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
By Karen O’Donnell, Toastmasters International
Every presentation is an opportunity to connect with potential clients and a well-crafted presentation can lead to more success for your business.
Whether we have a product, service, or message, we are selling something! With great presentations, the secret is to grab your audience’s attention at the beginning and keep them engaged until your final word!
Image: Pixabay
Here are eight suggestions to help you make more sales at the end of your presentation:
Filed Under:
Guest Posts
Tagged as: Guest Post, Karen O’Donnell, Mistakes, Presentation Skills, Toastmasters
How do I present a PowerPoint or a slide from any other program without laughing? This was one of the challenging questions that someone posted on Quora, and I decided to take up the challenge. Here is my answer based upon what I answered on Quora, but I have expanded this version extensively.
First of all, when you ask how to present PowerPoint without laughing, there may be only a few scenarios in which this question is applicable. I may have not even imagined some of them, and add your own scenarios in the comments: )
Image: Pixabay
Here are some scenarios:
Filed Under:
Thoughts
Tagged as: Laughter, Opinion, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills, Slides
The Ribbon that you see within the PowerPoint 2016 for Mac user interface was designed to make all options easily accessible. To make more options available, you can add more tabs, rename them, and populate them with even more commands, as we will explore within this tutorial.
Learn to add and rename Ribbon tabs in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Tutorials
We explore shorter countdown timers in PowerPoint. This entire kit contains 5 different styles of Countdown Timer. We made these available in two slide sizes for both standard (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) resolutions. In another exclusive feature, Kurt Dupont of PresentationPoint talks about three things that you need to know about PowerPoint that will help you learn how to use PowerPoint in more resourceful ways.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about Normal View (Editing View) and Outline View. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore creating Cookie Cutter Shapes, and Rotating Text 180° within Shapes. 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
After adding text within a shape (or a text box) in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, you can also perform basic edits like adding, deleting, or replacing existing text. Other than the basic text editing you can even control how your text is aligned within the shape. To do that you need to access these options within the Format Shape Task Pane.
Learn how to align text within a shape or text box in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Text, Text Boxes, Tutorials
Microsoft and the Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.