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• Your top 10 favorite PowerPoint posts of 2012

  9 Jan 2013

  In 2012, you were doing more than adding data to slides--you really put PowerPoint to work to create visual representations of your hard work, bright ideas, and personal style. Charts, themes, animations, color-matching, and tips for presenters were just some of your favorite topics for polishing your...
• Webinar: PowerPoint tips

  2 Jul 2012

  In this week's webinar, you'll learn about nifty ways to organize and design your next PowerPoint presentation. What you will learn in this webinar: How to start PowerPoint quickly Organizing slides at a glance How the Outline tab helps out Getting that slide looking just right References for this webinar...
• Five favorite 2011 PowerPoint blog posts

  22 Dec 2011

  As we wrap up 2011, we here at the PowerPoint Blog decided to reflect on the year with some of our most popular posts of the past 12 months. Lots of readers Tweeted, shared, and looked at these 5 posts, so in case you missed them the first time, here they are. Hope you find them useful, either for the...
• Print white lines in PowerPoint (video)

  30 Nov 2011

  This is the thirteenth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . It's 10:57am and you're rushing to print the handouts for that important executive meeting at 11. But what's this? Some of your slides, which...
• Create shapes with tables inside (video)

  19 Oct 2011

  This is the twelfth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Using SmartArt graphics , you can create a pyramid with text rows. But what if you want an upside down triangle, or a circle, or a hexagon instead...
• 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...
• Add polish to your slides with 3 alignment tools (video)

  14 Sep 2011

  This is the eleventh in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . The easiest way to make sure your slides look professional is to pay attention to alignment. And PowerPoint has 3 great tools ( Gridlines , Alignment...
• Free Webinar series to improve your slide design and presentation skills

  31 Aug 2011

  Update! The workshop is now over, but one of the presentations, by PowerPoint MPV Ellen Finkelstein, is still available at http://www.outstandingpresentationsworkshop.com/ellen-finkelstein . I've been invited to attend a series of free presentation webinars, hosted by Ellen Finkelstein , PowerPoint MVP...
• New, free training to grow your PowerPoint skills

  24 Aug 2011

  Do you want to learn more about PowerPoint but are pressed for time? I've put together a new video series called PowerPoint Skills Builder to help. It guides you through tasks that will make you much more proficient in PowerPoint. Plus, it's free. The videos in the series will teach you how to: Add photos...
• Create gorgeous textured slide backgrounds (video)

  17 Aug 2011

  This is the tenth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Tired of the same old slide templates? Why not create your own textured slide backgrounds instead? It's easy and fun! Here's how. Here are some other...
• PowerPoint goes to school: How and why to use PowerPoint in school

  10 Aug 2011

  This is the fifth in a series of occasional posts by guest expert Mike Parkinson on using PowerPoint in different industries and for diverse audiences. Mike is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, multi-published author, and partner at 24 Hour Company , a premier proposal and presentation...
• How my slide presentation won me over a million dollars

  3 Aug 2011

  This is the fourth in a series of occasional posts by guest expert Mike Parkinson on using PowerPoint in different industries and for diverse audiences. Mike is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, multi-published author, and partner at 24 Hour Company , a premier proposal and presentation...
• Faster design with the Layout button

  21 Jul 2011

  Back in the days of the dinosaurs , I spent tons of time on the slide design phase of my PowerPoint presentations. Now, there's nothing wrong with investing in design , but it was taking me too long to design each slide. I took each slide and made copies of it. After that, I'd apply a slide layout to...
• 3 presentation secrets for nonprofits

  30 Jun 2011

  This is the third in a series of occasional posts by guest expert Mike Parkinson on using PowerPoint in different industries and for diverse audiences. Mike is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, multi-published author, and partner at 24 Hour Company , a premier proposal and presentation...
• Create a Polaroid photo effect (video)

  9 Jun 2011

  This is the ninth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Have you ever wanted the pictures in your slide presentation to look like a Polaroid photo? Now you can. Here's how to easily create that effect using...
• 5 ways to avoid irritating your audience

  3 Jun 2011

  Today's post comes courtesy of Joannie Stangeland, curator of the Word blog . When I'm in the audience watching someone give a presentation, here are 5 things that I want, things that will leave a favorable impression on me, things that won't annoy me. It crossed my mind that they might not be so subjective...
• Go "wide" with Broadcast Slide Show

  1 Jun 2011

  This is post #1 in the Ten Days of Office series to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the release of Office 2010 and provide you with tips and tricks to get the most from your Office experience. Tune in each week day for new tips and tricks! Time flies. It's already been about a year since we released...
• Trouble aligning objects on your slides? Use drawing guides (video)

  26 May 2011

  Ever experienced the sheer frustration that comes with getting objects to line up correctly on a slide? If so, we've got a cure. Drawing guides are horizontal and vertical lines that help you visually align and position pictures, shapes, and other objects on your PowerPoint 2010 slides to the smallest...
• Create sexy curved lines in your slides (video)

  18 May 2011

  This is the eighth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Sometimes you want the sweeping, dramatic, and sexy look of curved lines in your PowerPoint slides. But how? Here's an easy way, using Edit Points...
• Entering SlideFest? Be sure to submit your presentation by today (video)

  5 May 2011

  Today is the final day that you can submit your presentation to SlideFest for a chance to win a trip to the 2012 TED Active conference in Palm Springs . Entries must be received by today (May 5, 2011) before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time . So get your presentation in and share your greatness with others. While...