 10 questions to help you plan your presentation Analyzing and sorting your content Structuring and developing your message Summary Further reading
Chapter 2: Using Industry Best Practices to Design Better Visuals Technical requirements Choosing fonts Using the right font size Learning about contrast Decluttering your slide contents Making the look and feel of your slides consistent Summary Further reading
Chapter 3: Leveraging PowerPoint’s Slide Master for Design Technical requirements Understanding layouts and placeholders Choosing fonts and colors Configuring standard layouts Adding custom layouts Summary Further reading
Chapter 4: Using PowerPoint’s Document Masters for Accessible Handouts and Notes Technical requirements Configuring the Handout Master for a simple document Configuring the Notes Master for a complete handout Making your presentations accessible Printing your documents Exporting your document as a .pdf file Summary Further reading
Chapter 5: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Visuals Technical requirements Creating great image layouts with Designer Using Designer to create visual lists and timelines Using Designer ideas to start a presentation theme from scratch Bringing perspective to your data with Designer Summary Further reading
Chapter 6: Adding and Modifying Visual Elements Technical requirements Inserting and modifying a map Converting bullet points into SmartArt Creating new shapes with Edit Points Creating new shapes with the merging tools Using and customizing stock images and other graphics Summary Further reading
Chapter 7: Adding and Modifying Multimedia Elements Technical requirements Inserting and formatting videos Inserting and formatting audio Using the Cameo feature Inserting a screenshot or screen recording for a demo Creating a video file or GIF from a presentation Summary Further reading
Chapter 8: Working with Transitions and Animations Technical requirements Using slide transitions wisely Leveraging the Morph transition Using advanced animation sequences Using triggers for on-demand animations Summary Further reading
Chapter 9: Building Flexibility and Interactivity into Your Presentations Technical requirements Using navigation elements in a presentation Creating custom shows Using the Zoom feature to navigate your content Creating triggered menus Summary Further reading
Chapter 10: Using PowerPoint Third-Party Add-Ins Technical requirements BrightCarbon Neuxpower Billion Dollar Graphics PPTools Summary Further reading
Chapter 11: Practicing Your Presentation Delivery Technical requirements Viewing and adapting Slide Show options Leveraging Speaker Coach to help you practice your talk Rehearsing timings and creating a recorded practice run Using the new Record feature to practice Summary Further reading
Chapter 12: Using Presenter View Technical requirements Defining and starting Presenter View Using the display and navigation tools Using the annotation tools Using other tools Making your presentation more accessible with live subtitles Summary
Chapter 13: PowerPoint Live and Interactive Features in Microsoft Teams Technical requirements Getting started with and using PowerPoint Live Creating and using breakout rooms Using Q&A and Polls to create more interactions Improving the camera, lighting, and microphone setup Summary Conclusion Further reading Index
Giving great business presentations that stand out can mean the difference between getting and losing out on an important promotion, a critical client deal, or a grant. To start creating PowerPoint presentations that showcase your ideas in the best light possible, you’ll need more than attractive templates; you'll need to leverage PowerPoint's full range of tools and features. This is where this PowerPoint book comes in, leading you through the steps that will help you plan, create, and deliver more impactful and professional-looking presentations. The book is designed in a way to take you through planning your content efficiently and confidently preparing PowerPoint masters. After you’ve gotten to grips with the basics, you’ll find out how to create visually appealing content using the application’s lesser known, more advanced features, including useful third-party add-ins. The concluding chapters will equip you with PowerPoint’s advanced delivery tools, which will enable you to deliver memorable presentations. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to confidently choose processes to create and deliver impactful presentations more efficiently.
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