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Contents QuickLook Guide vii Finding Your Best Starting Point xi Finding Your Best Starting Point in This Book xi New Features in PowerPoint 2000 xiii Corrections, Comments, and Help xiii Visit Our World Wide Web Site xiv Using the Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Step by Step CD-ROM xv Installing the Practice Files xv Using the Practice Files xvi Using the Multimedia Files xviii Using the Decker Presentation Center xviii Uninstalling the Practice Files xx Need Help with the Practice Files? xx Conventions and Features in This Book xxi Part 1 Basic Skills 1 Lesson 1 Creating a Presentation 3 Starting PowerPoint 4 Understanding the PowerPoint Startup Dialog Box 5 Using the AutoContent Wizard 6 Understanding the Presentation Window 8 Moving Around in a Presentation 10 Changing Text in the Outline Pane 12 Changing and Adding Text in the Slide Pane 14 Understanding PowerPoint Views 16 Changing Presentation Views 17 Previewing Slides in Slide Sorter View 18 Saving a Presentation 19 One Step Further: Changing Presentation Properties 21 Lesson 1 Quick Reference 22 Lesson 2 Working with a Presentation 23 Starting a New Presentation Using a Design Template 24 Entering Text in the Slide Pane 25 Creating a New Slide 26 Entering Text in the Outline Pane 27 Editing Text in Normal View 29 Entering Text in the Notes Pane 31 Using Notes Page View 32 Inserting Slides from Other Presentations 33 Rearranging Slides in Slide Sorter View 34 Showing Your Slides in Slide Show View 36 One Step Further: Customizing PowerPoint 37 Lesson 2 Quick Reference 37 Lesson 3 Printing a Presentation 39 Opening an Existing Presentation 40 Adding a Header and Footer 43 Changing the Page Setup 44 Choosing a Printer 45 Printing in PowerPoint 46 One Step Further: Using a Genigraphics Service Center 50 Lesson 3 Quick Reference 52 Part 1 Review & Practice 53 Part 2 Organizing Your Ideas 57 Lesson 4 Ou

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2000 STEP BY STEP is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to use the latest upgrade of Microsoft s popular desktop slide presentation program. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you learn at your optimum pace from the teacher who knows you best you. With this book and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, you ll learn to: Create, deliver, and print slide presentations Outline your ideas and add and modify text Apply and modify templates Implement color schemes Add clip art, charts, and graphs; draw and modify objects Create a presentation using Microsoft Office multimedia files Publish your presentations for viewing on the Internet or intranets Broadcast your presentations in real time over the Internet or intranets Share a presentation in an online meeting