PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

3-D Format Options for Shapes in PowerPoint 2003 for Windows

We have shown you how you can format 3D Styles to your AutoShapes in PowerPoint 2003. This tutorial builds upon those options. Here, you’ll learn how you can customize the applied 3D Style to further change the look of your selected AutoShape.

Explore 3-D Format options for shapes in PowerPoint 2003 for Windows.

You can also do more with 3D Styles using the 3D Settings toolbar using options such as tilt, depth, direction, lighting, surface, and color.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2003
Tagged as: Effects, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2003, Shapes, Tutorials

Create and Send PowerPoint eGreetings with authorSTREAM

Many PowerPoint users create and send their cards as PowerPoint presentations, mainly as email attachments. These work great, but do have some disadvantages:

• They make email sizes larger, and
• They allow recipients to open and edit your files!

Now, authorSTREAM has added a new feature that lets you resolve both problems. Their new option to create and send custom eGreetings is easy to use.

Read more on their site.

Filed Under: Companion Programs
Tagged as: authorSTREAM, Online Presentations, PowerPoint

PowerPoint Slides for Color-Blind Audiences

Color blindness is some sort of color vision deficiency which results in differences in the way that an affected person sees and distinguishes various colors. It is mostly inherited, but can also be caused due to damage to the eye, nerve, or brain. There is no proven way to change these vision deficiencies. When a color-blind user looks at a PowerPoint slide, he or she might view it differently from other people. Even different color-blind users may not see the same slide with the same vision. There are three known varieties of color-blind visions.

Test your PowerPoint slides for color-blind users, to see how they appear to them.

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Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Accessibility, Color, Design, PowerPoint

Formatting Arrowheads for Line Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

We have already explained the basics of outlines in PowerPoint 2007 and changing weight and dash types. In this tutorial, we’ll learn about adding arrowheads to lines. First things first: arrowheads can only be added to lines within open shapes. Shapes, such as rectangles, circles, etc. are closed shapes. Regular line Shapes, such as straight lines, curves, scribbles, etc., are open shapes.

Learn how to format arrowheads for line shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Color, Lines, PowerPoint 2007, Shapes, Tutorials

Gradient Lines for Shapes in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

We have already showed you the different outline attributes in PowerPoint 2007. In this tutorial, the outline options series will conclude with this article on gradient lines. Gradient lines are a new feature in PowerPoint 2007.

Apply gradients to lines in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Color, Lines, PowerPoint 2007, Shapes, Tutorials