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In This Chapter

Introducing PowerPoint

Firing up PowerPoint

Making sense of the PowerPoint screen and the Ribbon

Creating a presentation

Viewing presentation outlines

Saving and closing your work

Retrieving a presentation from the hard drive

Getting out of PowerPoint

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his chapter is a grand and gala welcoming ceremony for PowerPoint 2007,
the all-new and thoroughly revamped version of Microsoft’s popular slide-

presentation program.

This chapter is sort of like the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, in which
all the athletes parade around the stadium and people make speeches in French.
In much the same way, this chapter marches PowerPoint 2007 around the sta-
dium so you can get a bird’s-eye view of what the program is and what you
can do with it. I might make a few speeches, but not in French (unless, of
course, you’re reading the French edition of this book).

What in Sam Hill Is PowerPoint?

PowerPoint is a program that comes with Microsoft Office (although you can
buy it separately, as well). Most people buy Microsoft Office because it’s a
great bargain: You get Word, Excel, and Outlook all together in one inexpen-
sive package. And PowerPoint is thrown in for good measure. Of course,
depending on which edition of Office you buy, you might get other goodies as

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