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Using PowerPoint’s cartoon people

December 31, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

One of the newer features of PowerPoint is cartoon people. They’re fun! They are SVG files, like icons. You can resize them and recolor them. You can also ungroup them and edit them like other PowerPoint shapes. Here you see the original black along with a version in which I changed the outline color to […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: cartoons, images, SVG

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

Layer images and shapes for stunning slides

March 21, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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A simple way to create stunning slides is to layer an image, a shape, and text placeholders. Here are 2 examples: Here are the steps to create these slides: 1. Enter your text

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Filed Under: Design principles, Images, Slide layout Tagged With: images, layer, layers, pictures, shapes, slide design, slide layout, stunning slides

Increase understanding and retention with the Tell ‘n’ ShowSM method

November 26, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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The purpose of your presentation is to create change. Maybe you want your audience to take some action or at least think differently about your topic. A prerequisite is that they understand and remember what you say. There’s quite a bit of research about how to present information to maximize understanding and retention, but I’ll mention […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery, Design principles Tagged With: Death by PowerPoint, images, increase understanding and retention, One Point on a Slide, present, presentation, remember, Tell 'n' Show, understand

Create a soft look with semi-transparent images in PowerPoint

July 8, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

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You can’t make an image itself transparent in PowerPoint, but there’s a workaround. Update! In PowerPoint 365 (the subscription version), you can now make an image transparent. See the end of this blog post. Why would you want to make an image transparent? For a soft look To overlap images To let text show through You […]

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