Microsoft’s PowerPoint is extremely popular in schools, universities, and the corporate world, but it has never been as popular with home users. Not surprising since it’s all about creating ...

Microsoft PowerPoint offers many features for creating slideshows. Some of those features go a bit unnoticed but can be useful when building your presentation. Before you create your next PowerPoint, ...

Launch PowerPoint. On the Shape Format tab, change the color, weight, and outline of the shape. Select the shape Go to the animation tab and choose an animation from the gallery. Press the Preview ...

Turn the slide layout to blank. Select a shape from the Shape menu and insert it into the slide. On the Shape Format tab, click the Selection Pane button. A Selection Pane will open on the right. In ...

Microsoft PowerPoint offers options for formatting a slideshow's objects. Shapes can receive a solid color, a pattern or a gradient whose color changes gradually. The gradient option includes a series ...

The cropping tools of Powerpoint 2010 can help you to cut and remove unwanted portions of your images. You can remove or hide part of an image, simply by reducing the horizontal and vertical edges.

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You’ll find circles in lots of slides in Microsoft PowerPoint, but what you might not see as often are circles filled with two different colors. You might think, “Use semi-circles!” but guess what? A ...

It’s that time of year: Everyone is getting ready for school to start. But don’t just blindly dive for PowerPoint when it comes to visuals for your presentation. Learn how the pros do it and optimize ...

Create exciting shapes with text in your next PowerPoint presentation. The circular text half-ring, for instance, is an iconic, interesting way to share your words, and it works for the likes of ...

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From simplifying complex data in Excel to recovering unsaved Word documents and creating interactive PowerPoint presentations, this guide has something for everyone—whether you’re a seasoned user or ...