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Thoughts and impressions of happenings in the world of PowerPoint and presentations, continuously updated since 2003.
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We begin with interviewing Mike Power of Neuxpower, who tells us more about what’s improved in the new Slidewise 2.1, a PowerPoint add-in that helps users to find, edit, and control their presentation content more efficiently. We then bring you the story of Tom, whose presentation skills ended up being counterproductive. Read his story about jumping slides to learn some valuable lessons.
We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
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Mike Power owns and runs Neuxpower, the company behind the popular file compressor NXPowerLite and the amazing PowerPoint add-in, Slidewise. He has been running Neuxpower for more than 25 years, which makes him feel a tiny bit old. When at work he enjoys designing useful software, and is really loving the challenge of making Slidewise powerful, yet easy to use.
In this conversation, Mike talks about Slidewise’ new version 2.1. Slidewise is a PowerPoint add-in that helps users to find, edit, and control their presentation content more efficiently.
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We first feature Jerry Weissman who explores an analogy between delivery skills of magicians and presenters. He argues that what’s good for the magician need not be good enough for presenters. We also explore options within the Accessibility tab of the Program Options dialog box in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
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One of the most fundamental techniques used in magic is misdirection, or getting the audience to look in one direction while the magician performs an action—such as hiding a handkerchief—in the other direction, making it seem that the handkerchief has magically disappeared. You can watch a wallet, a watch, and other objects seemingly disappear in a wonderful demonstration of this technique by Apollo Robbins who bills himself as the world’s best pickpocket. But what works for Apollo Robbins can backfire for you in a presentation.
Misdirection is based on the reflexive action of the audience’s eyes—to look at new visual information involuntarily. This action has been thoroughly examined by scientists. An article in the journal Frontiers of Human Neuroscience, citing multiple studies, observes:
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The Accessibility tab of the PowerPoint Options dialog box offers several options that will help you create more accessible presentations. These options include the Accessibility Checker and sound notifications.
Learn about accessibility program options in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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Tagged as: Accessibility, Interface, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Tutorials
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