Pictures in a slideshow are usually an important part of making the presentation look good. A bunch of text on slides, regardless of how compelling, can be difficult on your audience. But pictures in the backgrounds can overwhelm the content in the foreground, and you might discover that you need to remove some of those … Read more
If you’ve ever seen a Powerpoint presentation at a trade show or a retail store you might have noticed that it seemed to be on an endless repeat. This isn’t happening because the presentation creator simply manually repeated the slideshow in their file. They have likely enabled a setting to let this happen. You can … Read more
The slideshow format that is used for Powerpoint presentations is ideal for giving presentations to a group. But occasionally you may need to present that information in a different way, or you need to make it accessible to people that need to view it in a different environment. Showing a video is a comparable alternative … Read more
Many of the productivity applications that you use every day include some elements that you might want to hide. In Microsoft Excel, you can hide rows, columns, or entire worksheets. In Microsoft Word, you can hide words, paragraphs, or entire pages. You can even hide slides in a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation. But if you have … Read more
While it’s likely that you have used the spell check in Powerpoint to check spelling on your slides and in your text boxes, you may want to check for more than just spelling errors. Fortunately you can also check for grammar errors by enabling an option found on the Powerpoint Options window. Spell check is … Read more
Microsoft Office products are often configured for your current geographic location. This can mean default paper sizes, or margins on your document. But much like you might need to switch between centimeters and inches for Word margins, you may need to change the size of your slides in Powerpoint. While Microsoft Powerpoint is easier to … Read more
Powerpoint has a lot of different options for adding elements to a slideshow but some of them, like making curved text in Powerpoint, can be a little tough to find. The visual nature of a Powerpoint presentation typically means that the aesthetics of your slide elements are an important coontributor to how much your audience … Read more
Powerpoint slides are in the landscape, or horizontal, orientation by default. But you may have a presentation that would be better if it were in the portrait orientation, so you may be wondering how to make a Powerpoint slide vertical. Our tutorial below is going to show you how to switch your presentation so that … Read more
While the content that you include on the slides in your Powerpoint presentation will often vary from slide to slide, there might be information or page elements that you would like to include on every slide. Whether this is your name, your company name, or the title of the presentation, it can be helpful to … Read more
Occasionally you may find yourself creating a Powerpoint presentation that includes a section that is meant to teach people how to use a tool or program on their computer. One of the best ways to do this typically involves the use of screenshots. You may be familiar with taking screenshots on your computer, but there … Read more