BrightCarbon

MAY 29, 2020

When creating presentations in PowerPoint it’s important to have a template to ensure design consistency, but it takes time, effort and skill to create high quality templates and masters. Of course, there are lots of places you can get free PowerPoint templates, but are they any good?

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Today, we’ll look at some of the examples from Samara Reyneke. What I like about her examples: Visually rich design. Check out some of these examples below. E-Learning Example 1: Telling a Good Story. View e-learning examples here. E-Learning Example 2: Space Adventure. View e-learning examples here.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Here’s a cool PowerPoint hack. To get the effect I used PowerPoint to create a title font and changed the format. Creating Matching Font Style in PowerPoint. In PowerPoint, you need at least two objects selected. Whatever you create can be saved as an image. PowerPoint Tutorial. It’s OK.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

If you are wondering how to determine the best color contrast for PowerPoint, it’s your lucky day! We are releasing a free PowerPoint color contrast checker as part of our brilliant PowerPoint add-in, BrightSlide. Accessibility and PowerPoint presentations. Take me straight to the color contrast checker!

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BrightCarbon

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In this post we look at the mind-bending world of Morph and how to use it create stunning design effects in PowerPoint. The new morph transition in PowerPoint is pretty cool. Here for example, we have the start of a classic Shakespearean quote, brought to life. The first slide has the image, the ‘to be’ text and a grey box.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

Copying text from images comes in handy especially when updating old e-learning courses. In those cases, do a screen grab of the course and then extract the text from the image. How to Copy Text from Images. You may already have some applications that can extract the image. I recommend using Microsoft PowerToys.

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BrightCarbon

JANUARY 6, 2021

Zoom in PowerPoint is a terrific tool that allows you to jump straight to the content you want and supports a seamless interactive presentation. It’s really quick and straightforward to do, but before getting into how PowerPoint Zoom links work, it’s worth showing you how to set up a presentation to make it easy to use them.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2020

It never fails that after building an e-learning course in Storyline, someone asks if they can get a PowerPoint version of the course. Today, we’ll look at a simple way to convert what you created in Storyline and make it a PowerPoint file. PowerPoint and Storyline are Different Applications. They aren’t.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

by AJ George  If you need to create an Infographic, there are better programs than PowerPoint that you could use. That being said, PowerPoint is likely on your office computer right now. Additionally, PowerPoint is often underutilized as a design platform and is surprisingly agile.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2023

Like many of you, I’ve been playing around with AI to generate images. Add a text prompt and in a few minutes you’re presented with mostly viable images. Many of us use stock images. This works OK, but the problem with stock images is that they are stock and very generic. Need a specific image?

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 22, 2022

Before you spend time scraping your sites for images, connect with the marketing (or web) team. Download Images from the Website. One option is to locate an image on the website, right-click and save to a folder. Download Images via the Browser’s Site Inspection. Download Images by Extracting from Your Website.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Once upon a time, on desktops far, far away, there was PowerPoint for Windows and something very very different for Mac… If you remember PowerPoint:mac 2011, you might still have recurring nightmares about the amount of effort it took to create presentations. PowerPoint for Windows. PowerPoint for Mac. The user brain.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 24, 2014

by AJ Walther    In my three-hour mini session on  Optimizing PowerPoint for eLearning and Design , I discuss how to create your own eLearning characters using PowerPoint. I was not alone in creating my own PowerPoint eLearning characters! Search Google for images labeled for Commercial Use and Modification.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

by AJ George    If I don't like a PowerPoint app or add-on, rest assured I'll tell you. And I have found plenty of tools not to like when it comes to making your PowerPoint presentation play on iDevices.  But in iSpring Converter , I have finally found a PowerPoint distribution tool to really like.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 27, 2021

If you need to collect images from your company site to use in your training this tip should help. Usually when I find an image, I right-click to save. Here are two simple ways to see all the downloadable images and save them. Image Extractor Extension. Use the image extractor extension in your browser.

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BrightCarbon

MAY 6, 2020

Have you ever noticed the PowerPoint icons that show up on your desktop or inside Windows File Explorer? Sometimes the default application icon is shown and sometimes you see a PowerPoint preview thumbnail of a slide from your presentation. Default PowerPoint application icons. Open your presentation in PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 10, 2018

When trying to find quality images for use in PowerPoint presentations or eLearning projects created with any development tool such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, or TechSmith Camtasia, most people turn to Google. With a quick search you are sure to find the image you’re looking for. And why not? There’s hope. Go

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Challenge to Learn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The worst presentations you can attend are those where the presenter reads out his PowerPoint to you without adding anything to it. The root of the problem is of course the lack of presenting skills from the presenter, but PowerPoint doesn’t really help. If you are not familiar with Prezi you should take a look at some examples.

