PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Create Jigsaw Shapes

PowerPoint’s Merge Shapes commands open new opportunities and possibilities for you. Typically, whenever we needed to create a jigsaw puzzle in PowerPoint, we would source the actual jigsaw shapes from Office.com or from one of the many stock image sites. However, the Merge Shapes commands make it so easy to create your own jigsaws with nothing more than a few shapes!

Learn how to create jigsaw shapes using Merge Shapes commands in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Graphics, PowerPoint 2013, Shapes, Tutorials

PowerPoint Animation: Ceiling Fan

How can you create a ceiling fan in PowerPoint and animate it to play? That was certainly an interesting challenge and actually quite easy to achieve in PowerPoint. You can download and reuse this slide for your own presentations.

Download and use these slides.

Filed Under: Presentation Bank
Tagged as: Animation, Graphics, PowerPoint, Presentation Samples

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Draw Tables

In PowerPoint, you can insert a table quickly by specifying your required number of rows and columns — that’s easy but there are other intuitive ways to create tables. Speaking about intuitive, what can be more intuitive than directly drawing a table on your PowerPoint slide almost like sketching with pen on paper?

Learn how to draw a Table in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2011
Tagged as: Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tables, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Merge Shapes with Pictures

PowerPoint 2013 really did take the Merge Shapes command to a whole new level. Not only can you merge shapes with other shapes and text, you can also merge shapes with pictures! First you may wonder what’s so awesome about merging shapes with pictures? But play a bit and you’ll realize that this opens up huge possibilities. We will start simple in this tutorial and explore how you can create cookie cutter shapes with this option.

Learn how to merge shapes with pictures in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2013
Tagged as: Graphics, Pictures, PowerPoint 2013, Shapes, Tutorials

Bar Charts in PowerPoint

A Bar chart maps data as a bar within a chart’s Plot area. A bar is essentially a rectangle that’s typically thin width-wise and long length-wise. In simple terms, a Bar chart is a Column chart that has been rotated 90 degrees! Data that is arranged in columns or rows on a worksheet can be plotted in a Bar chart. Bar charts illustrate comparisons among individual items. While Bar charts do not possess the utter simplicity of Column charts where a higher column indicates better results, they can be more suitable to present data in an almost timeline-like style.

Learn about Bar Charts, and how you can use them within PowerPoint.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Charting, PowerPoint