PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Animated Slides: Background Ovals

This presentation contains two slides –- each slide has two oval shapes that contain a slide background fill. Once animated, the background section that shows through in the ovals continues to move within the slide area creating a very different animation effect. Simultaneously, the rest of the background fades out so that the area within the ovals is highlighted. The background picture was sourced from Microsoft’s Office.com site.

Download and use this slide for your own presentations.

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

Learn PowerPoint 2010: Opening WRM Protected Files

In previous tutorials you have learned to sign up for Windows Rights Management (WRM), use WRM to set permissions for other users, and how you can set advanced WRM permissions. However, these scenarios only work for those who create and distribute WRM protected files — how you use WRM if you are a recipient of a protected file is something that we will explore in this tutorial. You will learn how to open a WRM protected file as a permitted user.

Learn how to open Windows Rights Management protected files in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, Security, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Formatting Connectors

After you explore connectors, you may believe that they are indeed different from mere lines in certain ways because they are linked to the shapes or slide objects they connect with. Move the object linked to any connector, and the connector itself repositions itself to adjust to the new position of the object. However, when you explore formatting options for connectors, you will discover that they work just like conventional PowerPoint lines. You can add arrowheads to your connectors (or remove them), make your connector a dashed line rather than an undashed one, and also change the thickness of the connector in the same way as you do for lines.

Learn how to format connectors in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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

Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words?

By Geetesh Bajaj

A picture is worth a thousand words.

We’ve all heard this saying a thousand times and more. However, just because we heard it so many times, does not make it a norm. Frankly speaking, this observation may not even be true all the time! So what are those scenarios when this is not true?

Is a picture really worth a thousand words?

Here are nine such scenarios, along with ideas that will help you make sure that your pictures are certainly worth a thousand words.

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Filed Under: Thoughts
Tagged as: Copyrights, Design, Graphics, Pictures, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills, Visuals

Learn PowerPoint 2010: Advanced WRM Permissions

You have learned to sign up for Windows Rights Management (WRM) in a previous tutorial. Once you are signed up, you can provide permissions using WRM from within PowerPoint 2010. In this tutorial you will learn how to revoke permissions, add new permissions, and also create custom permission levels. For any of the permissions to work, users need to be connected online so that the WRM servers can be accessed for authentication. So, make sure you are connected online, and thereafter follow these steps.

Learn about advanced Windows Rights Management permissions in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, Security, Tutorials