Microsoft PowerPoint mastery : build professional presentations effortlessly with best practices, tips, and AI-powered tools / Chantal Bossé; foreword by Mike Parkinson
Idioma: Inglés Editor: Birmingham, United Kingdom : Packt Publishing, 2025Edición: Second editionDescripción: xxiv, 434 pages : illustrationsTipo de contenido:- text
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Key Features Design dynamic, engaging presentations with purposeful transitions, navigation, and interactive elements Save time and streamline workflows using Slide Master, Handout Master, Designer, and Copilot Bring your ideas to life with stunning visuals using SmartArt, images, multimedia, and AI tools Book Description If you've ever spent hours crafting slides that still feel uninspired, you're not alone. This book shows you how to tap into PowerPoint's true potential to transform ordinary decks into presentations that connect, persuade, and stick.This second edition is updated with a full chapter on using Microsoft Copilot to jump-start new presentations and expands coverage of AI-powered design tools like Designer. It introduces new ways to convert text into SmartArt, customize PowerPoint's stock images, and integrate third-party add-ins. You'll also explore richer multimedia options, purposeful transitions and navigation, and enhanced delivery tools, such as Speaker Coach and the latest PowerPoint Live features, including polls, Q&A, avatars, and immersive spaces, for more engaging virtual presentations. You'll discover how to speed up slide creation, elevate visuals, and structure your decks for maximum clarity and impact. Real-world examples throughout ensure you can apply these features immediately.By the end of this book, you'll have the skills, confidence, and workflow to create professional presentations that flow seamlessly and leave a lasting impression, all while saving time and working smarter. What you will learn Plan and structure content for maximum audience impact Use PowerPoint's Masters to create consistent, professional slides and documents Leverage advanced animations and Morph transitions for smooth flow Add interactivity with Zoom, hyperlinks, and custom menus Practice and perfect your delivery with PowerPoint's built-in tools Enhance audience engagement by using Presenter View features Deliver seamless virtual presentations with PowerPoint Live Who this book is forThis book is for business professionals who want actionable best practices and smarter ways to get the most out of PowerPoint's features to create and deliver compelling presentations. No formal presentation design knowledge is needed, but you do need to know PowerPoint's basic tools and functions, such as starting and saving files, adding, copying, pasting, or moving slides. A sound understanding of cloud storage and the use of Office 365 is also needed.
Includes index.
Part 1: Planning Your Presentation Content and Design
Chapter 1: Analyzing Your Audience and Presentation Delivery Needs
10 questions to help you plan your presentation
Question 1
what is my presentation's goal?
An informative session
Project update presentation
A client or investor pitch deck
A corporate training session
Question 2
what is at stake?
Question 3
what is my main message? Question 4
what story can help the audience understand the message?
Question 5
who is my target audience?
Question 6
what is the duration of my presentation?
Question 7
what type of venue will I present in?
Question 8
what type of presenter am I?
Question 9
what questions might be asked by the audience?
Question 10
what content do I already have available?
Analyzing and sorting your content
What is the best way to start?
Sorting the content
Structuring and developing your message
The three-part model
Telling your story
Summary Further reading
Chapter 2: Using Industry Best Practices to Design Better Visuals
Technical requirements
Choosing fonts
Which font category should you use?
Font compatibility issues
Checklist to help you review font choices
Using the right font size
Learning about contrast
Choosing colors wisely
Decluttering your slide contents
Making the look and feel of your slides consistent
Summary
Further reading
Chapter 3: Leveraging PowerPoint's Slide Master for Design
Technical requirements
Understanding layouts and placeholders
Layouts
Placeholders Accessing layouts and placeholders through the slide master
Choosing fonts and colors
Selecting the color palette
How to customize a color palette
Things to be aware of when changing colors in a palette
Selecting title and body fonts
Configuring standard layouts
Changes you should avoid
Adding custom layouts
Reordering your slide layouts
Renaming your template to avoid Office Theme labeling
Using the Hide Background Graphics feature
Using the improved Insert Picture experience in placeholders
Retrieving missing footer placeholders Using the lock feature for placeholders or objects
Making your slide master compatible for AI services
Microsoft's recommendations
Placeholder size variety
Slide layout variety
Naming layouts
Using the Copilot PowerPoint Starter Template
Summary
Further reading
Chapter 4: Using PowerPoint's Document Masters for Accessible Handouts and