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Create Digital Menu Boards with PowerPoint

By Kurt Dupont

What is a Digital Menu Board?

Digital menu boards are menus displayed on computer monitors or TV screens. These are commonly used in coffee shops and restaurants. They include pictures and prices of menu items. It is easy to update and can be connected to databases to automatically update across all the locations within a few minutes. In this article, we will show the exact steps that are used to create a menu board like the one below, how to add pictures, pricing, and videos, and how to connect to a central database.

For more information on the advantages of digital menus, read Amy Nichol Smith’s article on How to Use Digital Menu Boards for Your Restaurant or Grocery.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Data, DataPoint, Excel, Guest Post, iPoint, Kurt Dupont, PresentationPoint

Insert Audio (Sound) in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

It’s always a fun exercise adding audio clips to PowerPoint. Some of you may wonder why would you want to add an audio clip? There may be any number of reasons, from adding a voice-over to just inserting some background music. Whatever your reason may be, it helps to know that PowerPoint can insert audio clips of various file types. MP3, WMA, or WAV files are just the common types that you can insert in PowerPoint slides. These audio files automatically embed into your presentation. Even then, it is a good practice to place your audio files in the same folder in which you save your presentation even before you insert them.

Add audio to your slides in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Audio, Insert, Microsoft Windows, Multimedia, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Sound, Tutorials

Ampler: Conversation with Kristian Johansen

Kristian Johansen is CEO and founder of Ampler, an integrated productivity platform for Microsoft Office. Ampler enables users to work faster, easier, and more efficiently in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, and includes a series of tools that can be integrated into existing Office installations. Kristian has a background as a management consultant from Bain & Co, and has crafted thousands and thousands of slides and Excel models during his career.

In this conversation, Kristian talks about Ampler.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Ampler, Interviews, Kristian Johansen, Productivity

Insert Audio (Sound) in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

It’s always a fun exercise adding audio clips to PowerPoint. Some of you may wonder why would you want to add an audio clip? There may be any number of reasons, from adding a voice-over to just inserting some background music. Whatever your reason may be, it helps to know that PowerPoint can insert audio clips of various file types. MP3, WMA, or WAV files are just the common types that you can insert in PowerPoint slides. These audio files automatically embed into your presentation. Even then, it is a good practice to place your audio files in the same folder in which you save your presentation even before you insert them.

Add audio to your slides in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Audio, Insert, Microsoft Windows, Multimedia, Office 2019, PowerPoint 2019, Sound, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 9, 2021

We first look at overcoming the challenges of staying connected, especially for those who are working from home. Jean Gamester from Toastmasters explains more. We also feature the upcoming Present to Succeed conference which has an amazing line-up of speakers. We then look at how you can create simple quizzes in PowerPoint.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can explore inserting sound in their slides. 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.

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