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eLearning Brothers

JULY 6, 2017

The saying that all PowerPoint developers should keep in mind is, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” If you are set on using certain font types and colors in your presentation, make sure that your content is always easy to read after the background images are applied. It pays to to look for the perfect image.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Using motion paths in PowerPoint is fun, but also kind of complicated. You want an image on your slide to move using a custom motion path. On the next slide you want the image to move from where it ended on the previous slide to a new location. The problem is PowerPoint only shows you where the image begins in the motion path.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

Here’s a PowerPoint tip: build your e-learning course graphics in PowerPoint. PowerPoint is great for simple graphic design projects. All of those graphics were built in PowerPoint. All of those graphics were built in PowerPoint. I cover a lot of little PowerPoint tips. 07:45 | Save slide as image.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 14, 2012

by AJ George  You may not realize it but PowerPoint is lowering the quality of the images in your presentations. By default, PowerPoint is set to compress the images in your files. In  In most cases compressing the images is a good idea because smaller images mean smaller overall presentations.

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BrightCarbon

MAY 12, 2021

We’ve been investigating what gets lost in translation when you convert PowerPoint to Google Slides. If you’re a Google Drive user, you’ve probably noticed that when you open a PowerPoint file from your Drive, Google Slides is the first recommended program. They will not change back if you open the file in PowerPoint later.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 14, 2023

Learn more → PowerPoint Accessibility Freebies In this video, Stephy Hogan shares some great accessibility tools and resources for PowerPoint and reminds us about the importance of making PowerPoint presentations accessible to all. If you like this one, check out the rest of the series on Presentation Accessibility. Plot twists.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Not only can you take a look at some comic examples and download a pretty nice selection of characters and scenes, BUT, it's all free. All I did was drag and drop the downloaded images from Design Comics and slap a text box on it. But, behold: Design Comics. This slide above took less than five minutes to build.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 10, 2018

When trying to find quality images for use in PowerPoint presentations or eLearning projects created with any development tool such as Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, or TechSmith Camtasia, most people turn to Google. With a quick search you are sure to find the image you’re looking for. And why not? There’s hope. Go

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Underwhelmed by the built-in slide transitions in PowerPoint? PowerPoint has almost 50 transitions to choose from. In our last article on slide transitions in PowerPoint we may have mentioned (once or twice) that the options native to PowerPoint leave something to be desired. Not sure where to source royalty free images?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 16, 2011

I have previously written about some good, free stock image resources. In response to that article, a reader asked me if the images on these sites were royalty free and could be used in courses that he planned to sell. Sometimes you can use the images, but only if you credit the original artist. "  

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LearnDash

APRIL 10, 2012

Click on Image for Larger View. This PowerPoint slide released by the U.S. Pentagon is a great example of how PowerPoint has actually become counter-productive in regards to learning. PowerPoint should never be the de facto e-Learning tool. Pentagon.

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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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BrightCarbon

JULY 16, 2021

This blog post will show you how to source, create and animate custom presentation icons from within PowerPoint itself! How to tailor icons in PowerPoint. If you’re using Office 365, you’ll be able to access PowerPoint’s native presentation icons. You can also crop icons just like you can crop images. Absolutely.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Last week I showed you an easy way to extract audio and image files from a presentation. The problem with that method is that it only works on files created in PowerPoint 2007 or 2010. This week I will show you an alternate way to do this in both PowerPoint 2007 and 2010. Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2007.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 2, 2012

Microsoft PowerPoint is a very powerful tool for creating presentations. This means that a lot of content is developed in PowerPoint. There are times when you may want to reuse content created in PowerPoint in e-learning. Captivate can bring in backgrounds, text, images, and even animations and timings. by Jonathan Shoaf.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 17, 2011

The color application will appear in the Sample image to the right. I've been asked if there is a way to set your custom color palette as the default color palette when you start PowerPoint. From the Design tab, choose Themes > Colors > Create New Theme Colors. The Create New Theme Colors dialog box will open.

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eLearningArt

JULY 22, 2019

Insert the image into your PowerPoint file. Right-click the image. Insert the new image into your PowerPoint file. Click on the styled image. Click on the new image. Insert all new images into your PowerPoint file and get them ready. Click on the styled image. Create the panels.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2022

For example, you may maintain a professional portfolio where you share courses and work samples. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Lots of cool e-learning examples to check out and find inspiration. However, there are many times you don’t need a formal management system.

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BrightCarbon

APRIL 8, 2019

Using masking effects in PowerPoint is a great way to add some design finesse to your presentations, without needing a design qualification or several weeks to do it. Before we continue, if you want more masking fun you can click below to learn more: Masking effects in PowerPoint: 3 simple animation tricks. The face in the crowd.

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