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Import text from Word or Notepad

February 8, 2016 by Ellen Finkelstein 10 Comments

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I recommend writing what you will say in Word first, because it’s easier to focus on your message. In another post, “Organize content with an outline,” I provide some more details. Importing an outline You can import then text from Word or even Notepad (or any text editor) to create a new presentation. This is […]

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Filed Under: Content, Text & fonts Tagged With: Notepad, outline, paste text, PowerPoint, presentations, slides, text, Word

Slide design rules for effective presentations

November 24, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

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Slide design can be very subjective but there are some rules that are objective. These rules ensure that your slide is easy to understand and remember. When you use these rules, you can create clear slides that no one will struggle to comprehend. You’ll find that these rules are general enough to allow for lots […]

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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams, Design principles, Shapes & text boxes, Text & fonts Tagged With: Design, effective presentations, rules, slide design, slides

Create a looping ending for your PowerPoint presentation

March 19, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 7 Comments

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A reader asked me how to create a looping ending.  In another post, I explain how to create a looping introduction. Although the technique that I came up with is different from the one for a looping introduction, it’s quite easy. Create your ending slides in a new presentation and save the presentation. If you […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery, Hyperlinks Tagged With: looping ending, slides

slideboxx: Slide management software

May 4, 2010 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

slideboxx (by Zinali) helps you find slides from PowerPoint presentations using keyword search. Charles Wolfus of Zinali sent me a free copy (that’s my disclosure statement!) and I’ve been using it ever since. It runs with PowerPoint 2000 through 2007 slideboxx opens and works in your browser. It automatically indexes your presentations—which can take some […]

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Filed Under: Misc. PowerPoint Tips, Review Tagged With: find, slideboxx, slides

Dissolve One Image into Another

January 17, 2009 by Ellen Finkelstein 21 Comments

Dissolves are commonly used in video, but you can create them in PowerPoint, too, using the Fade animation. Some people use the Dissolve slide transition, but the results don’t look very good and you can’t control the timing. Here’s a sample slide: This technique shows how to dissolve the first image into a second one […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: effects, PowerPoint, slides

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