Voice over audio—a piece of narration not accompanied by an image of the speaker—can be a very effective tool in your presentation. It can allow an audience to hear your presentation when you’re not there to give it, and can even turn your PowerPoint into a simple, yet effective, animated video. In PowerPoint 2013, 2016, […]
It happens to the best of us. Despite preparations–testing equipment, rehearsing in the space–technology can let you down right in the middle of a presentation. How do you handle these unforeseeable hiccups? Watch how a presenter at one of the most prestigious speaking events deals with this all-too-common issue. Well… maybe it wasn’t so unforeseen […]
Here’s a quick and easy way to insert screenshots onto your PowerPoint 2010 slide: On the Insert tab, select Screenshot. The Available Windows panel opens, showing thumbnails of all the application windows currently open on your desktop. Select one of the thumbnails to insert a screenshot on the slide. Large screenshots automatically scale to fit within […]
Version control may not sound like a big problem, but here’s a typical scenario that can drive budgets up quickly. The client sends the designers a file. The design team assumes they have the final file and no one is still working on slides. Unbeknownst to the designers, the client has one or more people […]
If you’ve created a PowerPoint 2010 template, make sure it’s saved correctly so that you can access the template without accidentally overwriting or altering it. Here’s how: Open the template (the .potx file) in PowerPoint 2010. Click File and then click Save As. In Save as type, select PowerPoint Template (*.potx) if it is not already […]
1. Follow a standard subject line protocol in all emails involving the project. Project number and client name – description EXAMPLE: 12-0000 Big Hot Co. – Event keynote sample slides 2. Use a consistent name for the project. Too many times, clients have varying nicknames or acronyms for projects and we can’t tell if it’s a new […]
When Microsoft introduced PowerPoint 2007, we found a whole new look and feel. The new menu bar was virtually unrecognizable. Though not as drastic a change from 2007, PowerPoint 2010 nevertheless has a new look. That combined with added functionality delivers both positive and negative results. The positives: PowerPoint files created in PowerPoint 2010 may […]
The Selection and Visibility Pane is an extremely useful feature in PowerPoint 2007/2010. So useful, in fact, that you may wonder how you ever worked without it. The Selection Pane keeps track of everything on the slide in a task pane on the right side of the desktop. View the Selection Pane: On the Home […]
We are occasionally asked to turn presentation graphics into printed posters, white papers, newsletters, and so on. If you think you’ll need high-quality print output from slides, it’s best to let us know in advance. Here’s why: Presentation graphics do not need to have anywhere near the same resolution as high-end print graphics—they only need […]
Flash is a great multimedia tool. Here are some of the advantages: Fairly easy to create Files are small Great for the Web Can be used in PowerPoint (walk-in, intro, breaks, closing) Can be used on a laptop (as a product demo, ROI calculator, a full presentation, to name a few) Far cheaper than video […]