PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Indent Markers for Bulleted and Numbered Lists

Have you pulled your hair trying to adjust spacing before and after bulleted and numbered lists in PowerPoint? And if you have been valiant enough to try, did you succeed? And even if you succeeded to some extent, were you satisfied — or did you want more control? This is at least one of those scenarios where we can tell you that PowerPoint has all the options you are looking for — but where exactly you will tweak these options is not intuitive at all! Read on to learn more — some part of this tutorial can be a little technical — but we’ll try to explain with use of plain English terms and several visuals.

Learn about the Indent Markers that influence the positioning and spacing of bulleted and numbered paragraphs in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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

PowerPoint Concept Slides: Five Petals Circle

These Five Petals Circle graphics are part of our Petal Circles series that add stylized tips to your circle shapes. These two tip styles: Rounded and Pointed make your circles look different from conventional segmented circle graphics. They also break the monotony of text heavy slides, and help you explain concepts better to your audiences. Using these circle shapes also convinces your audiences that you care enough about them to make the slides look appealing and comprehensible. What’s more, these shapes are also so much fun to use!

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

Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Reset, Export, and Import QAT Customizations

If you have a bunch of commands that you use frequently, you may want to keep them more accessible within PowerPoint 2013 by customizing your Quick Access Toolbar — you populate the QAT with commands you use often. Over a period of time, these customizations may become a valuable asset you want to save or share — let us explore these scenarios.

Learn how to reset, export, and import QAT customization in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2013, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Format Walls and Floor of 3D Charts

When you place a chart on your slide that contains a Z-axis, you will notice that unlike conventional 2D charts, these charts have distinct walls and a floor. Also by default, these walls and floor show no fill or even a border (see chart in Figure 1) — the lines you see within the walls are gridlines, and not borders. If your slide background is a solid color like white or black, these defaults could work best for you — however you may want to play a bit with changing the fill or line attributes for the wall and floor elements. Do remember though that you should leave these elements in their default state unless you have a compelling reason to change them!

Learn how to format the walls and floor of a 3D chart in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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

Fade Effect for Audio Clips in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Insert an audio file within your PowerPoint slide, and you can play it either with a click, or set it to play automatically. Whichever option you choose, some files can sound loud and unexpected! Have you not experienced the sudden scare or shock when a shrill voice interrupts an almost silent environment? Rather than shake the soul of your audiences, you can use PowerPoint’s fade options to add a gradual increase to the volume of your audio files. PowerPoint provides both Fade In and Fade Out effects that you can add to the beginning and end of your audio clips. These fade options make your audio clips sound smoother and more subtle.

Learn to fade your audio clips in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Music, PowerPoint 2010, Sounds, Tutorials