PowerPoint Tips Blog

Helping you with presenting, PowerPoint, and speaking

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Tips
  • E-Store
  • Training
  • About
  • Affiliates
  • Advertise
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for User Interface

Collaborate with others in real time using PowerPoint on the Web

April 30, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

powerpoint-tips-collaborate

Did you know that you can collaborate with others on a PowerPoint file in real-time using PowerPoint on the Web? (That’s the same thing as PowerPoint Online.) You can do the same in Microsoft Word and Excel, but I’ll focus on PowerPoint, of course. Moreover, because you do this with PowerPoint on the Web, your […]

Share
Tweet
Share
+1
Shares 0

Filed Under: Content, User Interface Tagged With: co-authoring, collaboration, editing in real time, PowerPoint on the Web, PowerPoint Online, working together

3 shortcuts for quickly formatting multiple objects

July 19, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

powerpoint-tips-keyboard-shortcuts-1

I had a client who gave day-long training courses and his presentations were 200-300 slides long. He spent hours changing individual slides–mostly time he could have saved with these 3 shortcuts. You, too, can save a lot of time using these shortcuts to avoid endless fiddling. 1. Format the slide master The slide master lets […]

Share
Tweet
Share
+1
Shares 0

Filed Under: User Interface Tagged With: F4, format painter, PowerPoint shortcuts, repeat, slide master, template, theme

Transcribe or translate your live talk in PowerPoint with a Star Trek twist

February 26, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 15 Comments

powerpoint-tips-real-time-subtitles-translation-1

If you have Office 365 (the subscription version that is always updated), there’s a new feature coming out that is truly extraordinary! If you’re in the Office Insider program, you may have it already. Otherwise, you’ll get it when it’s rolled out to everyone with Office 365. As you talk, PowerPoint will display what you […]

Share15
Tweet
Share
+1
Shares 15

Filed Under: Delivery, User Interface Tagged With: accessibility, Klingon, languages, real-time translation, subtitles, transcribe, translation

2 ways to save time and effort by setting default shape formats in PowerPoint

February 4, 2018 by Ellen Finkelstein 10 Comments

powerpoint-tips-change-default-theme-template-3

I rarely use shapes with outlines. So every time I insert a shape, I click the Format tab, choose Shape Outline, then No Outline. Wait, why am I doing that? I can customize my themes! I often use the default theme to create graphics. Here are the steps to customize it to always get a […]

Share3
Tweet
Share9
+1
Shares 12

Filed Under: Backgrounds, Shapes & text boxes, User Interface Tagged With: customize theme, remove shape outline, set default shape, set default shape format, set default theme

3 techniques to copy formatting in PowerPoint

August 19, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

powerpoint-tips-4-techniques-to-copy-formatting-7

You can spend a lot of time formatting a shape or some text in PowerPoint and you certainly don’t want to have to repeat that process if it isn’t necessary. The good news is that PowerPoint has several techniques to copy formatting and animation. If you aren’t using them, you’ll soon wonder how you got […]

Share27
Tweet
Share80
+12
Shares 109

Filed Under: Images, Shapes & text boxes, User Interface Tagged With: animation painter, copy formatting, copy formatting in PowerPoint, format painter, formatting, techniques to copy formatting

Next Page »

Free Video Training!

13 Techniques that Will Make Designing Your Slides EASY!

And get the PowerPoint Tips Newsletter with tips and resources for presenters. Plus 5 bonus tips!

BirdSend Email Marketing Tool
4-up-ads PresenterMedia PoweredTemplate High-Persuasion Secrets Power Pointers Quarter Hour


Recent Posts

Recent Posts

  • Using PowerPoint’s cartoon people
  • Which version of PowerPoint should you buy?
  • Add a customizable, live web feed with Cameo
  • Get a designer look with abstract images to create backgrounds for slides and shapes
  • Creating and using a strong call-to-action slide

Connect with me!

Connect with me! Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. · Fairfield, IA · Tel: 515-989-1832

Privacy, Refund, and Other Legal Stuff