PowerPoint 2010 has a new feature that’s very hard to find, but people are praising it over and over. It’s called Custom Shapes, and it’s a set of 4 tools that you can use to create your very own shapes–the sky’s the limit!
Why do you need Custom Shapes?
To make your slides unique! [...]
Watch this video by Nancy Duarte on her company’s 5 simple rules for creating world-changing presentations. At the same time, the video is a showcase of what you can do in PowerPoint 2010. Who said PowerPoint has to be boring?
Nancy Duarte is one of the great speakers in the Outstanding Presentations Workshop. The [...]
My friend, Echo Swinford, who’s a PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional) has written up a great list of the new features of PowerPoint 2010. Before making a decision about whether or not to upgrade, read the list!
Ellen Finkelstein can train you or the presenters in your organization to create high-impact, engaging, professional presentations for training, sales, business, or education. For more information, please click here.
Amazon.com has an offer to help you upgrade now. You buy Office 2007 now and you can then upgrade to 2010 for free. The reason for this is that 2010 is coming out soon and you would otherwise want to wait.
If you’re using Office 2003, why upgrade now? Using 2007 even for a [...]
Anyone can now download the beta of Office 2010 at http://office.com/beta. It includes Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and Communicator! Microsoft suggests downloading it on a secondary PC. Remember that betas, even a thoroughly tested one like this, can crash and have bugs. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are [...]
The public beta of PowerPoint 2010 will be available next month. I want to preview some of its features for you, because I think you’ll like them.
Note: Features that I see in my version of the beta may have changed.
Video
There are many new video features. Some have been requested by users [...]
On the popular TV show, NCIS, scenes end with a still shot that starts in color and then becomes black & white. In a discussion on the LinkedIn group, Great Communicators! Effective Presenting & PowerPoint, this technique was suggested as a fun section transition for a presentation.
Here’s how the technique looks:
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