PowerPoint Lesson 5: SmartArt and Diagrams
Turn bullet lists into processes, timelines, cycles and hierarchies with SmartArt, restyle them with theme colours, and convert to shapes when you need full…
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Slide masters, linked charts and presentation shortcuts.
PowerPoint Lesson 4: Charts and Tables From Excel
PowerPoint Lesson 4: Charts and Tables From Excel
Show numbers clearly in PowerPoint: insert and edit charts, paste or link Excel charts, simplify (title with the point, direct labels, no clutter), and…
Read article →PowerPoint Lesson 3: Images, Icons and Designer
PowerPoint Lesson 3: Images, Icons and Designer
Use pictures well: full-bleed images, cropping to shape, stock images and icons, removing backgrounds, Designer suggestions, aligning objects, and compressing pictures so decks stay…
Read article →PowerPoint Lesson 2: Writing Slides People Can Read
PowerPoint Lesson 2: Writing Slides People Can Read
Turn walls of text into slides that work: headline titles that state the point, one idea per slide, few words in large type, detail…
Read article →PowerPoint Lesson 1: Slide Layouts and the Slide Master
PowerPoint Lesson 1: Slide Layouts and the Slide Master
Use layouts instead of loose text boxes, change fonts, colours and logos once in the Slide Master, reset slides that drifted, and build a…
Read article →Link Excel Charts to PowerPoint and Refresh Them Automatically
Link Excel Charts to PowerPoint and Refresh Them Automatically
Paste Excel charts into PowerPoint as linked objects so monthly decks update with one click — plus a VBA macro that refreshes every link…
Read article →PowerPoint Slide Master: Fix Every Slide in One Place
PowerPoint Slide Master: Fix Every Slide in One Place
Stop formatting slides one by one. Use PowerPoint’s Slide Master to control fonts, colours, logos and layouts for the whole deck — and rescue…
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