PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Transparency for Shape Outlines

In PowerPoint you can set various attributes for shapes — adjusting Transparency for Shape Fills is one of such tasks. Similar to the shape fills, shape outlines such as solid lines and gradient lines also have transparency attribute. This attribute lets you reduce the opacity of the outline (also known as the border or line), so that the slide object or background behind shows through partially. Transparency is calculated in percentages and you can change its value all the way from 0 to 100%.

Learn how to apply transparency to Shape Outlines in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Outline, PowerPoint 2011, Shapes, Tutorials

Alternatives for Office Clip Art Gallery

Microsoft’s Office Clip Art Gallery, which was earlier known as Office Online is being shut down. This includes Microsoft’s Office.com Clip Art and image search service, and also the Clip Art task panes in Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. The question then is, so what should you do when Office Clip Art goes offline? Here are some possible answers, alternatives, and workarounds.

Explore alternatives for Microsoft’s discontinued Office Clip Art Gallery.

Filed Under: Clip Media
Tagged as: Clip Media, Graphics, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: January 27, 2015

We start with the last part of our Better PowerPoint Charts series — this time we explore what books you should read, and where you can reach out for help. We also look at a web app that lets you create Word Clouds you can use within PowerPoint. And you can explore options to add quizzes in Adobe Presenter. And then we bring you some tutorials on working with bulleted lists and shapes within PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

And 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

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Gradient Stops

After adding gradient fills to shapes you may want to make some changes to the gradient fill. Or, you may want to change the colors comprising your gradient outlines. To do so, you must be familiar with gradient stops. A gradient stop is the point where a new color is introduced within the gradient blend. Unlike PowerPoint versions on Windows, PowerPoint 2011 for Mac does not really use the term “gradient stop” – in fact no term is used and probably, this version just refers to these stops as ‘colors’. However, we will call them stops within this tutorial.

Learn how to make changes to gradients and make your own new gradients in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Fills, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes

It is easy to flip and rotate a picture on your slide. However this same flipping can be a little tricky when you use a Picture fill within a shape. That’s because you end up with a picture that does get flipped, but so does the shape. But what if we wanted to just flip the picture? How do you do that?

Learn how to flip and rotate picture fills for shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Pictures, PowerPoint 2013, Shapes, Tutorials