I had not even opened Powerpoint before I bought this book and it took me from ground zero up to detailed editing. It was easy to understand and the ‘real world’ excercises made learning fun. It was especially helpful to be able to play with presentations, without the fear of damanging or destroying. I will keep the book as a wonderful resource guide. It’s definitely geared toward the beginner Powerpoint user. >
Rating: 4 / 5
The “step-by-step” in the title should have clued me in to the fact that this book is really for someone with limited (or no) knowledge of PowerPoint. I think I would have been much better off purchasing the “running” series, instead. Having said that, the strength of this book is in the way it familiarizes the reader with some of the things that one can do in PowerPoint and (perhaps more importantly) provides the reader with the vocabulary to ask the paperclip guy the right question. It did not, to my knowledge cover anything that was not covered in the help section and in some case presented it in a more confusing way. I did share this book with a colleague, though, and she used it to enhance an existing slide show. If you are more that a little familiar with PowerPoint, though I think you will find (as I did) that The Running PowerPoint book has much more substance to it.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is a nice book that’s written in such a dry style that it’s difficult to finish the book. So you might rush through the pages when you are stuck somewhere but if you thought they could have written it in a more human style, then you are spot on what this book is!
Anyway, I use PowerPoint 2003 but this book has a nice coverage of color schemes but nothing like Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies. That book covers PowerPoint 2000, 2002, and 2003.
Rating: 2 / 5
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I had not even opened Powerpoint before I bought this book and it took me from ground zero up to detailed editing. It was easy to understand and the ‘real world’ excercises made learning fun. It was especially helpful to be able to play with presentations, without the fear of damanging or destroying. I will keep the book as a wonderful resource guide. It’s definitely geared toward the beginner Powerpoint user. >
Rating: 4 / 5
The “step-by-step” in the title should have clued me in to the fact that this book is really for someone with limited (or no) knowledge of PowerPoint. I think I would have been much better off purchasing the “running” series, instead. Having said that, the strength of this book is in the way it familiarizes the reader with some of the things that one can do in PowerPoint and (perhaps more importantly) provides the reader with the vocabulary to ask the paperclip guy the right question. It did not, to my knowledge cover anything that was not covered in the help section and in some case presented it in a more confusing way. I did share this book with a colleague, though, and she used it to enhance an existing slide show. If you are more that a little familiar with PowerPoint, though I think you will find (as I did) that The Running PowerPoint book has much more substance to it.
Rating: 3 / 5
Designed for anyone who wants to learn or improve your skills. Easy to follow and sample problems are very useful.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a nice book that’s written in such a dry style that it’s difficult to finish the book. So you might rush through the pages when you are stuck somewhere but if you thought they could have written it in a more human style, then you are spot on what this book is!
Anyway, I use PowerPoint 2003 but this book has a nice coverage of color schemes but nothing like Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies. That book covers PowerPoint 2000, 2002, and 2003.
Rating: 2 / 5