Like its Excel counterpart Excel Basics In 30 Minutes, PowerPoint Basics In 30 Minutes is a simple and effective introduction.

The full title is “PowerPoint Basics In 30 Minutes: How to make effective PowerPoint presentations using a PC, Mac, PowerPoint Online, or the PowerPoint app” by Angela Rose. As usual, I thank Netgalley for the advance reading copy.

I was interested in just the basics as I did not plan on using PowerPoint to make slides for a presentation. I am retired and so had no need in mind, just a mild curiosity.

So I did not complete the book but felt I did get enough for my purposes. But if there is ever a need, I now know where to look.

Based on my experience with 2 books in the “30 minutes” series, I would seriously consider others in the series if the need arose.

I think this is an excellent introductory guide and reference book. If at some point I want to learn more about PowerPoint or just refresh my memory on some tasks, I would probably buy this book.