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• 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...
• Elevator Pitch: Add a chart and make your boss smile (video)

  31 May 2011

  Every boss loves numbers and charts in PowerPoint presentations, right? If you want to make your boss smile (and who doesn't?), in this elevator ride you'll learn a few different ways to add charts to your presentation. This can be quick charts you build from scratch, or big charts you've already built...
• 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...
• Trouble with background images after the PowerPoint 2003 April Update? Here's the solution

  26 Apr 2011

  If you're using PowerPoint 2003, installed the PowerPoint 2003 April 2011 Public Update, and experienced the background images issue identified in the Support article relating to our PowerPoint 2003 April 2011 Public Update , the Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team now has a fix for you. For...
• Going up? Get quick tips with the PowerPoint Elevator Pitch series (video)

  19 Apr 2011

  In modern business-speak, an "elevator pitch" is one in which you make your point in the time it takes to ride an elevator to your destination. Now you can expand your PowerPoint capabilities in that same elevator trip with the new PowerPoint Elevator Pitch video series. In the series debut, find out...
• Create titled slides in seconds (video)

  15 Apr 2011

  This is the sixth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Great magicians can make things appear before your very eyes. Now it's your turn to be magical, by creating dozens of titled slides in PowerPoint...
• Win prizes with your story: Introducing SlideFest (video)

  4 Apr 2011

  Here at the PowerPoint blog, we want to help you make your presentations visual, engaging, and memorable. Not text-heavy and boring. To help you, in essence, become a great storyteller. Even (especially?) if your story is about bacon. We also want to give you a chance to win a trip to TED Active or a...
• America's pastime, really? Of Baseball and PowerPoint

  1 Apr 2011

  Here's a fun slide deck , especially since Major League Baseball is once again upon us, on whether baseball is still America's favorite pastime. What do you think? Share your $.02 on the Office Facebook page , or on the PowerPoint Facebook page . The PowerPoint deck is posted on docs.com , a place where...
• Wrap text around pictures and shapes in PowerPoint? Avoid it!

  30 Mar 2011

  We see a lot of questions about how to wrap text around a picture or a shape in PowerPoint. And it isn't easy (though we do have articles for PowerPoint 2010 and PowerPoint 2007 that discuss admittedly complicated workarounds to achieve the wrapping effect). Since it's hard and awkward to do, we see...
• Dazzle them with your marketing plan: A 5-minute makeover (video)

  28 Mar 2011

  Last week, we looked at project plans , and before that class presentations . This week, we're taking a look at marketing plans as the last in our 3-part 5-minute makeover series for PowerPoint 2010. Easily add themes, masters, and SmartArt graphics to make your presentation really pop. It's pretty cool...
• Choose the perfect color for any slide with Color Cop (video)

  24 Mar 2011

  This is the fourth in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger, Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Today Bruce shows how you can get exact color matches using this neat (and free!) software to pick the perfect color for any slide. You can download...
• 101 PowerPoint tips for business managers

  23 Mar 2011

  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. Turn clip art into custom icons (video...
• Give your project plan the treatment: A 5-minute makeover (video)

  22 Mar 2011

  Last week, we looked at class presentations , and this week we're taking a look at project plans as part of our 3-part 5-minute makeover series for PowerPoint 2010. Once again, the idea is to rid your presentation of too much text in favor of graphic elements (including converting text to a SmartArt...
• Add subtitles and closed captions with a new free add-in for PowerPoint

  18 Mar 2011

  STAMP (the Subtitling Text Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint 2010) is a new, free public beta that increases the accessibility of your presentations by adding closed captions to video and audio files. STAMP lets you create captions within PowerPoint or import existing industry standard Timed Text Mark...
• Transform your class presentation with video and images: A 5-minute makeover (video)

  15 Mar 2011

  Often when it's time to present to your class, other people are slated to present before and after you do. With so many presentations to pay attention to, your audience might be tempted to snooze when you want them to watch. Here's a fix--keep your audience engaged by making over your presentation in...
• Add a slide title to a cluttered background (video)

  8 Mar 2011

  This is the third in a series of quick video tips for business managers using PowerPoint by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . Bruce's second tip showed how to quickly create custom silhouettes using free pictures , and his first was about turning clip art into custom icons...
• Ready to test your Hollywood skills? Create impressive video presentations in PowerPoint (video)

  3 Mar 2011

  Sure, there are lots of great new things about PowerPoint 2010, but for me it's all about the power of video. In the video below, I'll show you how PowerPoint 2010 makes it easier than ever to add and edit video. Nothing grabs an audience like video and now you can edit right in PowerPoint. I'll walk...
• 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...
• Create custom silhouettes with PowerPoint (video)

  24 Feb 2011

  This is the second in a series of quick video tips for business managers by guest blogger Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint . In case you missed it, Bruce's first tip was about turning clip art into custom icons . Bring boring slides to life by adding pictures of people. Where do you find...
• Seasonal themes are here for your PowerPoint slides

  22 Feb 2011

  In this update, we complete our seasonal theme collection for PowerPoint 2010. You can quickly and easily format an entire presentation to give it a professional and modern look by applying a theme. A theme is a set of formatting choices that include a set of theme colors , a set of theme fonts (including...