When working in PowerPoint you may have a need to make sure that the font(s) used in a presentation are consistent. You can easily find and replace fonts by using the Replace Fonts feature.
To use Replace Fonts:
Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to make one color in a .jpg file transparent. This is useful when you want to remove solid color backgrounds from logos or other graphics.
To set transparent color:
You can quickly advance to any slide during a PowerPoint slide show by simply typing in the number of the slide you want to display and pressing enter. PowerPoint will skip any slides in-between the current slide and the target slide. Your audience will never know what they missed.
PowerPoint automatically applies Hyperlink color formatting to email addresses, URLs and hyperlinks in PowerPoint. To change this color:
PowerPoint gives you the option of saving either an individual slide or your entire presentation in a JPEG file format. To save a slide as a .jpg:
PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 have powerful SmartArt and drawing tools for creating interesting graphics. The program also has a feature for saving these graphics as image files that can be imported into a variety of other programs or document types.
Draw attention to small elements on a slide by growing them with a simple zoom animation.
In this example, a very small text box that says "The Little Things" is the most important element, but it's easy to miss when viewing the presentation with a projector. We'll add a simple Grow Shrink animation to draw attention to it.
Select the element you want to grow. Then under the Animations tab click on Add Animation in the Advanced Animation group and choose Grow Shrink. Your graphic demonstrate your new animation.
To change how large the image grows, click on Effect Options and choose your desired size. Change the speed of the growth in the with the Duration feature in the Timing group. The lower the number, the faster the element will grow.
What would a PowerPoint presentation be without bullet points? SmartArt lets you dress up your bullet points into more interesting graphics.
First, type out your bullet points in a separate text box. Then, right click on the text and select Convert to SmartArt. Several options will immediately be offered, but choose More SmartArt Graphics for a full selection.
Some SmartArt graphics are designed for lists of items. Some connote relationship or process. Click on the type of graphic on the right and choose from the variety to the right.
Once you've chosen the SmartArt form, the SmartArt Tools Contextual Tab will appear. Under the Design tab, you'll be able to change colors or add dimension to the SmartArt. You can also change the type of smart art you are using.
The Format tab controls the color of the text, background, and shape of the SmartArt.
Large charts can overwhelm a presentation with too much information in too little time. One good way to break up a large amount of data into digestible chunks is by animating charts in PowerPoint.
Instead of splashing a complex graph on your presentation screen, ease in each section or line with entrance effects. Animating charts in PowerPoint makes this possible.
In the Illustrations group under the Insert tab, one of the options is Chart. Click on that and choose the style of chart you want to use. Excel will open in a separate window with space for the data. You can paste your data in here to manipulate the numbers on the chart.
Once you've finished building your chart and changing the numbers, you can add animation. Select the chart, then click on the Animation tab and choose an Entrance Animation (or any other you might prefer). The animation will play, making the entire chart appear at once.
For more effect, let's have each of the lines, bars or sections in the chart appear in sequence. To do this, you'll need to open the Animation Pane. Under the Animation tab, while you have your chart selected, click on Animation Pane. A pane on the right hand side of the screen will appear.
Click on the drop down arrow to the side of the animation listed in that pane and choose Effect Options. Then, click on the Chart Animation tab of the new pop up window. Beside Group chart by, choose a different option from As One Object. The specific options available here will be different, depending on which type of chart you are using.
To test your chart animation, click on Play in the animation pane. The animation edited in very detailed ways using the animation pane.
Animating charts in PowerPoint adds impact and makes the information more digestible.
