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Laszlo Diewald has been working as a consultant for more than 10 years now. He started his career as an employee right after his study at the Technical University of Munich. Shortly after, he decided to become self-employed as a freelance consultant. In 2017, he founded his own consultancy, with a focus on large scale projects in the financial sector. In parallel, he started working on presentaid, which was finally launched in April 2022.
In this conversation, Laszlo talks about presentaid’s new Design Checker option.
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This issue has a quiet theme running through it: intention before action. Gavin McMahon’s Story Business interview argues that good communication starts with the audience, not with slides. Ramgopal’s Presentation Process AI Club is built on the same belief: clarity comes from thinking, not from generating. And the tutorial on adding guides in PowerPoint 365 is about exactly that, placing every element where it belongs, on purpose. Whether you are crafting a story, structuring an argument, or laying out a slide, this issue is about doing it with a plan.
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Have you watched an expert tailor at work? They start by marking the pattern on the fabric. They don’t just slap down one chalk mark on the fabric and call it a day. There’s one chalk mark for the hem, another for the waist, and yet another for the sleeve length. Every single mark earns its place on that fabric. PowerPoint hands you the design equivalent of that very first chalk mark: one horizontal guide, one vertical guide, crossing politely at dead center of your slide. That works well for simple layouts, but more complex designs call for a more complete guide structure. Just like the tailor who can add chalk marks as needed, you can add more guides to create a proper visual structure for your slides.
Learn how to add more guides in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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Ramgopal M. S. is the founder of Presentation Process and author of Clear Slides. Over the past 20 years, he has helped millions of professionals communicate complex ideas through clear, engaging presentations. His YouTube channel has over 560,000 subscribers, where he shares practical PowerPoint and presentation design techniques.
In this conversation, Ramgopal discusses the Presentation Process AI Club initiative.
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Gavin McMahon is a founder and Chief Content Officer for fassforward consulting group. He leads the design and product development of fassforward’s services. This crosses diverse topics, including Leadership, culture, decision-making, information design, storytelling, and learning design.
In this interview, Gavin talks about his new book, Story Business.
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