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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

4 secrets to choose the best images for your slides

May 9, 2016 by Ellen Finkelstein 4 Comments

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You use images in a presentation for 3 reasons: To help your audience understand what you are saying To help them remember what you are saying To persuade them to change their mind and take action How do you choose the best images for your presentation? A common question people ask me is how I […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: images, photos, pictures

Office Clip Art gallery is going away

January 5, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 36 Comments

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According to the Microsoft Office blog, the Office Clip Art gallery is going away. I’m very upset by this, because I use its photos daily. While much commentary (include a funny riff by Conan on TV) focus on the line art, the text of the blog post makes it clear that photos will also disappear. […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: clip art, clip art gallery, images, photos

Create a video zoom effect from photos in PowerPoint

March 16, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 4 Comments

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You’ve probably seen videos which are just a series of photos that zoom in or perhaps move a little. You can create this in MovieMaker or a similar low-end video editor but you can also do it in PowerPoint. It isn’t difficult at all, since you’ll cycle among only a couple of animation and transition […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Multimedia: Music, sound & video Tagged With: photos, video, zoom

2 PowerPoint 2013 secrets

May 14, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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I just gave a webinar on upgrading to PowerPoint 2013, explaining all the new features and how to use them. During the webinar, I discussed 2 features that I realized are so hard to find that I really should share them with everyone. Find only photos In PowerPoint 2010 and earlier, when you chose Insert […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds & color, Images Tagged With: eyedropper, photos

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