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At one extreme is a presentation that is bereft of any visual content, and the other extreme is a set of slides that have all visuals and almost no text. Yes, we do live in a world of extremes! We are not advocating which is a better approach, but contemporary presenters almost always make sure that they include many visuals on their slides. The adage, a picture is worth a thousand words is popular, and yet the truth of that statement may not hold good in at least one scenario, and that is all about where the visuals originated?
Learn about picture copyrights, and why you should respect them.
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Clip Media
Tagged as: Copyrights, Graphics, Images, Pictures, Visuals
The Slides/Outline pane in PowerPoint 2011 has already been introduced in a previous tutorial — this page builds on it, and explores the various outline options available in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. This pane looks and works almost the same as it does in previous versions of PowerPoint for Mac — the Slides/Outline pane is normally placed on the left side of the interface.
Learn about the basic Outline Pane options in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 2011
Tagged as: Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials
If you like to use many pictures in your PowerPoint presentations, then you’ll be glad to know that PowerPoint can import pictures in several formats – from the ubiquitous JPG to the ancient BMP. Whichever file format you use, importing tens or even hundreds of pictures into consecutive PowerPoint slides can be a chore – fortunately, the awesome Photo Album feature makes this task a simple affair. Follow these steps to create a Photo Album in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
Learn how to create a photo album in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
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PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Photography, Photos, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials
There may be circumstances when you want to compare two or more presentations side by side. In this tutorial you are going to learn how you can place presentations side by side and compare individual slides — this is not a comprehensive compare option, but it does allow you to compare the slides.
Learn to compare presentation slides in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 2011
Tagged as: Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials
Once you have inserted an organization chart (org chart) within PowerPoint 2010, you might need to change the layout of the org chart. The “layout” means how the subordinate levels in the hierarchy branch out from top to bottom — probably you want all subordinates flushed to the left, hanging to the right, or distributed evenly across a horizontal plane.
Learn how to change the layout of your organization chart in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
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PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Org Chart, PowerPoint 2010, SmartArt, Tutorials
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