PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Missing Themes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

When you bring up the Themes gallery within PowerPoint 2013, do you find that several Themes are missing? Alternatively, do you find that your friends and colleagues have more Themes than you do? Whatever be the reason for your missing Themes, it is possible to get them back.

Explore how to find missing Themes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Templates, Themes, Tutorials

Adding Iconography to Action Buttons in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

You know that Action Buttons are helpful because they at least look like buttons! But choices are limited to what PowerPoint provides – and let’s face it, choices for Action Buttons have remained unchanged since the last 20 years. What has changed in those 20 years? There was no Facebook, almost no social media, and the internet was in its infancy. Given this scenario, it is no surprise that the Action Buttons are limited to VCR style buttons – those were probably in vogue 20 years ago! Now times have changed, and fortunately you can tweak Action Buttons to create your own variants, as we will show you in this tutorial.

Create new Action Button variants with icons you source from your own collection, or from elsewhere PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Action Buttons, Graphics, Hyperlinking, Icons, Microsoft Windows, Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Shapes, Tutorials, Visuals

Keyboard Shortcuts: PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Here’s the most comprehensive list of PowerPoint 2016 for Mac keyboard shortcuts that we know about — how many of these do you presently use? If you discover a shortcut key not listed here, please get in touch with us through our feedback form.

View the shortcuts here.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Keyboard Shortcuts, Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

Co-Authoring in Microsoft Sway

Once you have added an Author to an existing Sway, you will find that more than one Author can work on the same Sway, even if they are editing at the same time! In this tutorial, we will explore how this Co-Authoring option works.

Learn how you can use the Co-Authoring option in Microsoft Sway.

Filed Under: Sway
Tagged as: Authors, Online Presentations, Sway, Tutorials

Adding Authors in Microsoft Sway

Once you create a Sway, you can share it with others who can view your Sway. However, did you know that you can also share your Sway with others and also allow them to edit your Sway! Imagine that you could create a Sway that you share with several others and provide them with edit access. They could then add more content, such as text, pictures, or anything else. This approach makes Sway a very powerful media sharing and editing platform. In this tutorial, we will explore how you can share and invite others to edit your Sway.

Explore how to add Authors to your presentation in Microsoft Sway.

Filed Under: Sway
Tagged as: Authors, Sway, Tutorials