PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

The Shapes gallery in PowerPoint consists of various shapes, both open and closed. Most of the shapes in this gallery are closed shapes (rectangle, ellipse, and triangle are some of the closed shapes). There are also a few open shapes such as the straight point to point line. Some other tools let you create both open and closed shapes — these are the Freeform Line, Curve, and Scribble tools. In addition, you can convert any closed shape into an open shape and vice versa, as you will learn in this tutorial.

Learn how you can open and close paths for shapes in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Shapes, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Change the Default Template or Theme

When launched, you will notice that PowerPoint opens with an empty presentation of just one slide. Typically, you will find placeholders for the slide’s title and subtitle here. Any text you type within these placeholders shows up in black over a white slide background. This is the default look that PowerPoint provides — but you don’t have to use this default look all the time. You can change this look to something else — for example, do you want to use your custom PowerPoint template or Theme as the default? Or even any of the other templates / Themes built within PowerPoint.

Learn how to change the default template or Theme in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, Templates, Themes, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: April 8, 2014

Let’s start with a conversation with Dr. Pooja Jaisingh who discusses Adobe Presenter 9, probably one of the best PowerPoint add-ins ever. We then bring you a thought-provoking post by Jim Endicott, an award‐winning columnist. Jim wonders if it makes any difference whether you use PowerPoint or Keynote when your message has no communication.

PowerPoint 2013 for Windows users can learn about adding and deleting points to drawings you create within PowerPoint. We also explore shading and effects for tables, and funnily enough, we discovered that there was no easy way to determine if you had Office 2013 SP1 installed! So, we found a way to determine just that. PowerPoint 2011 for Mac users can learn that there are ways in which you can make your chart Plot Area look different. And PowerPoint 2003 users will learn about preserving Slide Masters.

And finally, do not miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Apply Gradient Fills to Plot Area of Charts

There are various fills that you can apply to the Plot Area of a chart, such as a solid color, a picture, a texture, or a pattern, or a gradient fill. Gradient fills are typically blended fills between two or more colors that graduate from one color to another — and if you use neutral or muted colors, then a gradient fill can provide a great, understated backdrop for your chart. In this tutorial, let us learn how to apply a gradient fill to the Plot Area of a chart.

Learn how to apply gradient fills to the Plot Area of a chart in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Display Theme Name in Status Bar

Both PowerPoint 2010 and PowerPoint 2007 show the name of the active Theme for a presentation within the Status Bar. Now, look for a similar option within the PowerPoint 2013 interface. Note that there is no Theme name displayed on the Status Bar. However you can reinstate the Theme name, as explained in this tutorial.

Learn how to display and identify the active Theme name PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Themes, Tutorials