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PowerPoint and Presenting News: April 7, 2015

You hear this every time — don’t use pictures of handshakes or globes because they are so clichéd! But did the same person tell you what you can use instead? Really — if there are no solutions, then why state the problem? Or even better, we bring you solutions that will help you overcoming clichés. We then teach you how you can add glossy highlights to objects in PowerPoint so that it looks like there’s a reflection falling on them — the results can look realistic. We review Prezi’s new Nutshell app, and also bring you an exclusive interview with Anat Richter of emaze, who speaks about a $10,000 winner for a pitch slides contest. PowerPoint 2013 users can learn about all sorts of Indent markers that influence how your paragraphs get positioned as a bulleted list. You can also learn about text, Sections, and a missing Mini Toolbar! PowerPoint 2010 for Windows users can learn about Custom Slide Shows and Sections. And don’t miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Set as Default Text Box

Imagine this scenario: you place a text box on your slide — then you change the color of the font, reduce or increase the font size, set autofit options, tweak the margins, etc. At this point of time you are happy with your settings. Then you add another text box in the next slide — and you realize that this new text box needs to look the same as the text box you created earlier! No — you do not have to change all settings again — there are two ways of making the new text box possess the same settings as the older one.

Learn how to set a formatted text box as your default text box in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Understanding Clip Art Search Results

In our previous tutorial we showed you how you can insert pictures from the Clip Art Task Pane. In this tutorial we’ll explore Clip Art search results. When you choose a picture within the Clip Art Task Pane and hover you cursor over you chosen picture, you bring up a Down Arrow button Along with this Down Arrow button, you also see a tool tip — the details shown in this tool tip give you basic info about the chosen picture.

Explore the Clip Art search results in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Insert Pictures From the Clip Art Pane

If you already have pictures that you want to add within your slides, you can just insert them quite easily. However, many times we just have an idea of the type of picture we want to insert — but we still do not have the actual pictures! And that’s when PowerPoint’s Clip Art task pane can help you — not only does it allow you to search and insert pictures and illustrations, but it also provides videos and sounds — all of these can easily be inserted in your presentation. To learn more, follow these steps.

Learn how to insert a pictures into PowerPoint 2010 from the Clip Art task pane.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Internal Margin Options

Internal margins are relevant to all the three types of text containers in PowerPoint — these three containers are text boxes, text placeholders, and shapes that contain text. Internal margins control the amount of blank space between the perimeter (edge) and the actual text within the text container. Although these margins are similar to the margins of pages in a word-processing document like Microsoft Word, there is a significant difference. Each text container has its own individual margins set, and you can have entirely different margins for different text containers, even if they reside on the same slide.

Learn about setting internal margins for text boxes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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