Fixing PowerPoint annoyances : how to fix the most annoying things about your favorite presentation program / Echo Swinford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swinford, Echo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft PowerPoint (Computer file).

Computer software--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computer software.

Microsoft software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Power Point annoyances

PowerPoint annoyances

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media Inc., 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

If you're vexed and perplexed by PowerPoint, pick up a copy of Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances. This funny, and often opinionated, guide is chock full of tools and techniques for eliminating all the problems that drive audiences and presenters crazy. There's nothing more discouraging than an unresponsive audience--or worse, one that snickers at your slides. And there's nothing more maddening than technical glitches that turn your carefully planned slide show into a car wreck. Envious when you see other presenters effectively use nifty features that you've never been able to

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Do You Need This Book?; What's Covered in This Book?; "You Haven't Covered My Pet Annoyance"; Conventions Used in This Book; Safari® Enabled; Acknowledgments; 1: Presenting Your Presentation; Setting up Your Equipment; The Slides Look Crooked; The Slides Look All Skinny on the Bottom; I Can't Hear the Sound; Slides Won't Move Forward; Silence Is Golden; Image Doesn't Show on Projector; Viewing Your Presentation; Presentation Keeps Locking Up; Video Doesn't Show on Projector; PowerPoint Opens Minimized; Use White Backgrounds for Acetates

Use Contrasting Text and BackgroundsLearn How to Navigate Your Presentation; Navigating to Hidden Slides; Back Up During the Presentation; Get Rid of Slide Show Starting Screen; Get Rid of End of Slide Show Screen; Hide the Arrow; Draw Straight Lines with the Pen; Access Files from Your Presentation; Avoid the Hyperlinked Files Message; Things That Drive Presenters Crazy; Change Note Size in Presenter View; Practice with Only One Monitor; Start Slide Show from the Current Slide; Create a Self-Running Presentation; Kiosk Mode Is Broken; Loop Your Presentation Continuously

Show a Range of SlidesAdd Current Date and Time; 2: Dumb Defaults; Stuff Keeps Moving Around; Turn Off AutoFit Body Text to Placeholder; Inserted Pictures Change the Layout; Reverse Flipped Images; Prevent Text from Moving Around; Force Complete Menus; Make Toolbar Icons Stay in One Place; Customize PowerPoint to Suit Your Needs; Restore Missing Images and Charts; Restore Grayed-Out Commands; Restore New Animations; Bring Back Color Views; Make Sure You Have a Qualifying Product; Change the Username in Comments; Avoid Saving in Notes Page View; Add Save as HTML to the Menu

Edit PPS FilesHelp Files Only Available Online; Understand the Background Printing Setting; Dealing with Different Versions of PowerPoint; Password-Protect Your Presentations; My Presentation Is Corrupt; 3: Formatting and Editing; Templates and Masters; Locate Your Templates; Force Templates to Show in the Task Pane; Find More Templates; Create a Template; Add a Title Master; Slide Thumbnail View Disappears; Create Multiple Masters; Distinguish One Master from Another; Apply a Template to Only a Few Slides; Masters Disappear from the Presentation; Deleting Slide Masters

Font Size Changes on Title Master

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781491909461

1491909463

9780596153342

0596153341

OCLC:

71666018