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We begin by exploring a much-asked feature: how to link to specific Excel cells and ranges from within PowerPoint. We then feature Jerry Weissman, who looks at what you can do with your hands when presenting in front of an audience.
We then look at an unusual, animated effect in PowerPoint, complete with a video tutorial and a sample file that you can download. Learn how you create moving grunge text in PowerPoint. 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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Over the past three decades, the most frequently asked question I get is, What do I do with my hands?
The answer is to use your hands to illustrate your words. But that seemingly simple instruction can lead to overkill if you attempt to choreograph gestures. Choreography makes presenters feel like performers and worse, overloads them, as if asking them to pat their heads and rub their tummies at the same time.
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Ric Bretschneider spent 17 years working on the Microsoft PowerPoint team, building features you both love and fear. Along with his passion for software design, he has spent many years teaching users’ good presentation practices and fighting “Death by PowerPoint” through hard and soft skill building. He created the Microsoft PowerPoint Team blog, writing more entries there than any other individual blogger, and still writes on the subject today. A featured speaker at every Presentation Summit, Ric notoriously and accidentally created its popular “Late Night Guru Session,” where patrons learn PowerPoint secrets and talk presenting into the wee hours of the night.
In this conversation, Ric talks about his participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2023, being held on location in Monterey, CA this year from October 15 to 18, 2023, and virtually from November 5 to 8, 2023.
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This presentation accompanies a video tutorial. Look at the video and try creating this animation or something similar on your own. We are sure you will have fun. You can also download the animated presentation with moving text and grunge effects. You can edit and reuse these slides in your own presentations.
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Do you want to link to an Excel file from within your PowerPoint? Of course, you can use the technique explained within our Linking to Any File in PowerPoint tutorial. However, click on the link, and you will end up opening your Excel file at the last saved location. What if you always wanted your link to access a particular cell or a range of cells in Excel? This is possible, but you will rarely find this option documented at all.
Learn to link to a particular cell or range in Excel from within PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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