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An easy, practical beginner's guide to using Microsoft's incredibly powerful new PowerPoint 2013 presentation software - simple, reliable instructions for doing everything you really want to do.

This hands-on guide for every user who wants to create outstanding presentations with PowerPoint 2013 teaches visually, using an easy, friendly, full-colour format designed to 'show how', instead of 'telling how.'

In this guide to presentation design, you'll learn: 1) What makes a good presentation or a bad one; 2) How to plan, organize, and outline your presentation; 3) Four principles for developing effective presentations; 4) Four priniciples for designing beautiful slides that communicate clearly; 5) Specific tips for charts, graphs, animation, and video; and 6) An exhaustive list of timeless presentation rules ... that you should totally ignore. --Publisher's...

Introduces the features of the newest version of PowerPoint, including adding video and animation, using a laser pointer in a presentation, drawing on slides, presenting online, and collaborating with others via SkyDrive.

"After introducing the basics of educational planning, the design process, and the benefits of designing and using multimedia, this book offers the practical knowledge you need to create powerful educational resources." "The possibilities are endless. Anyone with basic PowerPoint skills can use this book to create powerful educational material for themselves, their colleagues, their students, or their own children."--Jacket.