PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Delete Shapes from an Existing SmartArt Graphic

After inserting a SmartArt graphic within PowerPoint (or converting some bulleted text to SmartArt), you can easily add more shapes to your SmartArt graphics with just a click or two. You can even delete shapes from any existing SmartArt graphic — follow these steps to learn how you can delete shapes from your SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint 2013.

Learn how to delete shapes from an existing SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, SmartArt, Tutorials

Slide Transition Effect Options in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Within PowerPoint, you can apply transitions to your slides and later tweak them aplenty. You can adjust the duration and timing of any transition, and even add a sound that will play while the slide transition happens. In addition, you can also play with some more options providing more control over the transition style applied to the slide — these are all placed in a single broad category called Effect Options. These Effect Options, as the very name indicates are related to the individual transition effects, and options may differ for each effect. Further, each transition effect may or may not provide Effect Options. These Effect Options enable you to have more control over the transition style applied to the slide.

Explore what slide transition effect options are in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Transitions, Tutorials

Avopress Designer: The Indezine Review

A Theme is an important part of your PowerPoint presentation, and to some extent it is also an important element that helps create the same consistent appearance within your Word documents and Excel sheets. Also, it is this Theme that persists in retaining your brand identity within your slides and other digital documents. And yet, Themes are a mystery to most users – and there’s no easy way to understand what is happening behind the scenes. Avopress Designer, the product we are reviewing today can help solve that mystery.

Learn how you can create and edit Microsoft Office Themes using Avopress Designer.

Filed Under: Add-ins
Tagged as: Add-in, PowerPoint

Adding Shapes to Existing SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Once you insert a SmartArt graphic within PowerPoint or convert some bulleted text to SmartArt, you may want to add more shapes to your SmartArt graphic. Fortunately, the SmartArt feature allows you to make these additions and later edit them too. You can add more shapes to your existing SmartArt graphics either from within the SmartArt graphic itself, or through the Text Pane. Note that adding a new shape to a SmartArt graphic entirely depends on the SmartArt variant that you are using. Some variants offer more options than the others.

Learn how you can add more shapes to existing SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Diagrams, Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, SmartArt, Tutorials

Inspiration is Not Afar

Sometimes, don’t all charts look the same? And then some pessimist may tell you that all of them look so uninspiring! That does sound a little cruel. But how can you and your charts look more motivated? And what can you do to be more inspired, and in turn create charts that inspire others?

Find ways to get inspiration to create better charts.

Filed Under: Charts and Diagrams
Tagged as: Charting, Design, PowerPoint, Tutorials