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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

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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Using a slide layout template for infinite variations

April 4, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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Once you create a great slide layout for a presentation, you can use that slide over and over by changing the text and the image. This technique will save you an amazing amount of time and make your workflow easier. For example, this slide is simple but useful for many situations. You can add it […]

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7 quick fixes to your slides based on my experience with clients

January 24, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

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I see lots of slides that clients create and then ask me to help them make over. There are some problems that I see over and over and I thought I’d tell you about them because avoiding these mistakes will help you improve your slides a lot! 1. Ditch the text boxes! I don’t know […]

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Filed Under: Content, Shapes & text boxes, Slide layout, Text & fonts Tagged With: capitalization, slide layout, slide titles, SmartArt, text boxes, textboxes, uppercase

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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Filed Under: Slide layout Tagged With: custom layouts, layouts, slide layout

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