This is a free textbook offered by BookBoon.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful software application which allows the user to create sophisticated presentations which can be used for everything from educational lectures and team briefings to business meetings and interactive on-screen product demonstrations. This two part e-book user’s manual provides a useful introduction to graphical presentation creation, as well as the fundamental program skills which can be applied to later versions of PowerPoint. It is available as a free download here.
Users learn how to create effective presentations with step-by-step demonstrations of how to add slides and change slide layout, enter and edit text, format a presentation with placeholders and text, create Master Slides, and use the Format Painter. The guide also explains how to effectively utilize the Outline View and Slide Sorter View, and also simplifies the drawing skills and visual object functionality which can be used to create a sophisticated final presentation. Full color diagrams and screen-shots are included alongside textual descriptions for easy reference.
Users who want to continue their training with PowerPoint should refer to the free PowerPoint 2003: Part II e-book, also available on bookboon.com.