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Using PowerPoint’s new illustrations

January 21, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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PowerPoint is adding new types of graphics and expanding existing ones. These are all available in Office 365, because they are constantly being updated. One of the most recent additions is called Illustrations. Here are two examples on a slide… They are in grayscale with a pop of yellow but you can: Easily change the […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: graphics, illustrations, SVG, vector files

PowerPoint has photos again! And a lot more…

July 20, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 4 Comments

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If you have Office 365 — now called Microsoft 365, confusingly — you might have noticed that after several years without photos, they’ve come back! Actually, they aren’t the same photos, but better quality ones. It’s a relief to be able to find photos right within PowerPoint without an add-in. (More about add-ins at the […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: PowerPoint cutout people, PowerPoint graphics, PowerPoint images, PowerPoint photos

How to create a logo in PowerPoint

January 18, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

Would you like to create your own logo, product image, or course symbol in PowerPoint in a few minutes — following some easy steps? If so, you’re in luck, just read on. I’m going to show you how to create this logo — and you can customize it in any way you want. A logo […]

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Filed Under: Images, Shapes & text boxes, Text & fonts Tagged With: arch, create a logo, create a logo in PowerPoint, design your own logo, logo, product image, transform

3 ways to use images

November 25, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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As I see it, there are 3 ways to use images on a slide: As a background, behind text: The purpose is to make a slide that is essentially all text look better As a supplement to text: The purpose is to help people understand and remember the text As the main focus of the […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds, Images, Slide layout Tagged With: graphics, how to use images, images, impact, improve slide design, photos, PowerPoint, slide design, visual, ways to use images

Think BIG to create high-impact presentations

November 3, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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You want your presentations to have an impact on your audience — change them, move them to action, inspire them. One way to do this is to think BIG, both in terms of your concepts and your visuals. Big ideas help to inspire people. Plus, the brain learns more easily when new knowledge is connected […]

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Filed Under: Content, Design principles, Images, Slide layout Tagged With: big concepts, big ideas, big images, high-impact slides, inspire, think big

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