PowerPoint Tips

Pictures and videos can often make a PowerPoint presentation file too large. Here are some tips to compress PowerPoint images and media files and keep your file size in check. We recommend making a backup copy of your presentation before compressing it – any changes will be permanent when you save and close the new…

PowerPoint gives you many ways to flip (mirror and/or rotate) images, objects and text. You can use flipping for pragmatic, layout-related reasons, or as a “disruptive factor” to attract attention. This article talks you through how to flip in PowerPoint. Flip images in PowerPoint A PowerPoint presentation gets its oomph from the way it looks,…

A modern PowerPoint presentation design is what people want in 2022. Nobody wants boring slides anymore. Walls of text are also a thing of the past. Today, images are the go-to content carriers. Well-thought-out and effectively designed images pack a powerful punch. With PowerPoint’s huge range of options, you can add transparent images to your…

Lockdown? Canceled meeting? Thanks to PowerPoint’s voice-over option, you can still give a polished and professional presentation. The pandemic has changed the way we present. Thankfully, PowerPoint has made it easy to add audio clips to your presentation slides, enabling your audience to view the presentation as many times as they want, whenever they want….

Most PowerPoint (PPT) presentations are in 16:9 format, aka landscape orientation, which is great for presenting on most monitors and projectors. But there’s so much more you can do with your slide orientation. We’ll run through various options for choosing a different orientation for PowerPoint. From vertical to portrait to widescreen – you’ll learn how…

If you use Prezi, you’re used to spectacular zooms in your presentations. With just a few clicks, you can also create a PowerPoint zoom to navigate impressively through your presentation and open and close selected chapter slides. Zooming in PowerPoint is more than zooming in or out on a slide. The feature creates small thumbnails…

Editing a PowerPoint presentation is not without risk: new images or text can ruin the layout, new slides from external sources aren’t visually cohesive. And when it comes to color design, it’s incredibly difficult to accurately reconstruct the original color scheme from sight. To avoid these issues and a lot of headaches, consider using a…

A PowerPoint presentation is no longer just about pure text. Nowadays, fully written slides feel outdated while using pictures and other visual tools has become the norm. Mind maps have become extremely popular. A PowerPoint mind map is a tool frequently used in the business sector to visualize complex content.  It structures key content in…

Looking to wow your colleagues, boss or maybe your fellow students with your presentations? Then Microsoft PowerPoint is probably your go-to choice. Thanks to this program, you can breathe new life into even the driest topics and guarantee your audience an entertaining presentation. One really handy PowerPoint feature is its language settings and built-in spell…

Earlier this year Microsoft announced PowerPoint Live, bringing live, online presentations to the general public. Initially developed for face-to-face meetings, this feature has been enthusiastically anticipated by PowerPoint users in both corporate and educational settings. It’s a feature that will revolutionize the presentation experience in conference rooms, lecture halls, employee events and community centers. This…