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Mike Parkinson (Microsoft MVP and APMP Fellow) is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, professional speaker, and award-winning author. Mike is one of 36 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world. He regularly conducts workshops and creates graphics, presentations, and creative materials for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, FedEx, Xerox, Dell, and Boeing as well as at international learning institutions and organizations.
In this conversation, Mike talks about Build-a-Graphic, a PowerPoint add-in that adds coordinated, intelligent visuals to your slides.
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Tagged as: Add-in, Build-a-Graphic, Clip Media, Interviews, Mike Parkinson, PowerPoint
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Dr. Nick Morgan is one of America’s top communication speakers, theorists and coaches. A passionate teacher, he is committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and then delivering them with panache. He has been commissioned by Fortune 50 companies to write for many CEOs and presidents. He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, to appear in the media, and to deliver unforgettable TED talks. And he has himself spoken, led conferences, and moderated panels at venues around the world. During the last election cycle, he provided expert commentary on the presidential debates for CNN. His latest book is Can You Hear Me?, on the perils of virtual communication, published by Harvard in 2018.
In this conversation, Nick talks about Can You Hear Me?
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Lauren Janas is a Senior Program Manager on the PowerPoint team, where she has been working to infuse research about the psychology of effective presenting into the experience of using PowerPoint itself to help people give better presentations. She was the original PM for the Morph transition, which allows users to add advanced motion effects to their slides in a single click, as well as the recent improvements to give users more control over which objects Morph.
In this conversation, Lauren talks about the Morph transition.
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All your PowerPoint files which are uploaded, created, or saved on OneDrive can be edited anytime, right within the PowerPoint Online web app that runs within your browser. But that’s not the only way you can edit these PowerPoint files. Yes, OneDrive also provides you the option to edit it within the PowerPoint desktop application on your Mac. In this tutorial we’ll explore how to open a file in your PowerPoint desktop applications from within OneDrive. You will need to have the latest versions of PowerPoint installed on your Mac operating system.
Learn how you can open a PowerPoint file from OneDrive in PowerPoint for Mac.
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Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, OneDrive, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 365, PowerPoint for Mac, PowerPoint for the Web, Tutorials
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We first look at how you can add humor to your presentation. Jean Stewart from Toastmasters explores some great ideas. We also look at how you can go beyond visual clichés when you are looking for light bulb pictures to add on your PowerPoint slides. We next feature Payam Bahrampoor, an instructional designer who talks about improving the quality of life of people he encounters.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows can learn how to Add Headers and Footers to Notes and Handout Pages, and about Working With Slide Numbers. We also explore Getting Started with Sections and Adding and Renaming Sections. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore Formatting Font Attributes (Styles). 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.
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