Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint 5
Chapter 1: Welcome to PowerPoint 7
Chapter 2: Taking the Backstage Tour 31
Chapter 3: Editing Slides 45
Chapter 4: Working in Outline View 65
Chapter 5: Proofing Your Presentations 73
Chapter 6: Don't Forget Your Notes! 83
Chapter 7: Show Time! 91
Part 2: Creating with Copilot 107
Chapter 8: Getting Started with Copilot 109
Chapter 9: Using Copilot in PowerPoint 123
Chapter 10: Perfecting Your Prompts 131
Part 3: Creating Great-Looking Slides 137
Chapter 11: All about Fonts and Text Formatting 139
Chapter 12: Designing Your Slides 155
Chapter 13: Animating Your Slides 169
Chapter 14: Masters of the Universe Meet the Templates of Doom 189
Part 4: Embellishing Your Slides 211
Chapter 15: Inserting Pictures 213
Chapter 16: Drawing on Your Slides 239
Chapter 17: Charting for Fun and Profit 259
Chapter 18: Working with SmartArt 281
Chapter 19: Lights! Camera! Action! (Adding Sound and Video) 293
Chapter 20: Adding Tables to Your Slides 307
Part 5: Working with Others 317
Chapter 21: Collaborating on Presentations 319
Chapter 22: Exporting Your Presentation to Other Formats 337
Part 6: The Part of Tens 345
Chapter 23: Ten PowerPoint Commandments 347
Chapter 24: Ten (or So) Tips for Creating Readable Slides 351
Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Keep Your Audience Awake 357
Index 361