PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Learn PowerPoint 2003: Changing AutoShape in PowerPoint

Once you place an AutoShape on a PowerPoint slide, you may format it by changing its fill or outline — or you may add animation to it. Later if you realize that you used a wrong AutoShape — maybe you used a star in place of a triangle, you may be tempted to delete the original AutoShape altogether and start from scratch by adding a new AutoShape, and change its fill and add animation to it. The good news is that you need not work so hard — you can change any existing AutoShape to another using these steps.

Learn how you can change an existing AutoShape to another in PowerPoint 2003 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2003, Shapes, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2003: Inserting AutoShape in PowerPoint

Several slide objects such as pictures, clip art, multimedia, and AutoShapes can be inserted into PowerPoint slides so as to help convey your message better – however most of these objects are inserted elements sourced from outside PowerPoint. AutoShapes differ since they are built right inside PowerPoint. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how you can insert an AutoShape into a PowerPoint slide.

Learn more about inserting AutoShapes in PowerPoint 2003 for Windows.

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Nancy Duarte and the Duarte Annual Pumpkin Contest

If it’s Halloween again, then it is the time of the year when Duarte does its annual pumpkin design contest. Over the years, I have voted for what I thought was the most original pumpkin makeover — and yes, these are not real pumpkins, just virtual ones.

The contest is now open for voting to everyone. You can just go and enjoy looking at all the pumpkins, in all their creative fearfulness! And then vote for the one you want to be the winner.

Who could be better than Nancy Duarte to talk about this contest. When asked about what she enjoys most about this contest, Nancy says:

I love the anticipation around the carving. We start getting e-mails in early October asking when the pumpkins will be done. The contest has been going for 15 years and each year as I’m working on mine I think, “for sure this time I’ll win” but I never have. So this year as I was working on my pumpkin I kept telling the poor thing that “I think you’re pretty but you’re not a winner” knowing that freakin’ brilliant pumpkins were being worked on at the same time.

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Tagged as: Contest, Design, Duarte Design, Halloween, Nancy Duarte

Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Outline Pane Options

The Slides/Outline pane in PowerPoint 2010 looks and works almost the same as it did in previous versions. Unfortunately, Microsoft took away the Outlining toolbar in PowerPoint 2007 and provided no replacement commands in any Ribbon tab — this state of affairs continues in PowerPoint 2010. Yes, this does mean that most of the outline tasks now have to be accessed through right-click options — and I’ll show you how you can do that.

Learn more about options within the Outline Pane in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Outline, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint

SmartArt graphics are essentially diagrams based on logic or relationships. First introduced with PowerPoint 2007, SmartArt has been improved in PowerPoint 2010 (and Office 2010). Using a combination of simple shapes and text, SmartArt can be more effective in expressing information than plain bulleted text.

Learn how you can add a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, SmartArt, Tutorials