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Written by a PowerPoint trainer and Microsoft MVP, this book is your ultimate guide to crafting stunning, high-impact presentations with pro-level tools, hidden features, and techniques to captivate your audience effortlessly.Key Features
Apply industry best practices and expert design techniques to craft engaging presentations
Use PowerPoint's AI tools and automation to save time while adding interactivity and visual appeal
Incorporate animations, multimedia, and interactive elements to make your presentations more dynamic
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Book DescriptionIn today's business world, the ability to deliver powerful presentations can make or break your success. Whether it's winning a crucial client deal, or landing a grant, your presentation skills play a vital role. Yet, many professionals struggle—spending too much time on slides that fail to impress. But what if you could transform the way you create and deliver presentations—without spending hours figuring it out?
This updated second edition goes beyond the basics, introducing the latest PowerPoint features to help you craft professional, high-impact presentations effortlessly. You'll learn how to leverage Microsoft Copilot for AI-driven content creation, use PowerPoint's advanced visual tools to design engaging slides and integrate third-party add-ins for enhanced functionality. This edition also covers new accessibility features, Presenter View enhancements, PowerPoint Live in Teams for seamless remote delivery, and AI-powered design improvements to make your presentations more interactive and effective. This book will guide you step by step from planning your content and optimizing PowerPoint's Master tools to creating visually compelling slides.
By the end, you'll have a proven workflow to create stunning presentations efficiently helping you stand out, engage your audience, and achieve your business goals with confidence.What you will learn
Plan and structure content for maximum audience impact
Use PowerPoint's Masters to create consistent, professional slides and documents
Design engaging visuals with AI, SmartArt, and multimedia
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 using Presenter View features
Deliver seamless virtual presentations with PowerPoint Live
Who this book is for
If you are a business professional looking for best practices for presentations and are interested in the features PowerPoint has to offer to help you create and deliver impactful presentations, this book is for you. 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.