Microsoft PowerPoint For Presentations
Learning PowerPoint
PowerPoint is the presentation program that most people think of when asked to give a presentation, and is ideal for classroom use. The tutorials and external resources listed below will give you the perfect introduction to using PowerPoint.
An Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint
Here is a list of PowerPoint tutorials designed by us to get you up to speed with PowerPoint. They take you from beginner level to intermediate and touch on a few advanced subjects.
Externally Produced PowerPoint Tutorials
Many PowerPoint tutorials on the net are quite dated as they use pre 2007 versions of PowerPoint. For that reason, I've done some searching to find more up to date tutorials, and I present the results here! I've found the following PowerPoint tutorials to be pretty good:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials
- Thorough PowerPoint Tutorial From ACTDEN
- PowerPoint 2007 - by Microsoft
Other Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial Sites
The following sites provide good PowerPoint tutorials, some more in depth than others. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 surprised everyone with its radical change in interface - the ribbon. A mere three years since its release, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 is nearly upon us. Use those two resources to get up to speed with either version.
Microsoft PowerPoint Books
Here is a list of the better PowerPoint books that are available from Amazon:
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
- slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
- Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Plain & Simple
- Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman)