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PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 24, 2020

We start with tips from David Henson of Toastmasters International, that will help you make the most of your slides in a business presentation. Kurt Dupont of PresentationPoint explores the importance of screen calibration.

PowerPoint 2019 for Windows users can learn about the Open and Close tabs and the Info tab of Backstage view. We also explore the Info tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 365 for Windows. Also, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates featured in the last week.

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

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Templafy: Conversation with Christian Lund

    Christian Lund is the Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Templafy, an enterprise-grade productivity and governance platform for enterprise document, presentation and email creation. With over 15 years of domain knowledge, Christian helped spearhead the transition for large organizations from on-premise systems to Software-as-a-Service solutions for document content and template management. Templafy is now a global leader in its category, serving many of the largest international organizations and over 1.5 million users.

As a CPO, Christian oversees Templafy’s product organization and is responsible for connecting Templafy’s overall product strategy and vision with market intelligence and internal operational execution. Christian helps develop the product vision and is driving the product narrative to support alignment across all business units and help Templafy’s go to market activities.

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Tagged as: Branding, Christian Lund, Interviews, PowerPoint, Templafy, Templates

Save and Save As Tabs of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

When launched, PowerPoint 2019 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.

Explore saving options in Backstage view of PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 2019, PowerPoint 2019, Tutorials

The Importance of Screen Calibration

By Kurt Dupont

For the Mr. Perfects and Professionals Among Us!

We were recently working on a project for a customer, and they sent in a Photoshop design of what they wanted to see on the information screens. That’s typical, most users send in a PowerPoint presentation already, while designers send in a Photoshop file and you have to start all over in PowerPoint.

We were displaying the newly created PowerPoint on a television screen here, as a test. And with this presentation, we saw completely different results between our design computer and the test television.

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Tagged as: Calibration, Digital Signage, Guest Post, Kurt Dupont, PresentationPoint

Info Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

In PowerPoint 365 for Windows, all information that you need about your currently active presentation is available in a single easily accessible location. This location is the Info tab of Backstage View. Using the options available within this tab, you can access information about permissions set for the active presentation, prepare your content for sharing, and also possibly recover older versions of unsaved files. In addition, the Info tab also provides access to many more properties that we will discuss on this page.

Learn about the various options available in the Info tab of Backstage view in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

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