This is the print version of this page. All content is copyright Indezine.com 2000-2026.
Thoughts and impressions of happenings in the world of PowerPoint and presentations, continuously updated since 2003.
See Also:
PowerPoint and Presenting Notes
PowerPoint and Presenting Glossary
Were you fascinated with paper planes as a child? Now you can fly them on your slides with our new Paper Plane graphics for PowerPoint! And you can also fly them up your charts, after you decide whether a Column or a Bar chart works best with your data? We then bring you two amazing interviews that have nothing to do with how you design your slides, but everything about how you communicate with your audience. Fred Miller discusses Elevator Speeches, and why these speeches need not be within an elevator, despite their name! And Nancy Ancowitz explains how introverts are different than extroverts while presenting, and not too different too! PowerPoint 2013 users can learn about all sorts of Indent markers that influence how your paragraphs get positioned as a bulleted list within PowerPoint? PowerPoint 2011 for Mac users can explore Viewing Sections and Tips for Custom Shows while PowerPoint 2010 for Windows users can learn about creating Custom Slide Shows. And 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
Comments Off on PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 31, 2015
When your text paragraphs comprise multiple bulleted levels, you can just use the defaults that PowerPoint provides – this takes care of all paragraph indentation issues. However, to have more control you have to use your own indentation values — this option makes your text look consistent and clear , as per your needs. Indent Markers visible on the Ruler are probably the easiest way to achieve such structured results. However, this method does not let you precisely position the indentation since you just drag and pull the Indent Markers rather than setting them up via an exact numerical value. Fortunately, you can also set indentation using set numerical values.
Learn how to set text indentation using numerical values in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Text, Tutorials
Comments Off on Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Set Text Indentation Using Numerical Values
Have you seen a glossy highlight that is overlaid on the screens of electronic devices such as tablets, laptops, screens, or even phones? You can see an example of this effect in the figure below. The tablet on the left has no such glossy highlight but the tablet on the right does! It’s easy to create this glossy highlight in PowerPoint. Even better, you can just create a shape that represents this glossy highlight, and then use it anywhere you want!
Learn how to add glossy highlights for shapes in PowerPoint.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Cool Stuff, Design, Graphics, PowerPoint, Shapes, Tutorials
Comments Off on Add Glossy Highlights for Shapes in PowerPoint
After creating Custom Slide Shows, you would like to view them or present them to your audience. Of course you can access the Custom Shows dialog box, and then select a show and then choose to play it — but that’s a long process indeed. In this tutorial, we will show how you can access the same Custom Show more easily. And, we will also show you how you can set any Custom Show as the default within a presentation — this means that when you actually play your presentation in Slide Show view, only the slides within the Custom Show you select will be shown!
Learn how to play custom slide shows in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Delivery, PowerPoint 2010, Slide Management, Tutorials
Comments Off on Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Playing Custom Shows
You have already explored how you can use the First Line Indent Marker and the Hanging Indent Marker to tweak bulleted paragraphs in PowerPoint 2013. By tweaking, we mean adjusting the spacing before and after the bullet character. The next and last of these indent markers on the Ruler is the Left Indent Marker — this acts like a lock on the First Line Indent Marker and the Hanging Indent Marker. Funnily enough, it is called the Left Indent Marker even though it is placed at right-most of the three markers!
Filed Under:
PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Text, Tutorials
Comments Off on Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Tweak Bulleted Paragraphs With Left Indent Marker
Microsoft and the Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.