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By James Ontra
Storytelling is the most important facet of effective presentations. Unfortunately, in the age of PowerPoint, many presenters rely too much on technology and forget how important stories are. To get the results you’re looking for, build your presentations on a foundation of great stories—not the other way around.
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We feature Damjan Taylor, who talks about using PowerPoint’s Morph transition to create interactive slide navigation. We also bring you a download for Animated Headshots in PowerPoint and also show you how you can create it on your own.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about changing one animation to another. You can also learn about the New tab options in Backstage view. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore adding new slide layouts. PowerPoint Online users can find out ways to insert new slides. 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 seven days.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
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Applying a Theme in PowerPoint applies Theme Colors, Theme Fonts, Theme Effects, Theme Backdrops, and much more. However there are scenarios in which you really don’t require such a complete makeover or metamorphosis. In that case, you can still apply Theme Colors and Theme Fonts and leave all other Theme attributes unchanged.
Learn how to apply Theme Colors and Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
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Like many other tasks you do in PowerPoint, inserting a new slide can be done in multiple ways. You just need to find a way that works best for you. The following steps show you how you can do this simple task in PowerPoint Online.
Learn how you can insert a new slide in PowerPoint for the Web.
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Do you want an animated slide with headshots that self-animate in sequence, one after the other? We have a sample presentation that may just be what you need. The presentation you download has two layers of headshots, with 12 headshots in each layer.
Download and use this Animated Headshots sample presentation.
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