by Chris Sales
abstracts prepared by Hugh Fisher

This in-depth hypertext guide gives newcomers all the information needed to begin playing with PowerPoint and designing winning presentations. Among Chris Sales’ instructional features are definitions of PowerPoint terminology, a description of the three-pane window interface, the basics of interacting with the program to build slides and create effects, and the multiple modes that can be used to present your creations.

PowerPoint is a standard tool in many businesses today, used for everything from customer presentations to business meetings. Sales’ screenshots and step-by-step instructions cover all of the functions needed to set up a new presentation; add text, graphs or charts, and sounds; and manipulate the timing of transitions in your slide show. This guide is easy to read and doesn’t overload new users; it’s a must-read for anyone who wants to use PowerPoint in their business but doesn’t know just where to begin.

***Although this guide deals specifically with the Office 2000 version of PowerPoint, the underlying principles and most of the common commands are unchanged in the Office 2003 release.

http://www.csun.edu/ITR/guides/powerpoint/2000/beg.html