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Dynamic Text to Speech in PowerPoint

By Kurt Dupont

DataPoint is the PowerPoint add-on to display real-time information on your information screens. What more do you need? You can display information in real-time. Change the information on a second computer, and the data is updated on your screen.

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Advanced Soft Edges Options in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

The Soft Edges effect adds an eaten-up, feathered edge to a selected shape. PowerPoint does provide you with some ready-to-use pre-set Soft Edges, but you may want to edit the applied Soft Edges effect to be less or more pronounced. Whatever your reasons for customization, you can certainly edit the properties for the Soft Edges effect in PowerPoint 2016. For instance, you can change the soft edge size parameter.

Learn how you can get more control on the soft-edge effects applied to the shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Apply Soft Edges to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Among the various Shape Effects available in PowerPoint, probably the most subtle one is the Soft Edges effect. This effect adds an eaten-up, feathered edge to a selected shape. Soft Edges work best with larger shapes, especially if you use some of the larger Soft Edge variations available. PowerPoint provides some ready-to-use Soft Edge presets.

Learn how to apply soft edge effects to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Advanced Glow Options in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Applying a Glow effect adds a nice halo around a selected shape or most other slide objects. You may find that the Glow effect defaults just do not work for you all the time, especially since the default glow options are limited only to Theme Colors. So if you want to make some changes, you have to step outside these defaults and change the glow color, alter the spread or transparency, etc.

Explore advanced options for the glow effect applied to shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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PowerPoint Transitions: Morph

Few, if any transition effects have generated a buzz like Morph! Morph technically may be a mere transition, but it adds capabilities to PowerPoint that redefines the way you work with slides altogether.

Explore the use of the Morph transition effect in PowerPoint.

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