This is the print version of this page. All content is copyright Indezine.com 2000-2026.
Thoughts and impressions of happenings in the world of PowerPoint and presentations, continuously updated since 2003.
See Also:
PowerPoint and Presenting Notes
PowerPoint and Presenting Glossary
Picture fills may appear convincing or confusing depending upon the type of picture you use for the fill. Do remember that using a detailed or crowded picture as a fill for a small shape will get you no awards for slide design! It is best to use pictures that have one focused object or are subtle in nature for this purpose. Any shape on your slide in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac can be provided with a picture fill in the same way as you add or change solid fills or gradient fills.
Add picture fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Fills, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, Picture Fills, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Tutorials
By Jean Gamester, Toastmasters International
When I took the decision to join a speakers club 12 years ago I didn’t realize the positive changes that would follow. I had no idea that it would lead me to do a doctorate and that this in turn would lead to me making lasting changes in my life.
I became of member of a Toastmasters speakers club to get over my fear of giving presentations to the project teams I was leading. It worked! It turned out that the magic ingredient in creating confident speakers was to give and receive lots and lots of feedback. We become better speakers by going through cycle after cycle of observing, feeding back, and trying out.
After many years of learning and leading in Toastmasters, I reached a quiet period and wondered “What next?” I considered doing postgraduate research but predicted miserable years of reading and writing alone. Not something that fits my proactive work style!
Then, I made a lucky discovery. There was a kind of practitioner-based learning that anyone can do. It’s called action research, and it involves going through cycles of experience, reflection, and action. It involves working with other people and the kinds of feedback loops I had found so valuable.
My research began 18 months ago, and the method is already making a big impact on my life and business. Here are the stages, with an example of one big personal change, which can be used in the world of work.
Filed Under:
Guest Posts
Tagged as: Change, Guest Post, Jean Gamester, Toastmasters
Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows was released on October 11, 2012. It is the successor of the previous version, Office 2010, and among the most used programs across the globe. However, after using the Office 2013 programs such as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel repeatedly, there may be times when these applications face some serious issues such as crashes, corrupted files, etc. And in some scenarios, you may not be able to run any Office 2013 application. At this point in time, you may wish to perform some magical process that will resolve the issue.
Learn how to repair Office and PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Install, Microsoft Windows, Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Repair, Tutorials
Whenever a new shape is inserted on a slide in PowerPoint, it is filled by default with a solid color (or something else depending on the Theme your presentation is based on). Other than a solid fill type, PowerPoint provides several more options that let you fill a shape with a picture, a gradient, a pattern, or a texture, and we have explored these other fill options in our Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 tutorial. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can work with solid color fills.
Add solid fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Fills, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Solid Fills, Tutorials
We first explore the topic of font sizes in a slide, and how much smaller you can go with font sizes to ensure that the last person in the room can read your slide content. We also invite you to Taylor Croonquist’s PowerPoint Shortcut Secrets webinar for 2019. We then explore some Photoshop tutorials that will benefit PowerPoint users. We also look at using Photos in Presentations.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn how to Repair Office and PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2013 for Windows users can explore Gradient Fills for Text. PowerPoint 2010 for Windows will learn about Creating Anchor Points for Connectors, and PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore Gradient Outlines, and the Account Tab in Backstage View. And if that wasn’t enough for this week, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates released in the last week.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
Filed Under:
Ezine
Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint
Microsoft and the Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.