Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Plain & Simple

 

Don't let the title fool you with this book. When I saw the title I thought this book would be, as part of the title states, `Simple.' With over 20 years in the field and 10 years working heavily with PowerPoint I thought I would be bored at best with this book. I was surprisingly amazed by this book. With the new Ribbon in Microsoft Office and the new features introduced in PowerPoint 2010, this was an excellent resource for learning where and how to use the new features in PowerPoint 2010.

The book begins with covering the Ribbon and how to use some of the enhanced features in PowerPoint 2010. It then goes into the basics of making a PowerPoint. It covers how to make changes to the Slide Master, which in a support role was always a question from users.

What I enjoyed most was the coverage of the new features. When you consider the amount of new software released and the new features each carries, not including new hardware, and new technologies, it is impossible to keep up with it all. So they way this book covers not only the basics but also the new features in a relatively short book, at 272 pages, is a small treasurer.

The book gives a step-by-step in each chapter as it covers each feature. There is a brief description of the feature and what it is, then a walk-through of using the feature. The time it takes to go through the book and trying the feature can be accomplished within a day, or day and a half.

For anyone wishing to learn PowerPoint for the first time or learn how to use it better this is the book I would recommend this as your source.

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Plain & Simple Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 provides a fine, colorful 'how to' guide to using PowerPoint, showing how to create charts, add video and audio, animate slides, and create speaker notes. Use it as an at-a-glance key to jumping in to answer questions and absorb screenshots of information: it's a visual set of exercises to learning PowerPoint's basics, in color.

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What a great book!!

'Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Plain & Simple' is EXACTLY what anyone looking to learn PowerPoint needs by their side. With 250 pages of FULL COLOR (this is always a +++++ in my book) content spread over 17 chapters, you will go from thinking slides to DOING slides in no time at all!! This is one of those books that gains greatly from a unique size and presentation of material. The look just jumps of the pages and says READ ME, LOOK AT ME, LEARN FROM ME and I found it fun and pleasant to peruse.

How often do we use the word 'FUN' when it comes to computer books??

HMMMMMM????

PowerPoint is one of the most popular software tools Microsoft puts out and I can think of few better guides than this wonderful book to get your rolling.

Pick it up TO-DAY!!

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED