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Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Exit Effects for Animations

Now that we have explored both Entrance Effects and Emphasis Effects for animation in PowerPoint 2011, let us take a look at Exit Effects. Exit Effects determine how the animated slide object leaves the slide area. For example, the slide object can fade or fly out the screen area, or use any of the many other Exit Effects available within PowerPoint. Typical Exit animation effects are Disappear, in which an object just vanishes or Float Down, in which a slide object mimics the setting sun. You can also apply Exit animation effects to text objects so that words Spiral out of the slide. In all, there are 50 or more Exit animation effects that PowerPoint provides — however, make sure you use animation sparingly to emphasize rather than to distract.

Explore Exit Effects for animations in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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

Concept Slides: Four Segment Circle

This slide with four matrix-like segments within a circle can be used to illustrate an idea or a relationship – you can also rotate the entire concept graphic to place the segments differently. This graphic has been created using basic PowerPoint shapes — in this four segment circle included within the sample presentation you download, all segments are editable. We have included two separate slides – one of them contains segments with picture fills and the other one is just filled with a solid color. To use these slides in your presentation, just copy-paste them to your presentation, and later edit them as required.

Download and use this concept slide in your presentation.

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Tagged as: Graphics, PowerPoint, Presentation Samples

Indezine News: PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts

For all of you who work with PowerPoint too little or too much, there’s no debate about the fact that getting a task done quicker always results in great satisfaction. And getting your PowerPoint tasks done quicker is just one of the benefits you will gain by using keyboard shortcuts. Just the other day, someone in one of the several PowerPoint forums asked about a keyboard shortcut to get the Paste Special dialog in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows — and someone actually recommended that you hold the Alt and E keys at the same time, let them go and quickly press S. And that answer response was chosen as the best answer! Well, you could have just pressed Ctrl+Alt+V together and saved the trouble — and you would still see the Paste Special dialog box. This is just one instance — trust me there are PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts that are not documented on Microsoft’s own site or even in the program’s Help.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Trim Video Clips

PowerPoint 2010 enables you to insert video clips in your presentations, but many times the video clip inserted may be too long. Or maybe you just need to show part of the video clip, rather than wasting your audience’s time showing them the entire clip. Of course, PowerPoint 2010 has the Player Controls bar that allows you to scrub and play the clip from exactly where you want it to begin — but scrubbing a clip in front of an audience can appear unprofessional. Another alternative is to trim the video clip outside PowerPoint in a dedicated video program, and that would probably be the approach we would suggest if PowerPoint 2010 did not introduce a whole, new Trim Video option.

Learn how to Trim a video clip in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials, Video

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Emphasis Effects for Animations

Emphasis Effects are PowerPoint animations that determine how the slide object calls attention to itself while it is on-the-slide. Unlike Entrance and Exit animation effects that allow a slide object to enter or exit the slide area, slide objects with Emphasis animation effects are already within the slide area before they start animating, and continue remaining there even after they have finished animating. Typical Emphasis animation effects are Spin, in which an object spins 360 degrees (and more or less) on its own axis or Grow and Shrink, in which a slide object may increase or decrease its size. You can also apply Emphasis animation effects to text objects so that the fonts or the text colors change. In all, there are 50 or more Emphasis animation effects that PowerPoint provides — however, make sure you use animation only if it adds value to your presentation and helps you explain something better to your audience.

Explore Emphasis Effects for animations in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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