Category Archives: PowerPoint

How to Make a Shape Spin in PowerPoint

I was recently creating an animation, I wanted to show how a cine camera’s shutter works. I wanted to show a semi-circle rotating, that is how it works. I started cutting out cardboard and sticking things together and then realised … Continue reading

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Enhance Video Conferencing and Presentations with Live Webcam in PowerPoint Using Cameo

At first I wasn’t quite sure about this when I read the explanation but then I tried it and realised this could be useful when using Teams, Zoom, Hopin or any other video conferencing platform where you share the screen. … Continue reading

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Creating Charts in PowerPoint | Step-by-Step Guide

If you have used Excel you probably have used charts, or at least seen people use them in a spreadsheet. They are nice because you can easily visualise data. So it is probably a good idea to have them, when … Continue reading

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Getting Started with Slido

Working at conferences, that would be recording and live streaming them, I see Slido used quite a lot to engage with audiences whether they are right there or online or both. Slido is an interactive tool used to create polls, … Continue reading

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How to Loop a PowerPoint Presentation Continuously

PowerPoint is not only useful for doing a presentation in front of an audience but can be useful as a continuous presentation on a stand. Or perhaps you want to have something looping at a conference in the auditorium as … Continue reading

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How to Loop a PowerPoint Presentation

Whenever I help someone set up a conference or a stand at an exhibition I remind them that it can be really useful to have a PowerPoint presentation looping though some slides. If you have a stand then this is … Continue reading

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PowerPoint’s Rehearse with Coach to Help You Present Better

I think we all want to know that we keeping our audience engaged when we are doing our PowerPoint presentation. So how many of you rehearse your presentation either in our heads or out loud? Now if you do rehearse … Continue reading

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How to Use a PowerPoint as a Background in a Zoom Meeting or Webinar

Zoom has become the go to way to keep in touch and run webinars, it is also great for teaching and doing demos. Now you can make it even more useful when teaching or doing that demo by having your … Continue reading

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9 Really Useful PowerPoint Tips for Presentations

If you haven’t got enough to think about when doing a PowerPoint presentation here are some tips that will make it a little less stressful and at the same time might help keep your audience’s attention. Start Your Presentation Quickly … Continue reading

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Zooming in on a PowerPoint Slide

Ever been doing a presentation and you have a chart, image or data you want to zoom in on. Perhaps you just want to make it stand out or get your audience to focus on it or perhaps it is … Continue reading

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