"Take your own audience on a journey to an effective presentation," exhorts Cliff Atkinson, author of "Beyond Bullet Points." His book and advice suggest using the Presenter View feature in PowerPoint ...

Creating a presentation that stands out is no small task. So, if you’re new to Microsoft PowerPoint, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the features and tools you need to build a presentation.

PowerPoint lets you put presentations together in a snap, but your slide shows can be dull and boring if you only know the basics. It’s time to learn how to customize templates, add animations and ...

As I've mentioned before, it's a bad idea to load up our PowerPoint slides with tons of text. The more terse, the better. Yet people still write dense blocks of text in their slides. Why? Often, so ...

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Upon opening the Microsoft PowerPoint software, a blank slate – and slide – awaits your input. Whether you plan to add a text box, image, animation or video clip, PowerPoint assumes you will be ...