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6 Steps to Creating Buttons in PowerPoint

June 04, 2013 by in PowerPoint Tips

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The multiple formatting features in PowerPoint can be used to create great graphics.

3 ways to make objects equidistant in PowerPoint

April 22, 2013 by in PowerPoint Tips

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Any time you have 3 or more similar objects on a PowerPoint slide, you may want to make them equidistant.

Create a Poster with PowerPoint

March 18, 2013 by in PowerPoint Tips

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Stop using Microsoft Word to make posters, PowerPoint offers more graphic features and greater flexibility in placing your text and images.

Create PowerPoint charts that compare 2 types of data

February 19, 2013 by in PowerPoint Tips

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How to create PowerPoint charts that compare 2 very different types of data (2 Y-axes and 2 chart types).

Make PowerPoint Slides Pop with 3D

January 30, 2013 by in PowerPoint Tips

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You can make PowerPoint slides look 3-dimensional using several techniques:

Set up your PowerPoint show

January 08, 2013 by in PowerPoint Tips

animation techniques for PowerPoint

Recently, a reader asked me how to present without using any of the animation he had created. You can do that in the Set Up Show dialog box…

Animation techniques for stunning PowerPoint slides

December 19, 2012 by in PowerPoint Tips

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Presenters who use Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 or later have access to several rich animation features – features that, if used intelligently, can add tremendous impact to run-of-the-mill slides.

Try Microsoft Office 2013

December 10, 2012 by in PowerPoint Tips

Most of you have a version of Office that you installed on your computer. You know it as Office 2003, 2007, 2010 or (if you have a Mac) 2004, 2008, or 2011. Now, there’s a new number, 365.

8 Steps to Add Branding to Your PowerPoint Presentations

November 13, 2012 by in PowerPoint Tips

A website is branded. A printed brochure is branded. But all too often, presentations use any old colors — whether the default or anything else.

Put Your PowerPoint on AutoPilot

October 30, 2012 by in PowerPoint Tips

We usually think of PowerPoint as being used by a live presenter who stands in front of a live audience. But PowerPoint can be used in other ways:

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