Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Organizing Presentations

Before you actually create a PowerPoint presentation, you should determine the presentation's purpose, organize your ideas, and establish the flow of what you're going to say. Essentially, you need to create an outline.

→ To learn some useful outlining techniques, see “Creating an Outline and Storyboard” in Chapter 22, “The Message—Scripting the Concept.”

PowerPoint offers four ways to create an outline. One of the easiest ways is to create your presentation using the Outline tab in Normal view. If you're more comfortable adding content directly to slides, your information will automatically be displayed on the Outline tab. Creating a presentation using the AutoContent Wizard is a good idea if you want to receive detailed ...