Creating Cool PowerPoint 97 Presentations

Creating Cool PowerPoint^® 97 Presentations Create Powerful Presentations — Fast! People are bombarded by news, information, and sales pitches every day. To get — and hold — their attention, you must do better than a stale slide show and some ho–hum handouts! This practical resource helps you move beyond the basic, built–in PowerPoint formats to create presentations packed with sound, striking images, and action! Impress your boss, motivate your team, and make your customers eager to buy. Best of all, you'll get your point across — with power… PowerPoint 97 power! Master the Ins and Outs of PowerPoint with Expert Techniques

• Create graphics, charts, borders, and backgrounds
• Add action to complex data and dull statistics
• Integrate multimedia clips like a pro
• Incorporate advanced bitmap programs, such as Photoshop, Kai's Power Tools, KPT Bryce, and trueSpace
• Learn about and produce 3–D effects

State–of–the–Art Software on CD: PowerPoint slide shows demonstrate book concepts Demos and tryouts of top graphics programs — including Photoshop, Painter, Streamline, and Flying Fonts Clip art and background samplers System requirements PowerPoint 4 running on Windows 3.1, or PowerPoint 7 or 8 running on Windows 95 http://www.idgbooks.com