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• PowerPoint 2013: Presentation is Everything

  23 Aug 2012

  You wouldn’t wear your workout clothes to a job interview, unless of course you were applying as a personal trainer or professional athlete. You would dress your finest, because you want to make a good impression. When you make PowerPoint slides, you are probably trying to sell a product, make...
• Smart Guides in PowerPoint 2010

  21 Jun 2012

  (This post was previously published just after we first offered PowerPoint 2010. Since many, many people look up this post, we're publishing it again so others can easily learn how to use Smart Guides to make presentations look professional.) In PowerPoint 2010 there is a new way to align shapes we call...
• 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...
• Trigger animations to call out important parts of your slide presentation (video)

  21 Sep 2011

  To draw attention to the important parts of your presentation, in PowerPoint 2010, you can use video bookmarks to trigger animations. Take a look at this short video to find out how to do it. View this video as a WMV <div><img alt="DCSIMG" id="DCSIMG" width...
• 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...
• Fabulous, free video templates available now

  7 Sep 2011

  I'm thrilled to announce a special new collection of 34 PowerPoint 2010 video templates, available now as free downloads on Office.com ! Use them as-is, or step through the procedures (that appear in each template's Notes pane ) to learn how to reproduce the look of each template, thereby enhancing your...
• 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...
• 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...
• Add artistic effects to your slide presentation (video)

  28 Jul 2011

  New to PowerPoint 2010, artistic effects can make your photos look more like sketches, drawings, or paintings. Here's a video that describes how to use them: --Erik Jensen
• 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...
• Elevator Pitch: Save effort, use a template (video)

  7 Jul 2011

  Sure, lots of professional presentations look like they took forever to design. You may want yours to look professional too, but few of us really have lots of time to spend on design. Use a template and that design work is done for you. Take just a quick elevator ride and you'll see how to instantly...
• 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...
• Use this automatic design tool to produce dazzling presentations

  20 Jun 2011

  What would you say if I told you that the next time you create a PowerPoint presentation, you have to enter only the content of your subject matter -- text or bullets -- and the VisualBee PowerPoint Add-in will do the rest? It's true! You know what PowerPoint add-ins are, right? They're bits of compiled...
• Keep it clean, people: Organize your slide presentation into sections (video)

  16 Jun 2011

  In PowerPoint 2010, use the Sections feature to organize your slides, much like you'd use folders to organize your files. You can use named sections to keep track of groups of slides, and assign sections to colleagues to make ownership clear when you collaborate. If you’re starting with a blank...
• 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...
• Turn your presentation into a work of art: Free artwork now available on Facebook

  9 May 2011

  If you're looking for some truly world-class art for your presentation, take a look at the PowerPoint Facebook page . We've lined up some of the best up-and-coming artists, illustrators, painters, photographers and asked them to design PowerPoint slides that you can use. To get started, just sign in...
• 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...
• How video backgrounds help sell your presentations: A new Doug Thomas video

  29 Apr 2011

  Doug Thomas has a new Office Casual video out, this time about video backgrounds and how they help tell new stories in PowerPoint presentations . Great stuff. Do yourself a favor and head on over and check it out. -- Erik Jensen