The PowerPoint Ninja Blog covers practical PowerPoint topics, tips, and tricks.
Aug 07 2009
Just one flavor of PowerPoint? (c)iStockPhoto / cnicbc
In my previous blog post, I discussed the different flavors of PowerPoint that exist. It’s not just vanilla or even double-chocolate fudge brownie. We need to accept the fact that there are multiple flavors — at least 31 — if not more. Continue reading “31 Flavors of PowerPoint – Part II”
Dec 30 2008
Are you in full control of your PowerPoint presentation? (c)iStockPhoto/Andy Gehrig
In a previous article, I covered the first PowerPoint design principle of consistency. In this article, I’d like to explore the principle of control. Many PowerPoint users fail to realize they control many aspects that determine the success or failure of their presentations. Seemingly insignificant decisions in the presentation design stage can come back later to haunt the presenter when the presentation is delivered. For example, choices about what content to include, how to introduce the content, or what “special effects” to use can make or break presentations. Continue reading “PowerPoint Design Principle #2: Control”
Dec 08 2008
Like a rocket, introduce your content in stages to propel your slides higher!
When you’re presenting your slide content, the last thing you want to do is overwhelm your audience with too much information on any one slide. If you find that you have too much content on one slide, you can divide it up and spread it over several slides. However, sometimes it’s not about simply breaking the content apart across multiple slides but about displaying the information more effectively in bit-size, digestible chunks in one slide. In these latter cases, I leverage a PowerPoint Ninja technique called content staging. Continue reading “Content Staging: Propel Your Slide Content Higher”
Oct 25 2008
If you have PowerPoint 2007, you may not realize that you can download a free add-in from Microsoft that allows you to export and save your business presentations as PDF files. This feature is not included in a standard installation of Office 2007. Over the years, I’ve used several third-party tools that provided this functionality; however, the translation of the PowerPoint presentations into PDF files usually exhibited some small flaws (e.g., poor conversion of images, objects with gradients, and shadows). Continue reading “PowerPoint 2007 “Save As PDF” Add-in”
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