This book has been designed to lead you step by step through all the tasks you’re most
likely to want to perform in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. If you start at the beginning
and work your way through all the exercises, you will gain enough proficiency to be
able to create and work with most types of PowerPoint presentations. However, each
topic is self contained. If you have worked with a previous version of PowerPoint, or if
you completed all the exercises and later need help remembering how to perform a
procedure, the following features of this book will help you locate specific information: