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Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques

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Product type Book

Published in Feb 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839215339

Pages 338 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Chantal Bossé

Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Analyzing Your Audience and Presentation Delivery Needs

2. Chapter 2: Using Industry Best Practices to Design Better Visuals

3. Chapter 3: Leveraging PowerPoint’s Slide Master for Design

4. Chapter 4: Using PowerPoint’s Document Masters for Accessible Handouts and Notes

5. Chapter 5: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Visuals

6. Chapter 6: Adding and Modifying Visual Elements

7. Chapter 7: Adding and Modifying Multimedia Elements

8. Chapter 8: Working with Transitions and Animations

9. Chapter 9: Building Flexibility and Interactivity into Your Presentations

10. Chapter 10: Using PowerPoint Third-Party Add-Ins

11. Chapter 11: Practicing Your Presentation Delivery

12. Chapter 12: Using Presenter View

13. Chapter 13: PowerPoint Live and Interactive Features in Microsoft Teams

14. Index

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15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed PowerPoint’s document masters to help you create handouts and notes from your main presentation file, and how to print them and create PDF documents. You now have enough knowledge to be able to leverage those masters so you can create professional-looking documents and visual slides for your delivery.

I will repeat myself from the previous chapter on the Slide Master: even if you have the feeling it will take you too much time, I can guarantee you that it is all worth it. Taking some time to format your document masters properly will save you time in the long run. Having everything you need in one properly formatted file will also save you the headache of having to manage various separate files.

In the next chapter, you will be learning about great design features that leverage AI to speed the presentation creation process with design ideas. When it comes to creating image layouts, visual lists, and timelines, or creating presentations...

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Authors (1)

Chantal Bossé

Chantal Bossé has worked in instructional design and training for over 25 years and is the founder of CHABOS Inc., specializing in M365 training and high-stakes presentation design and coaching. She has been a Microsoft PowerPoint, M365 Apps & Services Most Valued Professional (MVP) since 2013 and has helped over 250,000 international French-speaking learners on LinkedIn Learning with her courses on PowerPoint, Teams, and communication. She thrives on helping people understand and leverage technology to help them work efficiently and deliver engaging and impactful presentations.

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