The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If you have tried to print handouts in PowerPoint 2010 that include the slide notes, you may have noticed a bit of a shortcoming. While it's not possible to do it within PowerPoint, you can enlist MS Word to quickly get the job done.   Open a PowerPoint presentation that includes slide notes. by AJ George.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 8, 2011

  Have you ever been frustrated by an inability to trim audio in PowerPoint? Let's say you followed my instructions on how to play two songs sequentially in your PowerPoint presentation. All you have to do is this: In PowerPoint 2010, select File > Info. by AJ George. What gives?!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As an eLearning developer, sometimes you're given a completed PowerPoint project and told to "fix it" or you need to use it in another program (such as Captivate). While there is no way from within PowerPoint to directly extract audio and image files from a presentation, there is a workaround. filename.pptx.zip ).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 17, 2011

  Adding audio to a PowerPoint 2010 slide is simple.   About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." by AJ George.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 20, 2011

Have you ever used PowerPoint's Animation Painter? About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." by AJ George. If not, you aren't alone.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 29, 2012

by AJ George  A recent  question in the Microsoft Office forums  inquired about the process of animating a picture in PowerPoint so that it came onto the slide piece by piece--like a puzzle. The original answer referenced this tutorial:  Puzzle Pictures in PowerPoint. Start PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

After posting the first article, PowerPoint 2010: Creating a Spinning Animation , I got a tip from one of our readers, Konrad Schroth , for an alternate way to create a spinning animation. by AJ George. Today I'd like to share his method.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Recently I was asked if it was possible to paste link an image into PowerPoint so that if the original image is ever updated, the image in PowerPoint would automatically reflect the change. Sadly, PowerPoint cannot do this, but there are some types of source files that can be Paste linked.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 25, 2011

Here's how: Open a new PowerPoint presentation. Your current theme will be stated at the bottom of your PowerPoint window. Every time you open PowerPoint, you will now be using your custom theme by default. For example: when you draw a shape you want it to be a different color other than medium blue with a dark blue line.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Have you ever tried to use PowerPoint to create a spinning animation (such as the ticking hands of a clock)? About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Using motion paths in PowerPoint is fun, but also kind of complicated. The problem is PowerPoint only shows you where the image begins in the motion path. If you would like to learn how to do this in PowerPoint, click here. by AJ George. Does this scenario sound familiar?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 21, 2011

I do a lot of work in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 on the Mac by using Parallels. In a previous article I covered how to move objects in PowerPoint less than the standard 6 points using the arrow keys. If you, like me, recently upgraded to Lion you may have noticed that this shortcut will no longer work in PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 8, 2011

  About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." The font will automatically change as you scroll through.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Related to last week's article on changing PowerPoint's default color palette , I was asked by a reader if it was possible to set up PowerPoint so that, by default, shapes were drawn without a fill color. PowerPoint will always default to drawing with a fill color. by AJ George.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 21, 2011

PowerPoint's SmartArt allows you to visually communicate information. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." by AJ George. Adding SmartArt is simple.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 23, 2014

by AJ Walther    If you are sending your PowerPoint presentation off to be viewed on another system that is not yours, you may be concerned that this other system won't have the same fonts. TrueType fonts can be identified by a TT next to the font name in the font drop-down menu of PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 9, 2010

PowerPoint will insert the slide after whatever slide you have selected.)   From the Home tab, choose Slides > New Slide > Reuse Slides. Sometimes it would really save time if you could reuse a slide from an existing presentation rather than have to copy and paste all of its elements to a new slide. Here's how to do that.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 25, 2011

For some PowerPoint projects you may find that you would like to line up elements in a certain way and that having guides on the slide would be useful. by AJ George. Note: To delete a guide, simply drag it off the slide. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 8, 2011

  If you find yourself in need of a Venn diagram, there are a few basic Venn diagrams available via PowerPoint's SmartArt. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Many people don’t consider PowerPoint as a capable graphics editor since its main function is to create presentation aids. Perhaps this is because older versions of PowerPoint (2003 or below) didn’t have as many graphic editing options as never versions (2007 or higher). Background removal (2010). Crop to shape.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 3, 2011

