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PowerPoint and Presenting News: February 19, 2019

We first answer a question from a reader: You set an audio clip to play across slides, and then you return to the first slide by pressing the Home button, or any other way. Now the audio no longer plays automatically. Why? We then answer another question: In my deck of slides, I need to have slide numbers 1 to 8 for the first section of slides. I then need the next section to be numbered 1 to 6 for another section. Is this doable? After answering these questions, we bring you an exclusive interview with Peter Ryckaert of Crowdbeamer.

Sway users can learn about signing into Microsoft Sway, and explore how Sway differs from PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore Tiling Options in texture fills, and also learn to Add Pattern Fills to 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.

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Transparency for Shape Fills in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Shape fills such as solid colors, gradients, pictures, and textures can have a Transparency attribute that lets you reduce the opacity of a fill so that the slide object or background behind shows through.

Apply transparency to shape fills in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Transparency, Tutorials

A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Conversation with Mike Parkinson

    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 his new book, A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters.

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Crowdbeamer: Conversation with Peter Ryckaert

    Peter Ryckaert has been active in the internet business since 1995, and has been recognised in 2006 as the Flemish Youth Entrepreneur. With his previous company DigiPoint he also won the Trends Gold Award for the innovative realisation of a completely new remarketing platform for the automotive industry (used by General Motors). DigiPoint has long been among the top-3 internet companies in Belgium before being sold to Cegeka, a pan-European ICT group active in 11 countries. In 2015, he started the crowdbeamer venture, together with co-founder Hans Romaen.

In this conversation, Peter talks about crowdbeamer.

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Add Pattern Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Pattern fills for shapes are two-color designs comprising lines, dots, dashes and checks. PowerPoint includes 48 patterns such patterns with names like Plaid, Weaves, Shingle and Zig Zag. Pattern fills for shapes are not included within the Shape fill drop-down gallery in PowerPoint. But you can find this option within the Format Shape Task Pane. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can access Pattern fill options in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

Add pattern fills to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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