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Author: Geetesh Bajaj
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June 1, 2023
Thomas Häger is the founder and owner of a Management Consulting business specialized in Operations Strategy and Working Capital Efficiency. Thomas has 20+ years of experience in Management Consulting and Business Development driving transformation projects and improvement programs in different industries. Lately Thomas is also turning the “improvement spotlight” on his own trade of Management Consulting and providing tools for more efficient and professional communication and PowerPoint sliding. In this conversation, Thomas talks about his new SPICE add-in for PowerPoint.
May 31, 2023
Kurt Dupont is a solution provider who would go out of his way just to ensure he brings out the best when it comes to issues that have to deal with data-driven presentations, data visualization, and digital signage software. He started by working at airports worldwide to set up airport databases and flight information screens. This evolved to become the basis for PresentationPoint. In this conversation, Kurt discusses 25 years of PresentationPoint.
May 30, 2023
Whenever you want to add a dash, you choose from one of the dashes available to type in your keyboard. However, these are normal breaking dashes. Let us imagine that you want to type a date in a format such as 10-10-2023. However, if this date happens to be near the edge of the slide or a text box, part of the date may show up in the next line. The solution is to type in a non-breaking dash that will ensure that the date we explored above stays in the same line without breaking up between two lines.
Learn how you can add non-breaking dashes in PowerPoint for Windows.
May 29, 2023
Do you need to draw two lines so that they are angled out at a certain value from each other? Do you need to do so accurately so that these drawings can be used in reports, research findings, education and elsewhere? There is no automated option within PowerPoint to do so, but you can still attain some amazing results if you know where and how to get started. To achieve these results, we will use a combination of drawing, rotating, and grouping techniques.
Learn how you can draw a shape at an angle to another shape.
May 24, 2023
Harvey Balls are a visual tool that can be used to depict five different levels or stages of a concept, idea, or project. These round ideograms consist of a circle with quarters added or subtracted to represent different degrees of completion or progress. They offer an excellent way for teams and individuals to visually communicate status updates, goals achieved, and work remaining in an easy-to-understand format. These five states span between start and completion.
Learn how you can quickly create Harvey Balls in PowerPoint for Mac.
May 23, 2023
Have you heard the term, executive presence? You may have noticed some people can take command of a room just by walking in. We bring you an exclusive post on this topic. We then bring you useful keyboard shortcuts that work within Excel 365 for Windows. We next look at a post by AlexAnndra Ontra, who talks about improving your presentation before you open PowerPoint.
We explore three ways to bring in Harvey balls in PowerPoint for Windows. We then look at using Arc and Pie shapes in PowerPoint. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
May 22, 2023
Making professional graphics in PowerPoint isn’t easy because it isn’t about designing cool slides. You want to design interesting visuals that communicate your message succinctly to your audience. I couldn’t find graphic solutions or tools for PowerPoint that gave me the quality and type of graphics I needed for my projects—so I created my own PowerPoint add-in. I worked with brilliant thought leaders in our industry to develop Build-a-Graphic.
Learn more with Mike Parkinson.
May 18, 2023
Harvey balls are round ideograms or pictograms that show different states of a ball with quarters added or subtracted to attain five states between start and completion. They have been named after Harvey L. Poppel, who started using them in the 1970s. They are often used in business reports, documents, and presentations because they show progressive data at a quick glance.
Learn how you can quickly create Harvey Balls in PowerPoint for Windows.
May 17, 2023
Have you heard the term “executive presence” in business circles or online? You may have noticed some people can take command of a room just by walking in. These people often don’t seem to be even trying to get attention. They’re not flashy or dramatic, yet people are drawn to them. Some of these individuals aren’t even aware of how they attract the attention they receive.
Read more in this exclusive post from Suasive.
May 16, 2023
In today’s business world, if something is important, it’s in a PowerPoint deck. PowerPoint is the default program for business communications. Unfortunately, these decks are created in a haphazard manner — one presentation at a time, with little thought given to the long-term value of the content within them, and the risks associated with mismanaging that content. Managing your company’s presentation content will unleash the valuable information hidden within all of these decks while instituting controls to ensure message compliance. In doing so, it will improve the quality of presentations for everyone in your enterprise.
Learn more from AlexAnndra Ontra.
May 15, 2023
PowerPoint offers so many shapes, from simple rectangles and ovals to playful options like pies and smiley faces. While you can use these shapes as-is, you can also get creative by using the Merge Shape commands to design your own unique shapes. But even without creating new designs, there are endless possibilities for using existing shapes in innovative ways. Today, we want to focus on one of these versatile options: the Arc shape. With its curved lines and customizable size, this shape can be a useful tool for adding dimension and visual interest to your presentations.
Explore how you can draw an Arc shape in PowerPoint.
May 11, 2023
Here's a comprehensive list of Excel 365 for Windows keyboard shortcuts. How many of these keyboard shortcuts do you presently use? The shortcuts listed on this page use the US English keyboard layout. If you are using a non-US or non-English keyboard layout, then the keyboard shortcuts may not correspond exactly in some cases.
Explore keyboard shortcuts in Excel 365 for Windows.
May 10, 2023
Sometimes you may wonder why PowerPoint does not provide options for the shapes that you want to use! The other day someone wanted to create a shape resembling Pacman! How many of you remember Pacman, the lovable character from the computer game? Well, lovable or not -- it is still easy to draw a Pacman shape in PowerPoint as long as you know what to start with! And the answer is to start with the Pie shape!
Explore how you can draw variations of the pie shape in PowerPoint.
May 9, 2023
Presentation Management is more of a strategy than a service to buy. The idea is to create efficiencies. In our first post, AlexAnndra Ontra of Shufflrr shares more info on the benefits of Presentation Management. We next feature Judd Albrecht of PresenterMedia, who discusses their new Calendar Builder, which quickly creates calendar slides that can be used within PowerPoint. Then, we interview James Ontra and AlexAnndra Ontra, who discuss their new book, Presentation Hell.
PowerPoint 365 for Mac users can learn how to flip and rotate picture fills within shapes. Also, for users of PowerPoint 365 for Mac and PowerPoint for the Web, we look at finding the length of a diagonal line. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
May 3, 2023
It is fairly easy to flip a picture on your slide. However, this flipping can be a little tricky when the same picture is used as a fill for a shape. That’s because you end up with a picture that does get flipped, but so does the shape. But what if we wanted to just flip the picture? How do you achieve that result?
Learn how to flip and rotate picture fills for shapes in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.
May 2, 2023
What if you draw a line in PowerPoint that is slanted or sloped? Now, if you want to know the length of this line, you should know that there's no built-in feature within PowerPoint to do so. But, why would you even want to know the size of the line? That’s because you may have to create multiple diagonal lines and the second line may need to be exactly half the length of the first line. There may be any number of other reasons why you need to draw other shapes that are proportional, relative to this line.
Learn how to find out the length of a slanted (diagonal) line in PowerPoint for the Web.
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