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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Creating a Winning Presentation | |
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| Tell a Story | |
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| Determine the Objective | |
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| Identify the Main Points | |
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| Weave a Compelling Narrative | |
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| Add Supporting Material | |
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| Analyze the Audience | |
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| Determine Who the Audience Is | |
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| Find Out Your Audience's Motivation | |
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| Study the Facility | |
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| Study Yourself | |
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| Look at Why You Are Giving This Presentation | |
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| Review What Knowledge You Have and Get What You Need | |
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| Plan the Presentation Itself | |
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| Select the Method of Presentation | |
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| Choose the Types of Supporting Aids | |
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| Prepare and Deliver the Presentation | |
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| Review the Steps to Get Ready | |
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| Create the Presentation | |
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| Prepare to Give the Presentation | |
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| Give the Presentation | |
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| Gathering and Structuring Information | |
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| Find Information | |
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| Access Your Own Information | |
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| Get Information from Associates | |
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| Search for Other Information | |
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| Organize Information | |
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| Sift Information | |
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| Decide What Is Said and What Is Shown | |
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| Select the Type of Structure | |
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| Create the Presentation | |
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| Craft an Opening | |
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| Fill-in the Body | |
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| Finish on a High Note | |
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| Final Review | |
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| Consider Your Audience | |
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| Review the Facility | |
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| Determine If Your Objective Is Accomplished | |
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| Creating Presentation Content | |
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| Use Microsoft Word | |
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| Use Word | |
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| Enter an Outline | |
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| Create Tables in Microsoft Excel | |
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| Use Workbooks and Spreadsheets | |
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| Understand Spreadsheets | |
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| Enter Text on Multiple Lines | |
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| Enter Numeric Data | |
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| Enter Dates | |
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| Add Formulas | |
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| Build Formulas | |
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| Create Charts with Excel | |
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| Start the Chart Wizard | |
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| Choose a Chart Type | |
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| Select Data for Charting | |
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| Modify Chart Items | |
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| Choose a Chart Location | |
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| Identify Items | |
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| Beginning a Visual Presentation | |
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| Get Started with PowerPoint | |
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| Load PowerPoint and Open a Presentation | |
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| Work with PowerPoint Views | |
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| Personalize PowerPoint | |
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| Work with Task Panes | |
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| Work with Toolbars | |
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| Get Help | |
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| Get Help and Do Research | |
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| End Your PowerPoint Presentation | |
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| Save Your Presentation and Close PowerPoint | |
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| Design a Standard Look for Your Visual Aids | |
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| Communicate with Color | |
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| Review Design Considerations | |
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| Create a Template | |
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| Create a Presentation Using AutoContent Wizard | |
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| Use a Predefined Design Template | |
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| Create and Save a Template | |
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| Use a Canned Template | |
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| Create a Template from Scratch | |
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| Create a Presentation from a Template | |
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| Add Content to a Slide | |
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| Use Slide and Title Masters | |
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| Edit a Slide Master | |
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| Outlining and Modifying Slides | |
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| Outline a Presentation | |
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| Create an Outline | |
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| Insert an Outline from Other Sources | |
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| Send the Outline to Microsoft Word | |
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| Work with Slides | |
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| Navigate from Slide to Slide | |
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| Insert a Slide | |
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| Duplicate a Slide | |
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| Copy a Design Using Browse | |
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| Create a Color Scheme | |
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| Use a Slide Layout | |
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| Work with Text | |
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| Insert and Use Text Placeholders | |
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| Set and Change Tab Settings | |
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| Change Line and Paragraph Spacing | |
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| Change Fonts, Font Size, Color, Style, and Effects | |
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| Align Text | |
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| Use AutoFit | |
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| Using Tables, Org Charts, and Diagrams | |
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| Create Tables | |
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| Insert a Table | |
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| Enter Text | |
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| Format Text | |
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| Delete a Table | |
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| Use the Tables And Borders Toolbar | |
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| Insert Columns and Rows | |
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| Change Size of Columns and Rows | |
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| Shade Cells, Columns, Rows, or a Table | |
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| Create an Organization Chart | |
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| Begin an Organization Chart | |
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| Modify Text in Boxes | |
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| Insert a Box | |
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| Insert Complex Org Chart Templates | |
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| Use an AutoFormat Style | |
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| Insert Multiple Boxes | |
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| Rearrange Boxes | |
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| Change the Layout of an Org Chart | |
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| Format Boxes and Box Outlines | |
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| Format Connecting Lines | |
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| Format Text | |
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| Use Zoom | |
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| Use a Diagram | |
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| Insert a Diagram | |
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| Creating and Working with Graphics | |
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| Work with Clip Art | |
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| Find and Insert Clip Art | |
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| Change the Color of Clip Art | |
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| Crop a Picture | |
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| Change the Contrast and Brightness of a Picture | |
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| Manage Clips with Clip Organizer | |
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| Search for Clip Art on the Web | |
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| Display Grid and Guides | |
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| Use Format Painter | |
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| Work with Graphs/Charts | |
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| Use Graphs | |
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| Enter Chart Data | |
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| Select the Type of Chart | |
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| Insert Leader Lines on a Pie Chart | |
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| Format Charts | |
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| Special Effects and Drawing in PowerPoint | |
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| Work with Special Effects | |
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| Transition Between Slides | |
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| Animate Objects and Slides | |
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| Use Special Effects in the Slide Background | |
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| Hide Master Background Graphics | |
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| Use Special Effects with Text | |
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| Draw in PowerPoint | |
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| Draw a Shape | |
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| Draw a Line or Arrow | |
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| Use AutoShapes | |
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| Create a Mirror Image | |
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| Format Shapes | |
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| Rotate and Flip Shapes | |
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| Insert a Text Box | |
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| Use Zoom | |
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| Delivering the Presentation | |
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| Customize Your Presentation | |
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| Personalize Your Presentation | |
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| Contemporize Your Presentation | |
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| Energize Your Presentation | |
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| Handle Fear | |
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| Work with Fear While Preparing | |
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| Just Before You Speak | |
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| During a Presentation | |
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| Set Up and Run a PowerPoint Presentation | |
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| Use a Laptop to Control the Presentation | |
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| Present a Dual-Monitor Slide Show | |
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| Use a Pen Tool | |
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| Rehearse Your Timing | |
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| Display a Blank Screen | |
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| Write Notes During the Presentation | |
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| Create a Custom Slide Show | |
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| Index | |