Slides with lots of text on them are hard for audiences to comprehend quickly. There’s just too much information. Either people listen to the presenter and ignore the slide, or more likely (and worse), they read the slide and ignore the presenter. The brain simply has difficulty listening to one set of words while reading […]
Black out the screen and other delivery tips
In order to get the audience’s attention, you may need to turn their eyes away from your PowerPoint slides. The best way to do this is to black out the screen. Just press the b key on your keyboard and the screen goes black. Now you can answer questions, go off on a tangent, tell […]
Recolor graphics in PowerPoint 2007
PowerPoint 2007 introduced the ability to recolor and adjust bitmap graphics. Bitmap files types include GIF, JPG, and PNG. You can recolor both inserted images and background images. These are exciting, new capabilities. Previously, you had to use third-party software to accomplish this task. To insert a picture from a file, choose Insert>Picture and choose […]
Creating a Compact List of Notes
If you have added notes to your slides that you want to print out to use while you present, using the Print feature (choose File>Print and choose Notes Pages from the Print What drop-down list) creates a separate sheet for each slide. It’s a big waste of paper and awkward to handle during your delivery. […]
Create a slide list
A printed list of slides is very helpful when you present. You can use the list to move quickly to a specific slide (in Slide Show view, just type the number of the slide and press Enter). To create a slide list, follow these steps: In the left pane, which usually shows slide thumbnails, click […]