PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint and Presenting News: August 25, 2020

Creating slides is just one part of what you would do as part of your presentation. Delivering those slides will complete the process. We look at a checklist for delivering presentations. In our Presentation Management series, James Ontra and AlexAnndra Ontra explore the lifecycle of a presentation. They say, “In presentation management, files are never done. Instead, they evolve, just like the businesses they represent.” We then look at the problem of an always-smiling presenter, who smiles when there is no need to smile!

For PowerPoint 365 users we look at the Save and Save As options for both Windows and Mac users. Also, make sure you do not miss the 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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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

The Art of Skillful and Sincere Speaking – on Video or in Person

By Lyn Roseaman, Toastmasters International

To deliver a successful speech, whether that’s via Zoom or in person, you need connection, change, and confidence. Once you have these, you are well on the way to being a skillful and sincere public speaker. So, what does this mean in terms of how we design and deliver speeches that are both skillful and sincere?

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Tagged as: Confidence, Delivery, Guest Post, Lyn Roseaman, Public Speaking, Toastmasters

Save and Save As Tabs of Backstage View in PowerPoint 365 for Mac

When you click the File menu in PowerPoint 365 for Mac, you see several options. In this tutorial, we explore two of these options: Save, and Save As. The Save option works differently depending upon whether you are working with a new presentation or a presentation that has already been saved earlier.

Explore saving options in Backstage view of PowerPoint 365 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Mac, Office 365, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 365, PowerPoint for Mac, Save, Tutorials

Save and Save As Tabs of Backstage View in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

When launched, PowerPoint 365 for Windows typically opens with Backstage View. If you want to create a new presentation, you can do so using the New tab. If you want to work on any of the already created presentations, you can open them by using the various options in the Open tab. In this tutorial, we explore the Save and Save As tabs of Backstage view.

Explore saving options in Backstage view of PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: August 11, 2020

We’ve updated our 30 Million PowerPoint Presentations post entirely, and you can now see screenshots of all our references. What’s more awesome than the 30 million figure is the fact that this big figure was first mentioned almost twenty years ago. We also bring you another post on the billion and a half installations of Microsoft Office, as revealed by Satya Nadella. We then look at CleverPDF’s quick PDF to PowerPoint conversions at no cost at all. In our series on the Presentation Summit that happens this week, you will find an interview with Sandy Johnson.

Mac users of PowerPoint can explore our No Line for Shapes tutorials for both PowerPoint 365 and 2016. Also, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates featured last week.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint