Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Step by Step

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Summary: Step-by-Step Powerpoint
Review: 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. >

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Summary: Good for begining users, maybe
Review: 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.

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Summary: Step-by-Step Powerpoint
Review: 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.