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The default look of SmartArt graphics works great, and you may not want to change a thing! Yet, it’s good to know that you can change your SmartArt graphics to other layouts, change the color of SmartArt graphics, or apply a SmartArt Style to make your SmartArt graphic appear distinct and unique. You can also change the actual shapes within a SmartArt graphic — for instance you can change some circles in your SmartArt graphic to squares with a mere click or two!
Learn how to change shapes within a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
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All shapes arranged with geometric precision – this can look very organized but also robotic and unnatural. What if you could make all these straight shapes look curved – almost as if they are hand-drawn? Won’t that look more organic? If you agree, then you will certainly love this new series of irregular shapes for PowerPoint. Perfect shapes and boxes everywhere, all neatly lined up! Yes, such arrangements look clean, but also monotonous! What if you could make all these shapes curved, slanted, and natural looking – they are hand-drawn? Won’t that look more organic? If you agree, then you will certainly love these new irregular shapes for PowerPoint.
Download and use these shapes in your slides.
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After you create custom slide shows, you will want to present them to your audience. Yes, you could 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 then we will also show you how you can set any custom show as the default — 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 2013 for Windows.
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Ellen Finkelstein is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, a recognized expert, speaker, trainer, and best-selling author on PowerPoint, presentation skills, and AutoCAD. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines, newsletters, and blogs. She just announced the 2014 incarnation of Outstanding Presentations Workshop, her webinar series that allows everyone to learn from renowned presentation experts.
In this conversation, Ellen talks more about this new webinar series.
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Sometimes, when you draw a line in PowerPoint that is slanted or sloped, you may thereafter want to know the length of your line. Believe it or not, there is no option to do this within the program. Unless you go and revisit your school geometry class!
Learn how to find out the length of a slanted (diagonal) line in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
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