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July 16, 2014
PowerPoint Design Trend – Hand Made Fonts
Graphic designers are using hand made fonts in their print and multi-media materials. This is a trend that I've started to use in slide design. What I like about it There is something about a hand made font that makes a presentation come alive. I don't know...
July 3, 2014
PowerPoint Design Trend – Supertext
You'll find supertext, as I call it, making the rounds in television commercials. Similarly, I'm finding -- and using it -- in PowerPoint design. Why I like it A slide using supertext is a great tool for leveraging the "single concept per slide" guideline. As a part of a mix...
July 2, 2014
Microsoft Offers Webinar on PowerPoint Slide Masters
A video on excelling at PowerPoint slide masters. ...
June 20, 2014
Microsoft Offers Webinar on Office for iPad
Here's a video that will help you learn the basics for getting up and running with PowerPoint for the iPad. ...
June 18, 2014
PowerPoint Design Trend – White Text on Full Bleed Image
I often look to web graphic design trends for inspiration in presentation design. One trend we're experiencing in the wide world of the web is the use of white text over a full bleed image. This approach can give any presentation a simple, yet sophisticated look....
June 3, 2014
Flat Design in PowerPoint – Trend or Revolution
I often look to web graphic design trends for inspiration in presentation design. Flat design has taken the web design world by storm for several years. It’s so pervasive in web design that I hesitate to call it a trend. That said, I welcome this simple...
December 2, 2013
2013 Animated (& Customizable) PowerPoint Holiday Greeting Card
http://youtu.be/9p2LuxV50qc Each year, in an effort to express my gratitude for the good fortune that has come my way, I offer a free animated greeting card built in PowerPoint, to anyone who enjoys the cool things PowerPoint can do. This year's card features a happy Christmas...
September 10, 2013
My Migraine Headache — PowerPoint Style
For you PowerPoint haters, this is not another gripe against mammoth Microsoft and the headache its presentation tool, PowerPoint, causes. No this is quite the contrary. This is an example of how I was able to make the pain "visible" to others using PowerPoint and...
September 5, 2013
Tutorial: Using Ink Tools to create an animated sketch in PowerPoint
As promised, here is a tutorial to create an animated sketch in PowerPoint. Follow these steps using PowerPoint 2013 on your Surface Pro (I have not tested this on other Windows 8 touch devices). Download presentation here: http://wp.me/p1kyln-5W...
September 5, 2013
Create Handsketched Illustrations in PowerPoint using the Ink Tool
Check out this fun animated sketch I created using PowerPoint 2013. I used the Ink Tools featured on my Surface Pro. It's a great way to incorporate design trends into your PowerPoint presentations. Globe Sketch 2 < Here is the PowerPoint file. Here is the link to...
August 30, 2013
Converting your text to vector graphics in PowerPoint – When text goes wrong in PowerPoint 2003
I recently ended up converting some text in a PowerPoint presentation to vector shapes after a major corporation discovered that, of the thousands of employees who were running PowerPoint 2010, there were a few stragglers on 2003 and some of the kerned text (kerned text...