Powerful PowerPoint Presentations

Version 2 September 13, 2006

We’ve collected our best PowerPoint tips articles to help your presentations sizzle. The articles were originally published with trainers in mind, but full instructions are included so that any professional can make use of this information.

Simple animation can make PowerPoint slide shows sizzle ................................................2 Create custom design templates ............................................................................................3 Creating PowerPoint presentations that reach out ...............................................................7 Take advantage of PowerPoint's notes feature ...................................................................10 Creating a series of click-activated instructions in PowerPoint ........................................12 Adding the company logo to your PowerPoint slides.........................................................15 Enhance your slide presentations by recording an audio background.............................19

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PowerPoint Presentation Tips

Simple animation can make PowerPoint slide shows sizzle
Once you've introduced a roomful of PowerPoint students to the fundamentals—adding and formatting slides, switching views, working with objects, and so on—you can liven things up by introducing animation effects. Although PowerPoint's animation tricks are fun to play with, they also serve an important function. Used judiciously, animation can capture an audience's attention, deliver information in easy-to-assimilate portions, and make the overall presentation appear more polished and professional. Let's focus on one simple, effective animation trick: flying bullets. We'll set up a bulleted list so that each item flies in from the left when you click the mouse.... [continues]

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