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Add Picture Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Picture fills may appear convincing or confusing depending upon the type of picture you use for the fill. Do remember that using a detailed or crowded picture as a fill for a small shape will get you no awards for slide design! It is best to use pictures that have one focused object or are subtle in nature for this purpose. Any shape on your slide in PowerPoint 2016 can be provided with a picture fill in the same way as you add or change solid fills or gradient fills.

Learn how you can use a Picture to fill selected shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Fills, Office 2016, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: May 10, 2016

We start with 12 engaging presenter behaviors to keep your audience awake — this is explained by Claudyne Wilder. We then look at a timeline that looks like a road map. We feature Richard Michaels, who talks about Zapps Pro, his fantastic add-in that connects Word and PowerPoint. Ellen Finkelstein explains how you can help your audience remember your points by three techniques for highlighting important words. And Sandra Johnson talks about the new Presentation Guild, and also a survey in which you can take part.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn more about fills for Slide Backgrounds, and also about shapes that have no outline. Finally, do not miss the new templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Add Solid Fills to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Whenever a new shape is inserted on a slide in PowerPoint 2016, it is filled by default with a solid color (or something else depending on the Theme your presentation is based on). Other than a solid fill type, PowerPoint 2016 provides several more options that let you fill a shape with a picture, a gradient, a pattern, or a texture — and we have explored these other fill options in our Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 tutorial. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can work with solid color fills.

Learn how to add solid fill to selected shapes in PowerPoint 2016.

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Tagged as: Fills, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Tutorials

Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

When you insert shapes within a PowerPoint slide, you will notice that all shapes you insert contain the same fill. Most of the time, the shapes may contain a solid color fill. Similarly, you may insert hundreds of shapes and they all have this same default fill — have you ever wanted to change this fill to something else? Before we explore changing fills, it is important to understand that the default fill you see for new, inserted shapes is influenced by the Theme applied to your presentation — all new presentations have a simple Theme applied to them — this Theme decides the default color or style for the new shape.

Learn about different fill types for shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Fills, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, Tutorials

Designing Story Slides in PowerPoint: Learning from Ethos3

Designing slides for stories is different than designing a business-report presentation that you need to send to your boss. You may hear from purists who say that all slides must have stories, and to a large extent, I agree with them, Already distinctions between different slide types are getting blurred. To provide an example, it is entirely possible that a chart slide that shows sales figures for the last 25 years also has a story to tell. Yet, the story in the chart slide has an existence that is underlying and abstract. In story slides, the same existence is vibrant and alive. So for this feature, a story slide is something akin to illustrations you see in a children’s picture book!

Now look at this embed from SlideShare.

The slides were created by Nashville-based Ethos3, a presentation design firm. The client was Isobel Cox, who came up with the concept of The Blame Cleanse as a motivational, personal-growth piece. Isobel was very clear about what she wanted—her goal was to spread this message and help others, and perhaps use this as a speaking career in the future.

Here’s a small interview with Ethos3’s Sunday Mancini.

Geetesh: How was Isobel different as a client? Moreover, what motivated you to create this simple, informational deck that’s distinct to look at, but still has a fun element ingrained within itself?

Here’s Sunday’s answer: Isobel’s work is all about helping people in their daily lives, with their daily struggles. This gave us a unique opportunity to tell a story that could resonate with people and make them say, “I definitely feel this way!” Once we’ve hooked them with that story, then her solution takes center stage. The design is a huge part of that, because it’s so fresh and keeps people clicking, almost like a picture book. What made Isobel such a stand-out client was the fact that she encouraged our creativity throughout the entire process, which made the final product so fun.

Sunday Mancini is the Content Strategist at Ethos3, working closely with clients to craft their message and create a fantastic presentation. She’s worked with companies like Amazon and Google during her time at Ethos3, and has a passion for brand storytelling. Visit the Ethos3 site to learn more about her work, or even start a project for yourself.

See Also: Ethos3 on Indezine

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.

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