Taking PowerPoint to the Next Level with Microsoft Producer

PowerPoint is a complex, powerful program that has enough bells and whistles to satisfy most users. However, have you ever wished PowerPoint could do any of the following?

• Capture, edit, and display high-quality audio and video.

• Create a rich playback experience for users of web presentations, even with browsers other than Internet Explorer.

• Set up presentations so that they play properly on a Mac.

• Capture and synchronize narration.

All these tasks and many more are doable using Microsoft Producer, a PowerPoint add-in. You can download Producer at this site:

 http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/producer/prodinfo/overview.mspx 

From Here

• You can create an outline in Word and then import it into PowerPoint, where the headings are converted into outline items. For the details, see the section titled "Converting a Word Outline into a PowerPoint Presentation" in Chapter 6.

• You can also use Word to create professional-looking handouts. See the section titled "Using Word to Custom Format PowerPoint Handouts" in Chapter 6.

• To learn how to put your presentations online, see the section titled "Publishing a PowerPoint Presentation to the Web" in Chapter 8.