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Finish quickly with selection shortcuts
I started working with a new client doing a series of 1-on-1 coaching sessions. In the first session, we were going over a slide and I needed to select 2 objects to move them together. Use the Shift...
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The wonderful Selection pane lets you easily hide objects, select them and...
A subscriber reminded me about the Selection pane and I realized that I don’t have a tip on it. The Selection pane is so useful, especially for complex editing and for animating slides, that I decided...
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Create professional-looking 3D effects with bevels
The single most effective way to add a professional look to shapes on a slide is to add a bevel. What’s a bevel, you may ask? A bevel is a 3D effect on the edge of a shape. The bevel makes the shape...
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Slides that pop! Using the 3rd dimension on a slide–Part II: 3D rotation
In this post, I explain in detail how to use 3D rotation. I start with PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010; then I explain where to find similar features in PowerPoint 2003. In Part I of this series,...
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Slides that pop! Using the 3rd dimension on a PowerPoint slide–Part III:...
In previous posts of this series, I’ve covered shadows as well as bevels and 3D rotation. In this last post of the series, I’m going to talk about how to make slides look 3-dimensional with collages...
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Congratulations to the winners of the summer 3D contest!
In my recent post, “Slides that pop! Using the 3rd dimension on a PowerPoint slide–Part III: Collages and 3D scenes,” I announced a contest to create a slide using 3D techniques in that post and the...
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Shortcut to complex shapes with SmartArt in PowerPoint 2007 and 2010
SmartArt is a great way to create diagrams, but you can also use them to create complex, custom graphics. SmartArt is available in PowerPoint 2007 and 2010. The secret is to use the SmartArt feature as...
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Space objects equidistant from each other
A common task is to space objects equidistant from each other. You might have a group of rectangles that make up a hyperlinked menu. Another common situation is a diagram with several boxes containing...
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3 ways to make objects equidistant in PowerPoint
Any time you have 3 or more similar objects on a slide, you may want to make them equidistant. PowerPoint offers 3 separate ways to create equidistant objects. 1. Duplicate, place, duplicate This...
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Use PowerPoint to create buttons for slides or a website
Buttons are graphics that you click to go to another location (perhaps another slide or another presentation), buy a product, subscribe to a newsletter, and so on. Most often, we think of buttons as...
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Reorder objects in the Selection pane in PowerPoint 2013
As you build a slide’s design, you may add a lot of objects to it. Complex animation may especially include many objects. Do you spend a lot of time reordering objects? By that I mean moving an object...
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How to top or bottom align slide titles
By default, most PowerPoint themes align slide titles midway between the top and the bottom of a text placeholder. I’m talking about vertical alignment, not the more common horizontal alignment, which...
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Slide design rules–what are yours?
Slide design can be very subjective but there are some rules that are objective. These rules ensure that your slide is easy to understand and remember. When you use these rules, you can create clear...
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Create a torn edge effect–with video tutorial
Sometimes you need to show part of an image. This is especially common when you’re showing a screenshot of a document or form. I can think of 2 reasons for this: The image is too big to show clearly on...
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7 quick fixes to your slides based on my experience with clients
I see lots of slides that clients create and then ask me to help them make over. There are some problems that I see over and over and I thought I’d tell you about them because avoiding these mistakes...
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Customize slide objects to the extreme
Do you want to take customization of slide objects to the extreme? You can customize slide objects in 2 big ways: Combine Shapes: You can add them together (Union), substract them, and more — combine,...
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Results of Extreme Shapes contest!
A few weeks ago, in my newsletter, I announced a contest based on my blog post, “Customize slide objects to the extreme.” With a great prize — the winner would get a choice of one of my two $97...
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Create a quick texture background
Starting with PowerPoint 2010, you can use Artistic Effects to create some cool effects for your pictures. You can convert a shape to an image and then apply an effect to that image. You can use the...
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Create your own graphics with bursts and stars
Do you need to create striking graphics for company newsletters, blog posts, posters, training materials, and so on? A nice way to do this is with one of the burst or star shapes. Here you see an...
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How to specify the position of an image or object on a PowerPoint...
Recently someone left a comment on my website asking how to specify the position of an image precisely. Setting the position of an image is easy — what’s hard is finding the setting! Why not eyeball...
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