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4 layouts that always look good-video training

November 27, 2018 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

In my bestselling e-book, Slide Design for Non-Designers, I cover 4 layouts that always look good. These are for slides that have a title and an image. The layouts make it easy to quickly create a professional-looking slide. However, in this case, seeing me create the layouts might be more helpful than reading about them, […]

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I’m redesigning ellenfinkelstein.com! What does rebranding mean for my presentation design?

September 28, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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Yay! I just hired a great website designer and I’m already excited. We’ve almost settled on 4 colors plus tints (we’re still discussing the dark blue shade) and we’ve chosen a WordPress theme. There will also be a new header. While this blog has been done in WordPress for years, the home page and a number […]

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Create consistent slides with layouts

November 6, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

PowerPoint tips: Use layouts for consistency

I see lots of bad slides! One thing that I notice is that people ignore PowerPoint’s layouts. Please don’t! Layouts provide a framework for your slides so that they are all consistent: Fonts Font sizes Colors Title placement Image and text placement How do I choose a layout? Let PowerPoint’s layouts do the heavy lifting […]

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