PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Save and Send Tab in Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Among the options within Backstage View, we have already explored some such as Open, New, Recent, Print, etc. In this tutorial, we will explore the Save & Send option used to save and share the current presentation in so many ways including broadcasting, creating a video, packaging to a CD, creating handouts, saving to a SharePoint site, etc.

Learn about the Save and Send tab within Backstage view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

6 Reasons Why Your PowerPoint Presentations (Still) Look Boring

By Arnout Drenthel

You must have something important to present. Otherwise; why bother giving the presentation in the first place? And as such, you probably have prepared the content of your message well. And you might have even prepared a PowerPoint presentation to accompany your talk. But does it stand out? Does it do justice to the point you want to bring across?

Or do your PowerPoint slides bring your talk down by being dull and boring?

Whenever you are in doubt about the visual impact of your slides, and there is this lingering thought somewhere “Hmm… these slides don’t excite me… Could I have done better?”, please read on. I might have some clear pointers for you that your slides suffer from the most common pitfalls of boring slides. But don’t worry, there are some easy ways even seasoned presenters use to fix these problems!

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Tagged as: Arnout Drenthel, Guest Post, Opinion, PowerPoint

Print Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Among the options within Backstage view, we have already explored some options such as Open, New, Recent 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.

Learn about the Print option in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Printing, Share, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: September 27, 2016

How would you like to get professionally designed jigsaw puzzle pieces, that fit perfectly into other puzzle segments? You will love our Jigsaw Graphics for PowerPoint–these are not graphics that you insert into PowerPoint, because you get these as PowerPoint slides! Each puzzle segment is a native PowerPoint shape. We also get you interviews with more Presentation Summit speakers — this week we feature Rick Altman, Jim harvey, and Taylor Croonquist. Make sure you read what they talk about, even if you won’t attend the conference!

In the Tutorials section, we explore changing fills, line, and effects for shapes within SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint 2013. We also look at SmartArt Styles, changing shapes within SmartArt, and resizing individual SmartArt shapes. PowerPoint 2010 users can find out more about the Recent option within Backstage view. Finally, do not miss the new press releases and templates of this week.

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Backstage View – New Option in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

When you launch PowerPoint 2010, it always opens a new blank presentation for you. Further, if you are already working on an open presentation, and want to create a new presentation at that point, you can do so using the New option within the Backstage View. Follow these steps to explore the New option within Backstage view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Learn about the New option within the Backstage view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials