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Circulate is a new PowerPoint add-in that quickly arranges shapes, pictures, and text into circular and semi-circular paths. You can play around with different path options to create complex patterns, motifs, logos, spirographs, etc. All put together, this does look like a fun add-in that can be very useful at the same time. To use Circulate, you will need PowerPoint 2007 or later versions on Windows.
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The main purpose of adding animation to any slide object is to draw the attention of the audience to some movement. Once you set an animation event, and set the speed of the animation, you may also want some sound to play along with the animation — one aspect that you should always remember is that although you can add sound to an animation, it is not always necessary to do so — we suggest you only add sound sparingly — and even then, you must make sure that the sound adds some value to the animation. In addition, it is important that you use the perfect sound type for any animation — using clapping or blasting sounds is very cliché.
Learn how to add sound effects to animations in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.
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Speak with E’s. Be a speaker of influence, not control or guilt. With the privilege of the platform comes the awesome responsibility of motivating and influencing your audience to feel/think/act differently.
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Adding text within any shape in PowerPoint 2011 is easy — do remember though that a few shapes such as Lines won’t allow you to add text. Select your inserted shape, and start typing. Anything you type shows up within the shape — remember that almost any shape in PowerPoint is essentially also a text box.
Learn how to insert and edit text within a shape in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
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Animation is a fine art that lets you illustrate a concept using movement. However there’s a thin dividing line between mere movement and utter confusion. Imagine a classroom where a teacher moves around the room explaining a concept — as he or she moves, the eye of the students follows him or her. There is a clear focus in the room, and the subject of that focus is the teacher. Now imagine another situation where the teacher and all the students in the room start moving in disparate directions just for the sake of movement — at this point of time, the movement has given way to chaos. The distinction between movement and chaos works similarly on PowerPoint slides — at any point of time, movement needs to have focus and direction, and more importantly, a reason to move!
Learn to build and sequence animations in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.
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