Welcome! This Step by Step book has been designed so you can read it from the beginning to learn about Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 and then build your skills as you learn to perform increasingly specialized procedures. Or, if you prefer, you can jump in wherever you need ready guidance for performing tasks. The how-to steps are delivered crisply and concisely—just the facts. You’ll also find informative, full-color graphics that support the instructional content.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Step by Step is designed for use as a learning and reference resource by home and business users of Microsoft Office programs who want to use PowerPoint to create and present slide presentations and printed materials. The content of the book is designed to be useful for people who have previously used earlier versions of PowerPoint and for people who are discovering PowerPoint for the first time.
The book’s coverage is divided into parts representing general PowerPoint skill sets. Each part is divided into chapters representing skill set areas, and each chapter is divided into topics that group related skills. Each topic includes expository information followed by generic procedures. At the end of the chapter, you’ll find a series of practice tasks you can complete on your own by using the skills taught in the chapter. You can use the practice files that are available from this book’s website to work through the practice tasks, or you can use your own files.
Before you can complete the practice tasks in this book, you need to download the book’s practice files to your computer from http://aka.ms/powerpoint2016sbs/downloads. Follow the instructions on the webpage.
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PowerPoint 2016 is not available from the book’s website. You should install that app before working through the procedures and practice tasks in this book.
You can open the files that are supplied for the practice tasks and save the finished versions of each file. If you later want to repeat practice tasks, you can download the original practice files again.
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For information about opening and saving files, see “Open and navigate presentations” in Chapter 2, “Create and manage presentations.”
The following table lists the practice files for this book.
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