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PowerPoint and Presenting News: December 19, 2017

This week we feature Chris Larson of Techsmith who talks about Snagit 2018, the new release of their screen capturing program. He even shares videos of his favorite new Snagit features. BrightCarbon, a UK design agency shares some amazing PowerPoint animated cards for Christmas and the New Year. Scott Wakefield talks about these cards, and why they are giving them away. Sharyn Fitzpatrick, one of our favorites talks how you can be well-prepared for a webinar. She speaks about an awesome checklist. Did you know that there can be three types of uppercase characters you can type within PowerPoint? This is one of those thoughts you have to share. And then we show you how you can use a $5000 font in your PowerPoint even though it is not installed on your system, and you don’t see it. But PowerPoint will still insist that the font is used!

PowerPoint 2016 users who followed last week’s customization tutorials now can learn to add their own commands to custom groups on the Ribbon. When you are happy with your Ribbon customizations, you can Reset, Export, and Import them. We also explore the amazing Touch and Mouse mode toggle. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users must explore the overlooked options within the Status Bar. For most Windows versions of PowerPoint, did you know that Microsoft provides STAMP, which means Sub-titling text add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, and enables you to create captions for video and audio files within your PowerPoint presentations? 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.

Filed Under: Ezine
Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Print Option in Backstage View in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Among the tabs within Backstage View, we have already explored some options such as Open, New, Save, etc. In this tutorial, we will explore the Print option used to print the current presentation in the form of selected slides, notes pages, handouts, etc. Follow these steps to learn more about Print options within Backstage view in PowerPoint 2013.

Learn about the Print option in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Interface, PowerPoint 2013, Printing, Tutorials

How to Find Your Market in PowerPoint

By Tom Howell

Having trouble finding a market for your PowerPoint work? Perhaps you’re struggling to find students for your training service or clients for your design work. Tom Howell says you shouldn’t throw in the towel just yet!

When we pitch to clients and run through our portfolio, there are two phrases I often hear:

I didn’t know PowerPoint could do that, and Do you guys do training?

So, while there is a market for PowerPoint, finding it is not easy. In fact, I’d say your product (or service) is only about 30% of your journey. Most of your journey from there is finding and attracting your market. Here are some tips for finding your market:

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Filed Under: Guest Posts
Tagged as: Guest Post, Opinion, PowerPoint, Tom Howell

Preparing for Webinars: Conversation with Sharyn Fitzpatrick

For over fifteen years, Sharyn Fitzpatrick aka Webinar Chick has been creating and managing revenue-generating and/or thought-leadership web seminar programs – including live conference events – with major media hubs such as Chief Learning Officer, Sales & Marketing Management, Recreation Management, PresentationXpert, and others. As the Chief Marketing and Webinar Guru at Marcom Gurus, she coaches organizations on how to create marketing programs utilizing both webcast and podcast technologies. She is an author and speaker on “Using Web Seminars for Lead Generation and Revenue” and “The Playbook for Building a Successful Webinar Program.”

In this conversation, Sharyn talks about preparing for webinars.

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Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Interviews, Sharyn Fitzpatrick, Training, Webinar

Status Bar in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

The Status Bar is a thin strip located at the bottom of the PowerPoint 2016 for Mac interface. This area provides information about the active slide and also provides several View options. To work with options in the Status Bar, you must have a presentation open in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, otherwise, the options within the Status Bar will be grayed out.

Learn about the Status Bar in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Interface, Mac, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, Status Bar, Tutorials