PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Slide Area in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Many new changes have happened within PowerPoint 2016 and several other versions released in the past. However, one thing that has not changed in the last 20 years is PowerPoint’s tri-paned interface! So why is the interface called tri-paned — are there three distinct regions within the PowerPoint 2016 interface? Yes — the Slide area is one of three principal regions in PowerPoint 2016 — the other two are the Slides Pane and the Notes Pane.

Learn about the Slide Area in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Interface, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Slide Area, Tutorials, View

Removing Customizations from PCB Files in PowerPoint 2007

PowerPoint add-ins help in adding new capabilities that can polish your presentation in many ways. But when the time comes to uninstall these add-ins for whatsoever reason, you might be surprised to find their menu customizations still exist! Click those menu extensions and nothing may happen — but these menu options are still there! In another scenario, you may have customized your PowerPoint menus and toolbars to a large extent — and may now want to restore everything to a pristine state — almost like how the interface looked when you first installed PowerPoint.

Learn how to remove customizations from PowerPoint’s PCB files in PowerPoint 2007.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Office 2007, PCB, PowerPoint 2007, Tutorials

Change Aspect Ratio from Widescreen to Standard in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

In PowerPoint 2010, the default slide ratio is 4:3 (Standard). This can be a challenge, especially if you have been asked to create a presentation that has a 16:9 (Widescreen) ratio. Yes, you can easily change the ratio later but it is best to start creating the slide from the beginning in the slide aspect ratio that you need. Although PowerPoint 2010 lets you change the ratio later, the process is nowhere as intuitive as it is when you change the presentation aspect ratio from Widescreen to Standard in PowerPoint 2013. Still, let’s see how PowerPoint 2010 fares.

Learn how to change aspect ratio from widescreen to standard in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Aspect Ratio, Office 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Slide Size, Tutorials, Widescreen

Preview Pane in Sway

The Sway interface essentially is tri-paned. The first of the three panes typically shows content based on what you have selected from the toolbar – so you see the All Cards pane if you have selected Cards in the toolbar. The second pane is the Storyline, which is the editing environment for your Sways. Finally, the third area is the Preview pane.

Explore the Preview Pane in Sway.

Filed Under: Sway
Tagged as: PowerPoint for the Web, Sway, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: November 10, 2015

We start with an incredible offering. These are polka dotted sticky tapes in 10 colors! We then feature Simon Raybould who talks about his new book, Presentation Genius in an exclusive conversation. David Tang of Flevy then speaks about FlevyPro, an amazing subscription service for frameworks and diagrams that you can use on PowerPoint slides. Kartik Sundar then discusses TeamSlide, a content management solution that helps keep PowerPoint content at your fingertips.

We continue our tutorial series on Sway, another presentation tool from Microsoft. We also explore keyboard sequences in PowerPoint 2016. Finally, don’t miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

Filed Under: Ezine
Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint