PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Working with RGB Colors in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Let us assume that someone has provided you with an RGB value for a color, and has asked you to add a rectangle of that color to a slide. Then how do you proceed? Before proceeding, make sure you know what RGB colors are, and specifically what the three values: R, G, and B indicate. Once you have these R, G, and B values, you can easily apply that color within PowerPoint. For now, let us imagine that you have the following RGB color values that you need to fill your rectangle with. Follow the steps to learn how to add a rectangle of the color.

Learn about how to work with RGB Colors in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Color, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Rehearse Slides

Once you create your presentation slides, and you are happy with the results, it’s time to practice your delivery, your timing, and your pace. More importantly, it is time to be comfortable with your slides. Nothing can help you better than PowerPoint’s powerful Rehearse Timings feature that we will explore within this tutorial.

Explore the Rehearse Timings feature in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Apply Fills to Plot Area of Charts

In a chart, the Plot Area is the backdrop upon which other chart elements such as Data Series and Gridlines are placed. This layer has axes on its perimeter. By default, the Plot Area has no fill attributes, and is transparent. This may look plain, and that by itself is no reason to change the fill of the Plot Area. However, there are times when the slide background itself is busy — and adding a different fill to the Plot Area can then make the chart appear more clear.

Learn how to apply fills to the Plot Area of a chart in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Charting, Fills, PowerPoint 2013, Tutorials

Analog Storyboards

These days we are cocooned in a virtual world, a world where our minds are encircled by new touch devices of all sorts. So does touch translate to some texture? Some grain? No, not at all. In today’s world, touch means glass, metal, or plastic—and all of them have flat, non-textured, and non-grainy surfaces. Other senses such as sound are absent too. There’s no scribble of the pencil or the sound of paper being torn or turned.

Learn why we humans are more in tune with analog storyboards rather than electronic ones.

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Tagged as: Opinion, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills, Storyboarding

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Creating Curved Shapes

In PowerPoint, you are provided with an extensive array of built-in shapes that help you create great looking graphics for your slides. PowerPoint shapes can be manipulated by dragging their diamond handles and also by combining them — but at times, you may not achieve the exact appearance you want. For instance, you might want a little curve in your shape edges rather than conventional straight lines. PowerPoint does allow you to tweak and make the shape on your slide look more organic than geometric curved lines, as explained in the following steps.

Learn how to create curved shapes in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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