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Use icons to create a list

January 3, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

Research shows that people pay more attention to images than to text, but sometimes you want people to focus on the text, not on an elaborate or complex photo. A nice compromise is to use icons and they are VERY common on slides these days. PowerPoint 365 includes icons in its collection of images (choose […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: icons, lists, slide design

Inserting icons in PowerPoint 365

April 28, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 13 Comments

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If you have PowerPoint 365, by now you should have a major new feature, icons. Icons are vector files, just like PowerPoint drawing objects are, so you can resize them and they never get pixelated — unlike bitmap images such as JPGs and PNGs. Let’s talk about whether you have this new feature, what you […]

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Filed Under: Images, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: icons, vector images

Icons are hot now — how to get, make, and use icons

November 8, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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Iconography is hot in design now. Here is an example from one of my websites. The above icons are colorful and have some depth to them, but you often see icons that are flat and monochrome. Here’s an example from urbangap.com/urban12/dicembre. I often see icons that are all gray. What is an icon and why are […]

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Filed Under: Design principles, Images Tagged With: icon, iconography, icons, people icons

4 ways to get the right people images

June 30, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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A client of mine needed images of people to make his presentation come alive. But he couldn’t find the diversity he needed. And he’s in the field of education, which has many more females than males. I came up with 4 ways to find the people images you need. Take your own photos Go around […]

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Create clear, iconic illustrations in PowerPoint with (gasp!) clip art

October 1, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

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I’ve often recommended using photos instead of clip art (line art), but clip art can work well if you know how to choose and use it. In this post, I’ll explain how to choose clip art that won’t look silly and how to modify it to make your point clear. When you choose line art, […]

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Filed Under: Contests, Images Tagged With: clip art, icons, line art

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