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Keynote '08 Essential Training

David Rivers

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Training specialist David Rivers teaches viewers how to use Keynote '08 to its full potential, from customizing the interface to editing and sharing professional presentations. He covers how to format text with columns and lists, add links, and insert graphics, photos, and animated effects. David concludes with how to export Keynote files to various formats, including Flash, HTML, MP3, PDF, and hardcopy. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

• Customizing the Keynote interface
• Creating and editing slides and presentations
• Working with text
• Inserting shapes and photos
• Working with tables and charts
• Creating transitions and object builds
• Sharing presentations
• Creating custom themes

Duration: 7.25 hours
On 1 DVD-ROM

Creating Keynote Presentations with iWork: Visual QuickProject Guide

Tom Negrino

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

If ZERO stars were possible... 1 out of 5 stars.
20 of 21 people found this review helpful.

The only honor this book is worthy of is that of the fireplace... Here's why:

1) This book provides virtually ZERO hands-on training for the reader. The only hands-on exercises that you will get to try out is found in chapter two, in which you create a blank, Keynote presentation file (for the first time), and type in five lines of text -- and that's IT!! No, I am not joking... That's it.

2) The book focuses upon a "show and tell" (with zero practice or hands-on exercises) approach. It uses 3rd party templates, which don't come with either the software [Keynote] or the book. This keeps you from being able to try any of the concepts presented.

3) The book focuses mainly upon the "theory" of creating a presentation, rather than on teaching you how to use Keynote. I wanted to learn Keynote, not the theory of public speaking.

4) The book's chapters are filled with commerials, prompting you to purchase 3rd party products. This book (at times) looks more like the classifieds section of a newpaper than a training publication. If you don't want to believe me -- please go and check it out for yourself! Page numbers are included!!

a) Page 18 -- Asks you to buy OmniOutliner. (Which is not needed. Keynote provides this same functionality, but he doesn't take the time or effort to teach you how to do it.)

b) Page 25 -- Use (and purchase) Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, so you can use their clipart.

c) Page 26 -- Buy sounds and music from soundrangers at $1.50 per song, etc.

d) Page 27 -- Buy more stuff from Hemera, NovaDevelopment, and DigitalJuice, etc.

e) Page 28 -- Buy Garageband from Apple, etc, etc, etc. You get the idea.


Normally, I like to give books a positive rating -- as a college-level, computer science teacher for more than 10 years, I have dealt with many of such book publications. However, I honestly cannot give this book even one star -- it has failed to even begin to meet its' stated objectives on the back cover.

My advice, if you truly want to learn, PLEASE LOOK TO A DIFFERENT BOOK. This is not the one you are looking for.

Editorial Review:

With its dazzling transitions, dozens of professionally-designed themes, and wide selection of typefaces, Keynote—Apple's top-notch presentation software—lets anyone create elegant, attractive presentations with ease. Now, to help users deliver high-quality presentations even when they're short on time, is this smart, concise guide designed to take them from standing start to stellar finish with their first presentations. Rather than cover every last option Keynote offers, author Tom Negrino steps readers through on a single, basic presentation, showing them the quickest, easiest, most effective way to communicate their ideas. Each short lesson builds a component of a basic presentation, from creating slides, formatting charts and tables, incorporating sound and video, creating transitions, and adding a bit of polish to their debut presentations. Friendly, step-by-step instructions and large, full-color screen shots make the information instantly accessible.

Keynote for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Tom Negrino

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Tired of the lackluster graphics and dull, canned look of PowerPoint presentations? At last you have an alternative: Apple Computer's graphics-intensive Keynote presentation software. If you give presentations on a regular basis, you'll want to start leveraging the power of Keynote immediately—dragging and dropping graphics, digital photos, QuickTime movies, and audio into your slide shows; creating animations, shadows, and labels for your charts and tables; producing dynamic drop shadows and cinematic transitions between slides; and more—and this Visual QuickStart Guide will show you how.

Veteran presenter, QuickStart author, and Mac guru Tom Negrino makes it easy to dive in and start creating high-impact presentations in no time by providing step-by-step instructions peppered with plenty of screen shots, tips, and sidebars. You'll learn how to use Keynote's professionally designed "themes" to create coordinated backgrounds, fonts, colors, bullets, tables, and charts in seconds. And if you're interested in creating a custom look, you'll find plenty of instructions for that as well. The best part? You don't need to be a graphics artist to produce visually stunning (and stunningly effective) presentations with Keynote.

Keynote 2 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Tom Negrino

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

The first task-based guide to Keynote is back, just in time for the revision of Apple's elegant presentation software, Keynote. Keynote 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide gets readers quickly up-to-speed on the powerful presentation software through detailed step-by-step tasks and hundreds of screenshots. Business and educational users will want to start leveraging the power of Apple's graphics-intensive Keynote presentation software ($79, as part of Apple's iWork suite) immediately--dragging and dropping graphics, digital photos, QuickTime movies, and audio into their slide shows; creating animations, shadows, and labels for their charts and tables; producing dynamic drop shadows and cinematic transitions between slides; and more--and this Visual QuickProject Guide will show them how. Task-based instructions, peppered with plenty of full-color screenshots, tips, and sidebars make it easy to dive in and start creating high-impact presentations in no time. Readers will learn how to use Keynote's professionally designed "themes" to create coordinated backgrounds, fonts, colors, bullets, tables, and charts in seconds.

