PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Insert Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

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 Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Tutorials

Unified Picture Fill for Multiple Shapes in PowerPoint

Do you want to add a picture that fills not one but many shapes? And do you want the picture fill to span across multiple shapes? Is that doable? Yes, it is—and there are several ways to achieve these results. We will look at two approaches.

Create shape segments with a unified picture fill in PowerPoint.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: PowerPoint, Shapes, Tutorials

Formatting Lines for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

We have already showed you how to use fills for shapes in PowerPoint 2016. A fill is something that is contained within the confines of the shape. Similarly, shapes have another attribute known as the “line” or the “outline”. A line is the perimeter surrounding a closed shape or the line itself within an open shape. We will explore more about lines later in this tutorial. In subsequent tutorials, we will show how you can work with shape outlines in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Make changes to the appearance of shape lines in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Formatting, Lines, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Outline, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Tutorials

Indezine Questions 04: Conversation with TJ Walker

This video came about when a few questions were sent to TJ Walker, who responded with answers via a video podcast.

Here are the questions answered by TJ:

1. Can you tell us more about stories? Moreover, are stories used in business presentations and speeches different from everyday stories?
2. What about negative and positive stories — is it better to start with a negative story, and then show how the situation can be made positive — or is it best to stay positive all the time?
3. How can emotion be used as a helpful concept in stories — can you share some ideas?

TJ Walker is the founder of Media Training Worldwide and has been conducting media training workshops and seminars since 1984. Walker has trained Presidents of countries, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Super Bowl winners, U.S. Senators, Miss Universes and Members of Parliament. His book, Secret to Foolproof Presentations was a USA Today #1 Bestseller, as well as a Wall Street Journal, and Business Week Bestseller.

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The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

Filed Under: Thoughts
Tagged as: Podcast, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills, TJ Walker

Tanida Demo Builder 11: The Indezine Review

You may have seen many tutorials online, especially on YouTube and video learning sites like Udemy and Lynda that show you how you can use a particular feature within a program through a screen recording accompanied by annotations and voice. This approach, of course, is an alternative that many users prefer rather than going through a textual series of steps. But how can you create such video demos on your own? Demo Builder 11 from Tanida provides just what you want. It is an easy way to create tutorials, presentations or demonstrations that show how software and systems work.

Read the Indezine review here.

Filed Under: Reviews
Tagged as: Demo Builder, Review, Tanida, Video