PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 4, 2022

We bring you two detailed tutorials on using the Morph transition in PowerPoint. We look at creating morph effects with curved shapes, and also how you can use exclamation-named objects to end up with accurate morphs. Both tutorials include videos and sample files you can download.

We feature Kartik Sundar, who discusses Slide Finder, a free slide management tool. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Presentation Summit 2022: Conversation with Lori Chollar

      Lori Chollar is co-founder and CEO of TLC Creative Services, Inc. a design studio focusing on presentations, and live and virtual events. Her multi-faceted design background includes traditional graphic and print design, apparel and tattoo design (the temporary kind!), and a full range of presentation, template, and multimedia design.

Building from a formal degree in graphic design to a thriving freelance business, her company with her husband Troy, has grown into a successful corporate design studio. Lori is passionate about good design and good business. Some of her favorite pastimes include critiquing letter spacing and punctuation on public signage, painting and creating in her new craft room (recent empty nester), and enjoying quiet moments on a tropical island.

In this conversation, Lori talks about her participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2022, being held on location in San Diego, CA, and virtually this year from October 9 to 12, 2022.

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Filed Under: Events
Tagged as: Events, Interviews, Lori Chollar, Presentation Summit

PowerPoint and Presenting News: September 27, 2022

We begin with a tutorial about the use of PowerPoint’s Morph transition to highlight parts of an image. This feature includes a video tutorial and you can also download the sample file and follow these steps on your own. We exclusively feature celebrated author, Carmine Gallo, who has authored a new book on Jeff Bezos, the chief at Amazon. In this interview, Carmine shares why he wrote this book and how the ideas explained in the book can help you.

Michael Keller of iSpring is again exclusively featured and talks about the new iSpring Suite 11 eLearning platform. Finally, Stephen Milley, Group Manager – Professional Imaging & Visual Systems Sales for Panasonic Connect of North America (PCONA) looks at Panasonic’s offerings for the AV ecosystem. He also talks about Panasonic’s sponsorship of the upcoming Presentation Summit in San Diego in early October. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Slide Finder: Conversation with Kartik Sundar

    Kartik Sundar is focused on helping PowerPoint users improve their productivity. As a former corporate strategy and management consultant, Kartik has firsthand knowledge of consulting, sales, and marketing workflows. In addition, he understands the process of building insightful business presentations. Kartik has leveraged this background as a co-founder at Aploris GmbH, a software firm that builds PowerPoint-focused productivity tools including Slide Finder and TeamSlide.

In this conversation, Kartik talks about Slide Finder.

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Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Add-in, Digital Asset Management, Interviews, Kartik Sundar, Slide Management, TeamSlide

Using Morph to Highlight Parts of an Image in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

Have you used a large picture in your PowerPoint presentation that covers the entire slide area, and you now want to highlight some parts of the image more than others? Maybe, you have a picture of a lavish food spread at your restaurant, and you want to highlight individual dishes? Or do you have a plant nursery, and you want to focus on some unique plants?

Learn to highlight different parts of an image using the Morph transition effect in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 365
Tagged as: Microsoft 365, Morph, PowerPoint 365, Transitions, Tutorials