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• The PowerPoint Blur Trick

  12 Oct 2011

  Today's post comes courtesy of Ric Bretschneider, PowerPoint MVP, former PowerPoint Senior Program Manager, and now contributor to the PowerPoint Blog. Take a look at Ric's blog at http://ricbret.wordpress.com/ . Hi, I'm Ric Bretschneider. You might remember me from...well, the very first entry in the...
• Make the world a better place one presentation at a time

  5 Oct 2011

  I recently attended the 2011 Presentation Summit in Austin, Texas . Rick Altman, the host of this conference for presentation professionals, does an excellent job recruiting industry experts who provide guidance on designing , building , and delivering presentations. According to Rick, "The most important...
• Compare presentations and merge your changes (video)

  24 May 2011

  Here's a great video that shows one of the coolest new features in PowerPoint 2010 -- the ability to compare two presentations and merge them together: You can even use PowerPoint 2010 presentation software to work on a presentation at the same time as other people in your organization, a practice known...
• 12 tips to keep your presentations short and sweet

  2 Mar 2011

  When William Henry Harrison was elected President in 1841, his inaugural address (the longest ever) clocked in at 1 hour and 45 minutes. Don't follow his example. Keep your presentations short and sweet with PowerPoint. For tips on using slide masters, Word outlines, autocorrect formatting, sound, handouts...
• Are your presentations accessible?

  1 Mar 2011

  Recently, the Crabby Office Lady did a series of blog posts on Accessibility , including a round-up of the accessibility features and technologies available in all of Office 2010 . And that got me thinking about the many things you can do in PowerPoint to make your presentations more accessible. Just...
• Fabulous free templates await: The PPT165 project is complete

  17 Jan 2011

  Happy to announce that all 165 templates created by PowerPoint MVP Julie Terberg are now available as free downloads at Office.com. You can use these templates as-is, or unlock your inner designer (reproduction steps appear in each template's Notes pane in PowerPoint). This is a sequel of sorts; we created...
• Co-authoring in Office 2010: Advice from an MVP

  5 Jan 2011

  Co-authoring - the ability to work on a shared document, stored on a server, at the same time as other people work on it - is a new feature of both PowerPoint 2010 and Word 2010. You and your colleagues can work on the same document without intruding on one another’s work or locking each other...
• When Most Valuable Professionals Gather

  30 Mar 2009

  In the first two parts of this series we explored what MVPs do, how they are chosen , and how this fantastic team of PowerPoint MVPs can help you with your PowerPoint problems . This time we’ll look at the yearly summit conference where MVPs all over the world gather on the Microsoft Redmond Campus....
• Where Do Most Valuable Professionals Hang Out?

  2 Feb 2009

  In the first part of this series we explored what MVPs do, how they are chosen, and a little introduction to the fantastic team that makes up the PowerPoint MVPs.  This time we’ll cover where to find them, and what they can do for you once you do. Of course you can find your MVPs by coming to conferences...
• PowerPoint’s Most Valued Professionals…

  25 Jan 2009

  Over the next few posts we’re going to explore the workings of the PowerPoint team’s MVPs. To begin, you first need to be acquainted with the general Microsoft MVP program. As you may have guessed, MVP stands for Most Valuable Professional. Although that might sound like a contrived acronym, it’s actually...
• September is Alive with Presentations

  7 Sep 2008

  Some quick notes about three special events of interest to PowerPoint users. Slideshare's 2nd Annual Best Presentation Contest Winner The results of Slideshare's 2nd annual presentation contest are in, and the winner is Jeff Brenman's Thirst , a compelling and very visual story about water.  The...