Picture vs Content Placeholders in PPT: Everything You Need to Know
Categories: Imagery, PowerPoint.
Category Archives: PowerPoint
Animated PPT Holiday Greetings from TLC Creative
Holiday greetings from my very talented friend’s presentation company…animated completely in PowerPoint. Yes, this is possible with PowerPoint!
Categories: Animation, PowerPoint.
Redesigning Sony’s Leaked Slides
When bad slides leak and become news, presentation designers can’t help themselves from redesigning them. And that’s a good thing.
My friends at SlideRabbit took on Sony’s recently leaked slides.
RIP Microsoft Clip Art
Microsoft has finally killed off Clip Art!
And take a listen to this NPR Interview with Cathy Belleville, one of the lead Clip Art designers.
Also, Mashable’s “15 Classic Pieces of Microsoft Clip Art We’ll Miss the Most.“
Categories: Design, PowerPoint.
Screenshot from the next PowerPoint
Courtesy of Business Insider, a screenshot and very minimal info on the next version of PowerPoint and Office.
My fear is that the new subscription models are giving software makers little to no incentive for significant new versions. So far this isn’t disproving that…
Categories: PowerPoint.
Big PowerPoint for iPad update
Microsoft has been listening and has just released a big update to the PowerPoint for iPad.
New features include presenter view and video support! Here’s the full list:
- Presenter View: View and edit speaker notes, see your next slide, or jump to other slides while presenting.
- Play Media: Play videos, sound effects, and background music while presenting.
- Insert Video: Insert videos from your Camera Roll.
- Picture Tools: Crop to focus on just the right part of the photo, or reset to undo your changes.
- Presenter Tools: Now you can erase highlights and drawings on your presentation.
- Send PDFs: Send PowerPoint files as PDFs.
- Hyperlinks: Add links to your presentation or edit existing ones.
- Fonts: Third-party fonts are now available in the Fonts menu.
Download it here.
Categories: iPad, PowerPoint.
Animated Gears in PowerPoint
If you’ve ever wanted animated gears in your presentation, InDezine.com has done the hard work for you. For just a few bucks, you can have cut and paste access to a wide variety of pre-made and pre-animated gears.
Download them here.
Categories: Animation, PowerPoint.
Interactive Infographics in PowerPoint
My awesome friends at SlideRabbit wrote up a really nice explanation of how they recently created an interactive infographic for a client all within PowerPoint. And if you don’t read the whole thing, you can’t whine and say, “But why would you do that in PowerPoint?” (Hint: It’s all about client editability…)
Mary Meeker Presentation Makeover
A lot of people (including clients of mine) took note of presentation designer Emiland De Cubber’s slide makeover of Mary Meeker’s deck profiled in Business Week.
It’s good. Take a look.
And a hat tip to IdeaTransplant’s great post on the makeover.
Whiteboard Animation in PowerPoint
Really nice whiteboard animation—created entirely in PowerPoint using native animation.
If you’re looking to add this to your presentations, PointMadeAnimation are your guys.
Categories: Animation, PowerPoint.
