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PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 23, 2018

We first bring you an interview with Mike Parkinson, who talks about Build-a-Graphic, a collection of graphics that “helps every PowerPoint user—non-designers and designers alike—make better content and graphics while saving money and time.” We also feature Ken Hilliard, who talks about his PowerPlayer device to display presentations that “includes hardware, software and a cloud-based content management service (CMS). All a customer needs are a TV display with HDMI and Wifi Internet at the TV point’s location.”

For all presenters, we look at how you can create PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Excel, and in Word Online. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore how to Convert Text to Shapes by Fragmenting and Customize Quick Access Toolbar. 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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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Font Types and Sizes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Type text within PowerPoint, and the font type and size are decided for you, based on the Theme applied to your presentation. For example, if you use PowerPoint’s default Office Theme, then all your typed text will sport the Calibri typeface. You can quickly change the Theme Fonts set altogether for your presentation, and all text instances will switch to the default typefaces of the new Theme or Theme Fonts set. However, there may be times when you want to override these defaults and choose a typeface that is different, or even a different font size. Let us now explore how you can choose different font types and change the font size of the selected text on the slide in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

Explore how you can change font types and sizes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Fonts, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Tutorials

Customize Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

The Quick Access Toolbar or QAT is the only toolbar available in PowerPoint. This toolbar can be customized and can contain your most-used commands so that they are accessible to you with just a single click. Follow these steps to customize the QAT in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac by adding your frequently used commands.

Learn how to customize the Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, QAT, Quick Access Toolbar, Tutorials

Build-a-Graphic: Conversation with Mike Parkinson

    Mike Parkinson is one of 34 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world. He is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, professional speaker, and a #1 bestselling Amazon author. He regularly conducts workshops and creates graphics, presentations, proposals, and learning materials for companies like Microsoft, FedEx, Xerox, Dell, Pfizer, and Boeing as well as at learning institutions and organizations around the world.

In this conversation, Mike talks about Build-a-Graphic.

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Tagged as: Clip Media, Graphics, Interviews, Mike Parkinson, PowerPoint

Convert Text to Shapes by Fragmenting in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

PowerPoint enables you to use its repertoire of Shapes to create some amazing artwork. Further, the Merge Shape commands allow you to create complex shapes by merging several simple shapes. Additionally, these options also let you convert your text to shapes so that you can see the text even on a computer that does not have a particular font installed.

Learn how to convert PowerPoint text into individual, editable shapes using the Fragment command in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac