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3 ways to use images

March 13, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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From my perspective, you can use images on a slide in 3 ways: 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 slide, […]

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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

Using PowerPoint’s new illustrations

January 21, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein 4 Comments

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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

Create your own graphics with bursts and stars

April 21, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

Get everything done burst

Do you need to create striking graphics for company newsletters, blog posts, posters, training materials, and so on? A nice way to do this is with one of the burst  or star shapes. Here you see an example. This is easy to create:

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Filed Under: Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: blog, burst, graphics, newsletter, poster, star, training

Make your communication personal with photos

December 11, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

I see lots of presentation files and have started to notice that when people start designing slides, they go into a formal mode that makes the presentation less personal — and less effective. The negative impact is especially pronounced when the presentation is put online, because the audience doesn’t see the presenter (although there might […]

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Filed Under: Content, Images Tagged With: connect, graphics, photos, visuals

Create your own graphics and icons for PowerPoint: Part II–Creating line art from scratch

November 28, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

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In a previous post, “Create your own graphics and icons for PowerPoint: Part I–Using clip art,” I showed how you can ungroup line art in PowerPoint’s clip art gallery and then modify it. But sometimes, you can’t find clip art that meets your needs and you need to create the art from scratch. If PowerPoint’s […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: EMF, graphics, images, WMF

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