Each numbered item below is a link to one in a series of quick how-to videos on creating presentations by Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint. As individual tips are posted to the PowerPoint blog, we'll collect them here so you can easily refer to them.

  1. Turn clip art into custom icons (video)
  2. Create custom silhouettes with PowerPoint (video)
  3. Add a slide title to a cluttered background (video)
  4. Choose the perfect color for any slide with Color Cop (video)
  5. Create a table with nifty rounded corners (video)
  6. Create titled slides in seconds (video)
  7. Choose slide colors like a pro (video)
  8. Create sexy curved lines in your slides (video)
  9. Create a Polaroid photo effect (video)
  10. Create gorgeous textured slide backgrounds (video)
  11. Add polish to your slides with 3 alignment tools (video)
  12. Create shapes with tables inside (video)
  13. Print white lines in PowerPoint (video)
  14. More elegant ways to print white lines PowerPoint (video)
  15. Make an image within an image stand out (video)
  16. Crop around irregular images (video)
  17. When a picture doesn't fit (video)

-- Erik Jensen