PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Import Content into Sway

In a previous tutorial, we looked at how you can create new Sway. Other than creating new Sways from scratch, you can also use your existing content by importing them into Sway. As of now, Sway allows you to import PowerPoint, PDF, and Word files. Once you import these files into Sway, the content in those files no longer works like how it did within the original format. However, that’s precisely what you want to happen because you can hereafter add and edit the imported content within Sway. In this tutorial, we’ll explore how you can import an existing PowerPoint file into Sway.

Learn how to import content into Sway.

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Tagged as: Docs.com, PowerPoint for the Web, Sway, Tutorials

Presentation Summit 2015: Conversation with Sandra Johnson

     PowerPoint MVP, Sandra Johnson helps presenters PowerPoint. Responsibly. Sandra has owned her presentation design business, Presentation Wiz, Inc., since 2001. As a certified Woman-owned Business Enterprise, she works with individuals and corporations across the globe to ensure that they PowerPoint. Responsibly. Sandy strives each day to challenge her clients’ preconceived notions about what they think PowerPoint can and cannot do for them. Doing so, elevates their materials and presentations, essentially transforming their personal or corporate brand to a level never before achieved.

In this conversation, Sandra discusses her session at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2015 series.

Geetesh: Sandy, you are doing a session this year at the Presentation Summit called Click Here, Go There: Navigate your slides like a website. Can you tell us more about this session, and what takeaways can the audience expect?

Sandra: This session is about creating interactive presentations. What does that mean?

Well, a well-designed website allows users to easily find the most relevant information when needed, creating a customized experience for each visitor. The same goes for a PowerPoint presentation that leverages Custom Shows and Action Settings, allowing presenters to deliver content on demand, depending on their varying audiences’ needs.

My session will cover the following steps to creating an interactive presentation:

• Organize your slides and content to prepare for building an interactive presentation
• Use Tool Tips to guide users through navigation
• Create hyperlinks using PowerPoint Action Settings to access on-demand/hidden content
• Build Custom Shows to store on demand/hidden content

I started using this technique to encourage my clients to put less content on their slides. I found that they felt more comfortable knowing they could access additional content – with a click of a button – if they needed it.

Geetesh: You’ve been part of the Presentation Summit before — can you share your thoughts about how new attendees and repeat visitors can benefit even more from this event?

Sandra: I originally participated in the Presentation Summit as an attendee. I tell the story of how the information I received in the first 10 minutes of a presentation given by Kathy Jacobs, a PowerPoint MVP at the time, paid for my entire investment in the conference. Because you’re among the best and brightest in the presentation industry, you’ll have access to key insights into presentation design, building, and delivering – whether you’re a first-time or repeat attendee.

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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Tagged as: Interviews, PowerPoint, Presentation Summit, Sandra Johnson

Create a New Sway

Once you sign into your Sway account, you can create Sways! Yes, the program and the files it creates are both called Sway. So what do you need to create Sways? You can either use the content from your local device, or any content from internet sources such as Bing, OneDrive, YouTube, and Facebook. These created Sways can be shared later as interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more.

Explore how to create a new Sway presentation or document in Microsoft Sway.

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

PowerPoint and Presenting News: September 1, 2015

We start with an exclusive conversation with Ben Decker and Kelly Decker. Their new book, Communicate to Influence: How to Inspire Your Audience to Action, shares real-world stories and tips from the C-Suite that apply to us all. In this conversation, they discuss their book.

We continue our tutorial series on Docs.com, Microsoft’s file sharing, curating, and document-viewing website. Finally, don’t miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Sign into Microsoft Sway

Before you start working with Sway to create your own digital presentations, reports, or documents, you must first sign in using your Microsoft account. A Microsoft account contains credentials you use to sign into any of Microsoft’s services such as Hotmail, Outlook, XBox, Live, Zune, etc. In this tutorial, we explain how you can sign into Sway.

Learn how to sign into Microsoft Sway.

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