How to Wow with PowerPoint (How to Wow)

  Author:    Richard Harrington, Scott Rekdal
  ISBN:    032149573X
  Sales Rank:    132921
  Published:    2007-01-22
  Publisher:    Peachpit Press
  # Pages:    176
  Binding:    Paperback
  Avg. Rating:    4.0 based on 9 reviews
  Used Offers:    9 from $23.14
  Amazon Price:    $27.57
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could have two of the most sought-after graphic design professionals sitting next to you at your computer as you navigate through the infinite possibilities of your next important presentation? How to Wow with PowerPoint is the next best thing. It’s the brainchild of Richard Harrington and Scott Rekdal, who have developed an incredible way to help you reach your full creative potential. A book for non-designers, Richard and Scott guide you step by step through realworld projects with an emphasis on cutting through the clutter and focusing on good design principles as a more effective way to build presentations. You’ll receive tips and techniques on everything from selecting and preparing images to integrating sound and motion. Whether it’s adding effective transitions to your slides or making the presentation technically sound and mobile, you’ll be given the tools at every stage of the creative process in order to learn How to Wow!

We begin with the important essentials of typography, layout, and design, and move on to creating tables, charts, graphs, and custom templates. Next comes the fun stuff, with projects focusing on audio and video files and integrating Flash. Finally, there is a chapter devoted to exporting and publishing, including how to create handouts, upload to the Web, and other ways to share your presentation. On the How to Wow CD-ROM is everything you’ll need to complete the projects.

The How to Wow CD-ROM Makes it a Snap!
The How to Wow with PowerPoint companion CD at the back of this book contains all the files you’ll need, including:
  • Easy to use PowerPoint templates for each chapter to help you navigate through these projects and learn essential techniques. And you can modify the templates later for your own presentations.
  • PLUS all the photographs, video and audio files used in the projects! Follow along with the lessons to dramatically increase your understanding of how these features are used and how they can be applied to your work, everyday!
  • Extra presentation goodies that are ready to use such as stock photos, fonts, backgrounds, extra templates, and checklists to help you wow your audience.

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The How to Wow series started off focusing on Photoshop. It was a handy collection of tips. Yes, the information could be gleaned from other sources, but it was convenient to have it assembled between covers and with the accompanying CD. Many of the effects were reasonably complex and not easily accessible to beginners or, often, even pros.

The How to Wow series has expanded and as with so many other franchises like this, it has cheapened itself.

"How To Wow With PowerPoint" brings nothing worthwhile to the table. Its tips and hints are simplistic and basic: you can find similar collections on the web for free. Even at the Amazon price, this book is not, in my opinion, worth the money.

Some of the tips border on the bizarre: " "Are You an iPod User? iTunes Works for PowerPoint". Two pages with four liberally spaced paragraphs and lots of white space wasted on this. Filler material and nothing more.

"Insert Video on a slide" takes four pages. It's covered completely in less space in the PowerPoint help file.

This book doesn't deal with making effective presentations. It's just a collection of rudimentary techniques that are all covered in the PowerPoint help file. As well, there are literally dozens of websites covering PowerPoint that have the same or better materials.

I think Jack Davis, the founder of the How To Wow series, should be ashamed of himself for letting this title go out under his imprimatur.

Jerry

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