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PowerPoint and Presenting News: July 10, 2018

We first feature Markus Hannebauer of think-cell who talks about the new think-cell 9 release and how AI benefits users. We then explore the concept of PowerPoint dashboards, and what exactly you can place within such a dashboard. Jerry Weissman observes that every day, there’s another announcement about a new way to drive, work, shop, eat, play, or pay. Clearly, you need to build a better mousetrap and presentation. And Robert Kawalsky discusses the acquisition of Zeetings by Canva.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about Rulers, Gridlines, Guides, Smarter Guides, and how the Snap to Grid settings work. 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

PowerPoint Custom Colors with YOUtools: Conversation with Jamie Garroch

    Jamie Garroch is the founder of YOUpresent, a PowerPoint add-in and presentation design agency. YOUpresent provides a suite of off-the-shelf add-ins plus a custom add-in design service for organizations wishing to extend the functionality of PowerPoint or other Office apps. That can be anything from adding a single button to apply a corporate style, to a fully loaded ribbon with custom tools tuned to the organization’s workflow. Known as “extensibility,” Jamie is a passionate evangelist of this relatively unknown productivity feature of Microsoft Office.

In this conversation, Jamie talks about the new Custom Colors feature in his YOUtools add-in for PowerPoint.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Branding, Color, Interviews, Jamie Garroch, PowerPoint, Themes, YOUpresent

Insert Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Shapes are the building blocks of whatever you create in PowerPoint. In fact, even a text box that you add to your slide is essentially a shape with a No Fill attribute. Once you get proficient with shapes, you can do so much more. For example, you can combine multiple shapes to create fancier shapes. However, you need to start with the very basics, and there’s so much to learn even at this foundation level. The first task you need to do is to insert a shape. Fortunately, PowerPoint makes it easy to do this task.

Learn how to insert Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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

think-cell version 9: Conversation with Markus Hannebauer

    Markus Hannebauer is co-founder and CEO of think-cell, where he is in charge of Marketing, Sales, Operations and Finance. He is a Computer Scientist by training and holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Technical University Berlin. In this conversation, Markus talks about think-cell 9, a PowerPoint add-in that uses AI to help you create amazing charts.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Charting, Interviews, Markus Hannebauer, PowerPoint, Think-cell

Zeetings Acquisition by Canva: Conversation with Robert Kawalsky

  Robert Kawalsky is the CEO and co-founder of Zeetings, a software company changing the way people present their ideas to the world. Zeetings was founded with the simple idea that presentations could be transformed from one-way monologues into two-way conversations, giving everyone in the room an opportunity to participate. Launched in 2015, Zeetings has been used by 1 million people in over 50 countries.

In 2018, Zeetings was acquired by Canva. Robert previously held the position of Portfolio Manager at Keybridge Capital where he grew and managed a portfolio of assets across shipping, aviation, renewable energy, and real estate. Robert began his career at EY, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of NSW and is a CFA Charterholder.

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Tagged as: Canva, Interviews, Robert Kawalsky, Zeetings