How to Use / Create powerful presentations faster using ready-made templates and Smart Tags / Organize information and add impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables, and charts / Make your presentation come alive with custom animations / Add narration, animation, 3-D effects, and movie / Add comments and e-mail your presentation to others for review and collaboration / Deliver your presentation in a meeting room on multiple screens / Use Groove and SharePoint Team Services to collaborate and share documents and information / Prepare for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam. / Practice your new skills with the useful workshops inside On the Web This book uses real-world examples to give you a context in which to use the task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The PowerPoint example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.perspection.com. Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software--including Microsoft Office 2003 and XP, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X Panther, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Macromedia Flash 8, Macromedia Director MX, and Macromedia Fireworks--and Web publishing. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve Johnson founded Perspection, Inc. Perspection is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies. Includes MCAS Exam Objectives! This courseware meets the objectives for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS). Upon completion of this courseware, you may be prepared to take the exam for MCAS qualification. To learn more about becoming a Microsoft Certified Application Specialist, visit www.microsoft.com. Chapter 1 Getting Started with PowerPoint 1 Chapter 2 Developing Presentation Content 31 Chapter 3 Designing a Look 73 Chapter 4 Drawing and Modifying Shapes 105 Chapter 5 Inserting Pictures and Multimedia 151 Chapter 6 Inserting Charts and Related Material 189 Chapter 7 Creating a Web Presentation 243 Chapter 8 Finalizing a Presentation and Its Supplements 267 Chapter 9 Preparing a Slide Show 299 Chapter 10 Starting a Slide Show 321 Chapter 11 Reviewing and Securing a Presentation 335 Chapter 12 Working Together on Office Documents 363 Chapter 13 Customizing the Way You Work 391 Chapter 14 Expanding PowerPoint Functionality 401 W Workshops: Putting It All Together 425 New Features 439 Microsoft Certified Applications Specialist 444