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Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint
May 22, 2018
Cinema is all about stories, and we have to admit that stories in presentations are a subject that’s only been widely talked about in recent years. So clearly, there is so much to learn from cinema, and then we can use that wisdom to create better presentation messages. But even I did not expect to find so much amazing information about stories in a feature that explores office spaces of Bollywood cinema directors!
May 21, 2018
TJ Walker is the founder of Media Training Worldwide and has been conducting public speaking training workshops and seminars since 1984. Walker has trained Presidents of countries, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Super Bowl winners, U.S. Senators, Miss Universes and Members of Parliament. In this conversation, TJ talks about his new Udemy course, Complete Presentation Skills Masterclass for Every Occasion.
May 21, 2018
Assuming someone has provided you with an HSL (Hue, Saturation, and Luminosity) value of a color, and asked you to add a rectangle of that color to a slide, then how do you proceed? Let's also explore another scenario. What if you have started with a color that's close enough to what you need, but it's not the exact one. Maybe you need it to be a little less saturated? Again, you will benefit by working with the HSL color model rather than the RGB model.
Learn about how to work with HSL Colors in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
May 18, 2018
Have you wondered where the Themes and templates you save from within PowerPoint or other Office applications are located? Remember that your custom Themes and templates location is different than the location where PowerPoint’s built-in Office Themes are saved. The location for these Themes and templates is important because you may want to share these with colleagues, clients, friends, or family. If you know where you can find these Themes and templates, you can make sure that they are copied to corresponding folders on other computers.
May 18, 2018
While you can open and save files from any file location you access on your computer or network, you can also add more places from where you can open and save files. You see options to add a place in both the Open and Save As tabs of Backstage view.
Learn to add places to open and save files in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
May 17, 2018
Haven’t you seen the Themes that PowerPoint shows you when you want to create a new presentation? These Themes show up in the Presentation Gallery and also within the Themes drop down galleries within PowerPoint. Where are those Themes located? Many times, you want to know why this information is not as easily accessible as it should have been. Luckily, we will try and solve this problem.
Explore default locations of built-in Office Themes on your computer.
May 17, 2018
When you are working with multiple pictures on a slide, their position, formatting, and size may be required to be the same across successive slides. This can be achieved manually using resizing and aligning options, although you will use an inordinate amount of time making sure that the pictures look consistent slide after slide. Even then, there are chances you may not be too happy with the results or the time it takes to make these changes. You can get over this problem by using a new Slide Layout with a picture placeholder. As we learned in previous tutorials, a placeholder is a container that you can use to fill in with all sorts of content types such as text, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, etc.
Learn how to format Picture placeholders in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
May 16, 2018
Evolution is an interesting concept because it's the change that's natural, logical, and involved. And although Themes (Office Themes) did not exist in their present form before Office 2007 for Windows, they did evolve from the humble PowerPoint template, which continues to co-exist and thrive. As we explore deeper into how Themes work, you'll find that PowerPoint uses these Themes in amazing ways, and shares them with Word and Excel. That's the reason they are called Office Themes rather than PowerPoint Themes.
Learn about Office Themes, and how they work, specifically in PowerPoint.
May 16, 2018
While you can open and save files from any file location you access on your computer or network, you can also add more places from where you can open and save files. You see options to add a place in both the Open and Save As tabs of Backstage view. By default, your OneDrive location is already available as a place, only if you have signed in. But you can add more places too, as we shall explore in this tutorial.
Learn to add places to open and save files in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
May 15, 2018
Do you need to create video clips from your PowerPoint slides? Then you must look at our Before You Create a Video Clip From PowerPoint feature. James Ontra of Shufflrr talks about the Art of Storytelling.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about the Options tab in Backstage view. We also look at the Open and Close tabs. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore applying Theme colors and Theme fonts, and inserting new placeholders in Slide Layouts. PowerPoint 2013 users can learn about New tab in Backstage view. And if that wasn’t enough for this week, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates released in the last seven days.
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May 15, 2018
Text boxes in PowerPoint may need to be moved and resized within different areas of the slide. While you may think that selecting and resizing is all that is to be done, that's not the entire truth because there's so much more you can do even with mere resizing, if you know that these options exist!
Learn how to resize text boxes on a slide in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
May 14, 2018
Doing makeovers of slides is such a satisfying task–maybe that is because removing the ugly and replacing it with near perfection is a reward in itself. Over the years, I have understood that the approach required to do any actual makeover is never the same. In the same way, as the fingerprints of two humans don’t match, the approaches required to do makeovers for two presentations, or even for two slides are dissimilar.
May 14, 2018
We already explored what Color Models are, and we then looked at the RGB color model that uses three primary colors: Red, Green, and Blue to mix and create almost 16 million colors. All RGB colors have values for all the three colors that you mix: R, G, and B. Assuming someone has provided you with an RGB value and asked you to add a rectangle of that color to a slide, then how do you proceed within PowerPoint?
Learn about how to work with RGB Colors in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
May 11, 2018
When you launch PowerPoint 2013, it always provides you with an option to open a new blank presentation. Further, if you are already working on an open presentation, and want to create a new presentation at that point, you can do so using the New option within the Backstage View.
Learn about the New option within the Backstage view in PowerPoint 2013.
May 10, 2018
In PowerPoint, a placeholder is a container that you can use to fill in with some content. When you launch PowerPoint, you will see distinctive boxes that invite you to add some content. Haven't you noticed the "Click to add title," “Click to add text,” or “Click to add picture” suggestions? All these boxes are placeholders. Each of the default layouts comprises a collection of various placeholders. If none of the available layouts work for you, you can create your own layout with custom placeholders in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
Learn how to add new placeholders within slide layouts in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
May 09, 2018
Storytelling is the most important facet of effective presentations. Unfortunately, in the age of PowerPoint, many presenters rely too much on technology and forget how important stories are. To get the results you’re looking for, build your presentations on a foundation of great stories—not the other way around.
Read more in this post by James Ontra.
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