From the PowerPoint ribbon, choose Home > Arrange > Selection Pane. About the author:  AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." Much faster!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 2, 2011

.   I have written a few articles on how to get online videos (like YouTube) into PowerPoint presentations (links below).   PowerPoint 2007 (with internet).    PowerPoint 2007 (without internet).   PowerPoint 2008 for the Mac.   PowerPoint 2010.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 29, 2011

You've just completed a very slick PowerPoint presentation. Here's how: In PowerPoint, select the image you would like to change. by AJ George. On one slide you have an image fade in. After it fades in, it pulses for emphasis. After it pulses, text appears above. Then when you click the image, it hyperlinks to another slide.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 24, 2011

Keep in mind that if you copy the slide and then paste it into another PowerPoint presentation, the pasted slide will take on the slide theme and formatting of whatever slide is immediately before it, even if it is different from the original's theme.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 17, 2011

I've been asked if there is a way to set your custom color palette as the default color palette when you start PowerPoint. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When you work with PowerPoint frequently, every little tip could help improve your productivity time. A quick Google search will turn up a list of common keyboard shortcuts for working in and presenting with PowerPoint, but here are a few lesser known tips I'd like to share. " Tags: PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 5, 2012

by AJ George  Last week  I showed you how to animate a picture in PowerPoint so that it came in as a puzzle, piece by piece. That was cool. But if you followed along last week, read on to find some bonus tips for making the animation a little more realistic and adding some finishing touches.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Over the last two weeks I've introduced PowerPoint 2010's Shape Union and Shape Subtract tools. Now I'd like to give a quick example of how you could incorporate this into your eLearning projects made with PowerPoint. " Tags: eLearning PowerPoint. by AJ George. The possibilities are endless.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Last week I shared a couple of the lesser-known PowerPoint tricks to help speed up your workflow.   About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." by AJ George.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2011

.   If you plan to import a PowerPoint presentation into Adobe Captivate, it's a good idea to first resize the PowerPoint presentation from within PowerPoint. If you resize the PowerPoint presentation, the size of the imported slides you see in Captivate will match the width and height of your Captivate project. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

by AJ George   Do you often find yourself chugging away at a presentation, only to have PowerPoint crash and give you some variation of the "MS Office has encountered a problem and needs to close. From PowerPoint's File tab, choose Help > Check for Updates. We are sorry for the inconvenience," message?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 10, 2012

This PowerPoint user wanted to be able to create multiple charts with the same formatting (ie bars on a graph with a gradient effect) without having to individually format each separate piece of every new chart. In PowerPoint, choose  Insert > Illustrations > Chart  (to open the Insert Chart dialog box).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Last week I was revamping the presentation accompanying our Online Trainer Training: Engaging the Virtual Learner class when I ran into a bit of an animation shortcoming in PowerPoint. I wanted to animate the boat below so it "sailed" onto the slide.     Adding the animation effect was not a problem.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 6, 2010

  If you have not already, follow the instructions from last week 's article to add the Shape Subtract tool to your PowerPoint ribbon. About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

PowerPoint-based rapid eLearning tools, such as Articulate Presenter and Snap by Lectora, allow branched navigation, meaning you can create a non-linear navigation path still controlled through the course player’s next and back buttons. Other PowerPoint Presentation. By Joseph Suarez. Not only is it possible, it’s really simple!

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 6, 2012

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use PowerPoint to create an artsy, collage style title clip… …and add a little animation applied to it via the Camtasia Studio Visual Properties! This tutorial takes a pictorial approach to show how my title clip image was created in PowerPoint. Add A Background.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

PowerPoint comes with some really cool picture effects that you can apply to your images. Today I’m going to talk about artistic photo effects in PowerPoint 2010, and show you how you can recolor your background photos to create some visual interest and contrast in your eLearning courses. Graphic Design Tips PowerPoint'

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