make visually stunning powerpoints

Tips & Tricks

Make Visually Stunning PowerPoints

Teresa Beary May 2013

Photo by Fickr user Golden_Ribbon

We will not cover:

Presentation Zen Image editing

simple.Keep it

We will cover:

Slide master Autoshapes ImagesText formatting

Animations Action buttons

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Don’t use these tips for

Evil.

Examples!

Slide master

Text

Big!

Bold! New!

Autoshapes

( the bar )

Raise

Committed to

Customer Take it to

the BankHighly Likely

Iffy

A B A&B

Images

Photo by Flickr user Tulane Public Relations

Photo by Flickr user Tobyotter

Photos by Flickr user Mosman Council

Photo by Flickr

user storyvillegirl

Out

Day

Pet’s

Images

Photo by Flickr user Tulane Public Relations

Photo by Flickr user Tobyotter

Photos by Flickr user Mosman Council

Photo by Flickr

user storyvillegirl

Action button

Your response:

“Sorry, bro.”

Throw something at him.

Ignore him.

Play his favorite song.

Hey!I’m ticklish.

Oh, that’s

ok.Seriously?Nice music!

Let’s try it

Slide masterView > Slide Master

Defaul

t fonts

Quick

styles

Color

palette

Custom

layouts

Slide master

HeadingBody

{Live class demo here}

TextDrawing Tools ribbon (selected)

Solid / Gradient / Picture

! Use the Format Painter to copy styles.

Text

• Morbi eu nisi diam, vitae eleifend libero.

• Sed consequat elementum ligula, ac ornare est feugiat eget.

• Curabitur adipiscing sodales eros, sit amet varius tellus condimentum venenatis.

• Maecenas ut orci dui, sit amet sollicitudin enim.

{Live class demo here}

Text

meTest

please{Live class demo here}

AutoshapesHome ribbon

Same as Text

Align &

Distribute

! Ctrl + d = duplicate objects.

Autoshapes

{Live class demo here}

Images

! Drag & drop images to insert.

Picture Tools ribbon (selected)

Simple

editing

Like

SmartArt

Crop to

Shape

Images

{Live class demo here}

Photo by Flickr user Moyan_Brenn

Photo by Flickr user bryangeek

Animations

Rename

objects

Animations ribbon

Auto-

transition

Animations

{Live class demo here}

Action buttonInsert ribbon

Selected

object

Triggers

Navigation Play sound

OLE action Run macro

Open file / program

Action button

?

{Live class demo here}

Questions?