Keynote 3 Essential Training

Garrick Chow

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Keynote 3 Training lives up to expectations 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

I knew nothing about Keynote, had a program to do in a short time. Ordered Keynote 3, had it shipped overnight and was able to put on a great program after viewing the DVD. Great organization and very sound in it's instruction.

Editorial Review:

In Keynote 3 Essential Training, Garrick Chow shows viewers how to use Apple's robust presentation software to build dynamic and compelling slideshows. Keynote 3 Essential Training teaches presentation tools that will keep audiences engaged, whether in the boardroom, the classroom, or the family room. Garrick begins by exploring the Keynote interface and demonstrating how to create and manage slides. From there he moves on to adding text, graphics, tables, charts, and even audio and video files to slides. Once the slides have been created, Garrick teaches users how to dazzle their audiences with animated transitions and object builds. Additionally, Garrick explains how to create custom templates and how to export presentations in a variety of formats.

Presenting Keynote: The Insider's Guide to Creating Great Presentations

Erik Holsinger

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

"Holsinger's book is very complete and covers more than most of us will probably ever need."
--IT-Enquirer

With Apple's Keynote presentation software, anyone can create visually appealing, professional-caliber presentations. After all, Keynote features stunning themes, razor-sharp text, sophisticated graphics tools, animated charts and tables, cinematic transitions, and more.

To use Keynote effectively, your mission is twofold. First--master its impressive feature set. Fortunately, Apple makes this pretty simple. Next--figure out when and where to use each feature in your presentation to best convey your point and capture your viewers' attention. Now that takes experience!

Much more than a reference to the product, Presenting Keynote: The Insider's Guide to Creating Great Presentations teaches you about all of Keynote's features and gives expert instruction on building compelling presentations and multimedia productions. Successful speakers, trainers, and designers share techniques based on years of professional experience. Follow along with the detailed examples and real-world case studies, and you'll soon have the skills and know-how to create presentations that look great and demand attention.

Inside, you'll learn how to:
* Build a knock-'em-dead sales presentation with effective charts and tables
* Choose and use type for clear communication
* Take advantage of Keynote's graphics support to build a stylish electronic portfolio
* Use the Build tool to create moving storyboards for film and television
* Produce an entertaining multimedia project that incorporates sound effects and video
* Select and run peripherals and projectors
* Generate slide, print, and video output
* Input and export PowerPoint and PDF files

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keynote for Mac OS X (Absolute Beginner's Guide)

Curt Simmons

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Editorial Review:

Priced at $99, Keynote is the new application that promises to bring to everyone the ability to create stunning, professional-quality presentations. It includes professionally designed themes, top-end typography, animated charts and tables, and cinematic quality transitions. Keynote has Apple's traditional elegance and ease-of-use, with intuitive controls and beautiful graphics.

Keynote 1.0 has been positively reviewed by the press. Though Apple has not yet released any sales figures, it is clear that the software is gaining rapid adoption. According to MacCentral, the company's CFO was saying that its software sales were great, "fueled by the release of iLife, Keynote, and Final Cut Express." The First Looks reviews are just coming out now, but they are undeniably positive.

This book shows users how to:

• Design compelling presentations swiftly, using Keynote's advanced typography, gorgeous charts, and included layout themes.
• Give a presentation pizzazz by using spiffy visual effects like slide transitions, builds, and element effects.
• Easily manage a presentation's pace using Keynote's thumbnail viewer, slide navigator, and grouping capabilities.
• Precisely control how to convey a message with advanced but easy-to-use anti-aliased text, dynamic alignment guides and multimedia components.

Pioneers in their field: 2007 DIMA Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Graham Nash and R. Mac Holbert, the DIMA 2007 closing keynote speakers, share the ... - Connecting the Imaging Communities

Jennifer Barr Kruger

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Keynote 2 Essential Training

Sean Colins

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Keynote 2 Essential Training with Sean Colins will help you understand how Apple’s phenomenal presentation software really works. Sean gets into the depths of custom theme creation and shows you how to use just about every tool in the program, as well as several tools in other programs that integrate very well. You are given Web resources for further research, and practice files are included so you can follow along to create a beautiful custom Keynote theme that can be used over and over again. When you feel comfortable creating custom themes, you can come back and watch again, using your own graphics to create your very own professional-looking custom theme. If you thought it was easy to build presentations using what Apple provides out of the box, you’ll be thrilled to see how easy it is to build a unique look using Keynote. In the process of learning these techniques, you’ll become a Keynote pro!

Keynote Fast & Easy

Lisa A. Bucki

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Too elementary 1 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Not enough in depth information. I ordered this book as soon as I purchased Keynote, but by the time it came (one week later) I already knew everything the book covered! The section on charts is a joke! It tells you nothing! Very disappointing.

Editorial Review:

Relax. Now you can easily create and deliver impressive presentations using Keynote. Targeting just the skills you need, "Keynote Fast & Easy" offers step-by-step instructions and plenty of screen shots for creating new presentations, importing data, adding special touches like animation and transition effects, and delivering your final slideshow. With "Keynote Fast & Easy" you simply look and learn!