PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Apply Soft Edges to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

We have already explored a few of the effects that PowerPoint 2007 allows to be used on shapes, and that’s the reason they are called Shape Effects. Soft Edges are one of these effects, and we’ll look at what you can do with Soft Edges, which adds an eaten-up, feathered edge to a selected shape. Soft Edges work best with larger shapes, especially if you use some of the larger Soft Edge variations available. PowerPoint provides some ready-to-use Soft Edges, but there is no option to format Soft Edges beyond these readymade offerings.

Learn how to apply soft edge effects to shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Effects, PowerPoint 2007, Shapes, Tutorials

Apply Bevel Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

We have already covered most of the effects available in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows in this tutorial series. Now, we show you how you can add a Bevel Effect to a selected shape in PowerPoint 2007 (or higher version).

Learn how to apply bevel effects to shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Bevel, Effects, PowerPoint 2007, Shapes, Tutorials

More Glow Colors in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

In a previous tutorial, we showed you how you can apply a glow effect to a shape in PowerPoint 2007 (or higher version). In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can change the Glow Color.

Learn how to change the color of glow effects for shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Effects, Glow, PowerPoint 2007, Shapes, Tutorials

One Picture May Be Worth A Thousand Headaches

Pictures make presentations work. But the most interesting and compelling images aren’t generally found in free clipart galleries. So you comb the Internet, looking for just the right image to convey your message. Click-cut-paste. You’ve got it!

While you may have “it”, that “it” is more than likely the copyright-protected work of a photographer or designer. Even for department presentations, sales presentations, training materials, and other internal business purposes, the use of images without the proper permission and rights is a serious issue, and may constitute a breach of the creator’s copyright. Guest author John Billington has lots of info to share with you on this interesting topic.

John Billington explains why free images may not be necessarily free or even copyright free.

Filed Under: Guest Posts
Tagged as: Clip Media, Photos, PowerPoint

The Power Presenter: The Jerry Weissman Interview

  Jerry Weissman is among the world’s foremost corporate presentations coaches. His private client list reads like a who’s who of the world’s best companies, including the top brass at Yahoo!, Intel, Intuit, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Netflix, and many others.

Jerry founded Power Presentations, Ltd. in 1988. One of his earliest efforts was the Cisco Systems IPO road show. Following its successful launch, Don Valentine, of Sequoia Capital, and then chairman of Cisco’s Board of Directors, attributed “at least two to three dollars” of the offering price to Jerry’s coaching. That endorsement led to more than 500 other IPO road show presentations that have raised hundreds of billions of dollars in the stock market. In this conversation, Jerry discusses his new book: The Power Presenter: Technique, Style, and Strategy from America’s Top Speaking Coach.

In this interview, Jerry talks about his book, The Power Presenter, and more.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Delivery, Interviews, Jerry Weissman, PowerPoint