PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Drawing a CD or a DVD in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

Do you want to use PowerPoint to create a graphic of a CD — of course a CD looks a lot like a DVD or Blu-Ray disc as well! In this tutorial, you will learn how a slide program like PowerPoint can be used as a very capable drawing program. And creating a CD in PowerPoint 2013 is indeed a cakewalk!

Learn how to use default shapes to draw a CD or DVD in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Drawing, Graphics, PowerPoint 2013, Tutorials

Toggle Visibility of Table Borders in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

There are a number of ways to create a table in PowerPoint — from inserting them with a specified number of rows and columns, to something as intuitive as drawing your own table. Most of the tables you create using either of these two methods will show borders between individual cells. These borders make the segregation between cells obvious. Yet, at times you may not want to see the border altogether — probably for design reasons.

Learn how to toggle the visibility of table borders in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Tables, Tutorials

Cookie Cutter Shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

There is this video clip that Bruce Gabrielle posted on his blog, which shows how you can create a triangular table in PowerPoint by either creating a picture of the table itself (which makes the table non-editable) or by creating a picture of the table with just empty cells so that you can place a transparent table with figures or words over it. While both techniques are amazing, we wanted to use a process whereby not only is the table editable, but the ending shape need not be limited to just a triangle.

Learn how to make cookie cutter shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Design, Graphics, PowerPoint 2013, Shapes, Tables, Tutorials

Public Domain Pictures

Public Domain pictures, or anything within the public domain is content that you can freely use, and as the words indicate they belong to all mankind. But that’s just the simple, plain English description. There are certainly some other nuances of Public Domain content that you must be aware of, and it is also a great idea to attribute any Public Domain content you use.

Learn more about Public Domain pictures.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Graphics, Pictures

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Erase Table Borders

You can manually draw tables and then divide your tables into numerous rows, columns, and cells as we have already explored in our Draw Tables in PowerPoint 2013 tutorial. Similarly, PowerPoint allows you to erase segregations (borders) between cells and thus merge cells. Follow these steps to learn more.

Learn how to remove borders within a table cell in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Tables, Tutorials