There are many different ways to create a slideshow in Powerpoint 2013. But many of the ways that you might choose will require you to use some form of list or sequence of ideas where you may want to highlight one specifically. An effective way to do this is with a large arrow that catches […]

When you create a new slideshow in Powerpoint 2013, chances are likely that you see a large slide at the right side of the window, and a column of slides at the left side of the window. This is the default “Normal” view, and it is probably the view in which you are most comfortable […]

Large slideshows can be difficult to mange effectively in Powerpoint 2013, so you may have incorporated some organizational changes to fix that. One such change is the use of sections to more easily define the segments of your presentation. These are especially useful when the small slide thumbnails look very similar to one another, making […]

When you are giving your Powerpoint presentation to an audience, one of the biggest concerns is the overall visual appearance and the presentation experience for the audience. The content is also very important, but even the most informative presentation can be derailed if something visually goes wrong. One thing that you might be concerned about […]

Strikethrough is a type of formatting in documents where you draw a line through some text. This is meant to indicate that the text should be disregarded, but still leaves it there in case you need it for the final draft of your project, or so that anyone reading the document will know that you […]

Some of the objects that you add to the slides in your Powerpoint presentation will need to centered either along a vertical or horizontal plane. Othere onjects will need to be parallel with additional objects that are already in the slide. This is something that you can try to do manually, but it can be […]

Powerpoint file sizes can easily spiral out of control when you start adding media files to your slides. Pictures and videos can be several MB in size each, so multiples of them can easily expand a presentation file to a point where it becomes difficult to share with another person through email. There are several […]

Traditionally Powerpoint presentations utilize the landscape orientation. In fact, it’s pretty rare to see one that doesn’t. But just because it’s unusual doesn’t make it wrong. In fact, some presentations can be more effective if the slides are designed for the portrait orientation. Luckily this is a setting that you can adjust in Powerpoint 2010. […]

The different themes that are available in Powerpoint 2013 give you a number of options for quickly creating a visually-appealing slideshow. Their combinations of colors, graphics, and formatting often mean that you only need to include the actual information that you want to convey to your audience. But you may find that the background graphics […]

Narrations in a Powerpoint presentation afford you the ability to create a complete presentation that includes your audio dialogue to accompany the visual aid that is your slides. This lets you craft the perfect, complete presentation that you can either play for an audience, or distribute to others as a single digital file. But occasionally […]