Chapter 12: Enhancing Your Presentations

Overview

10-Second Summary

• Add movie clips

• Play music

• Record narration

• Broadcast your presentation

  See Also  

  For extensive details about working with PowerPoint, see Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Step by Step , by Online Training Solutions, Inc., also from Microsoft Press.

Your presentation should be looking good by now. You ve learned to create and save a simple presentation in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. You ve learned to edit, format, and arrange the presentation, as well as coordinate its animation effects, slide transitions, and timing. You re probably eager to jump up in front of that group and get busy. Well, almost.

The features of PowerPoint go on and on ”in fact, an entire book could be (and has been) written about using all the aspects of the program to create high-quality , imaginative presentations. But this section of the book wouldn t be complete without at least a quick look at some of the high-end effects you can achieve with PowerPoint. The tasks covered here may be reserved for special presentations ”effects that include video, adding music, and broadcasting your presentation online.