The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 19, 2014

by AJ Walther    Here's a quick tip you may not already know that could save you some serious time with unit conversion. By default, PowerPoint measures in inches. But, if you're using PowerPoint as a design tool you might wish to work in pixels or centimeters. The Height will automatically be converted to 6.25

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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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BrightCarbon

MARCH 4, 2020

Video is a great way to engage your audience in a more engaging, dynamic, or emotive way than can be achieved with standard PowerPoint alone. There are a couple of options available if you want to embed video in PowerPoint. How to embed a video in PowerPoint. Once selected, click Insert and you’ll insert video into PowerPoint.

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BrightCarbon

JUNE 18, 2021

Whether your chronology is short and sweet or more complex, timelines in PowerPoint are a great way to present a series of events in a digestible way. If timelines in PowerPoint are well executed, they can clearly and concisely communicate a complex process or important roadmap. Step 2 – Planning your PowerPoint timeline.

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BrightCarbon

APRIL 19, 2024

However, you can change the background on individual slides really easily in PowerPoint by right clicking on a slide and selecting Format Background. Learn more about slide backgrounds and PowerPoint templates elsewhere on our blog. Learn more about changing slide size in PowerPoint and in Google Slides.

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Hurix Digital

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this blog, we will show you how to make your PDFs accessible to everyone using some simple tips and tools. PDFs are typically created from other applications, such as Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, or InDesign. Here are some PDF accessibility best practices and tips for creating accessible PDFs from different sources: 1.

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Adobe Captivate

MAY 4, 2018

I like using the PowerPoint backgrounds in my Cp projects. I don’t need the PowerPoint master slides, just the background image. Importing that PowerPoint background into my Captivate master slide applies the background to my title, content, quizzing, and all the other slides in the master slide series.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 24, 2018

PowerPoint’s one of my favorite multimedia applications. In fact, I regularly use PowerPoint to create the graphics and custom assets for my e-learning courses. Here are a few examples: Character graphics : I used PowerPoint and Studio 360 to create a circle avatar graphic. And this is where PowerPoint comes in handy.

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BrightCarbon

JANUARY 3, 2024

Don’t worry our free PowerPoint design and productivity add-in BrightSlide will make keeping these new year’s resolutions a breeze! Present with animations When people hear ‘PowerPoint animations’ I get the suspicion that they imagine something like this: Dated animations that add nothing to the story and are tricky to present.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 23, 2010

Mobile devices like the iPad and the iPhone have screens that can be flipped and viewed horizontally or vertically, so design your mLearning with easily adjustable aspect ratios. It should be noted that these tips are all generally speaking. " You can follow AJ on Twitter at [link].

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eLearningArt

JUNE 19, 2018

So I decided to save you some time and asked the world’s leading presentation gurus the the following question: What’s your best presentation tip? Below you’ll see responses from some amazing presentation authors, consultants, professors, bloggers and PowerPoint MVPs! Presentation Design Tips. Julie Terberg, Design To Present .

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Here are three time-saving tips to consider before building your e-learning course. Many e-learning courses are 4:3 aspect ratio. The other common aspect ratio is 16:9. However, you’re not confined to either one of those aspect ratios. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

5 Tips for Creating Better Blended Experiences Remember “Transition to e-Learning” Development Tools. Software tools such as Articulate Presenter or Adobe Presenter allow you to transition your current PowerPoint into a streamlined e-Learning modules complete with narration, interactive quizzes, and Flash-based output compression.

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BrightCarbon

MARCH 13, 2020

But, when you open PowerPoint and see the ‘click to add text’ prompt tempting you into a deep mire of PowerPoint hell, even though you know you shouldn’t indulge, it can be really difficult to know what to do instead. Presentation design principles for better PowerPoint design. Advanced PowerPoint grids and guides.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 6, 2008

However, a lot of what you do depends less on the rapid elearning tool and more on your PowerPoint skills. In fact, I get so many emails asking about how to do this or that in PowerPoint, I decided to do a quick series on some essential PowerPoint tips and tricks. The Hidden PowerPoint Shortcut Everyone Should Know.

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TechSmith Camtasia

JANUARY 17, 2017

When you resize an image or screenshot, keep the same ratio of width to height. Keeping the same aspect ratio makes sure that your image doesn’t look stretched or warped. We want to know your tips and tricks for resizing. Keep it in perspective. Add them in the comments below! Need an image editor?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning. Most PowerPoint templates are designed for standard bullet point presentations. This post will share with you my secrets for creating custom templates in PowerPoint. I don’t typically create a PowerPoint template. The Rapid Elearning Blog.

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Saffron Interactive

MAY 24, 2011

So if you’ve ever participated in a webinar, perhaps hosted by one or two instructors taking you through a PowerPoint presentation, you have already been initiated into the world of virtual learning. The ‘quality of learning/quality of participant’ ratio! I am not that sure that it does…. b) be able to teach that to another employee.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2010

Related links: 4 Simple Tips for Recording High-Quality Audio. 13 More Tips to Help You Record Narration Like the Pros. Another issue is when working with PowerPoint. We tend to gravitate towards the templates and placeholder structure that PowerPoint provides. This works fine if you are working in PowerPoint only.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Not only can I answer the questions quickly, but I now can share those same tips with other blog readers and members of the community. There are many others also sharing their tips and tricks. However, like any new application, the more you use it the more you learn a few time saving tips and tricks. Extra Screenr Tips.

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 16, 2017

As I have explained in previous articles, you should prefer to duplicate the master slide for editing, don’t edit the original slide because it is used for Powerpoint import and for software simulations. This master slide has no Fluid boxes by default but you could add them. Title Master slide. More questions?

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

4 Free Tools to Help Get Your PowerPoint from Good to Great , October 21, 2010 Continuing the recent trend of PowerPoint in the news , I stumbled upon an article in USA Today that provided some tips and advice for designing more engaging presentations. PowerPoint 2010: Using the Shape Union Tool , October 1, 2010 by AJ George.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 25, 2017

The fix is to drag it from the corner to scale it and preserve its aspect ratio. If you want to learn more check out the visual design tips in the e-learning community, download this free e-book , and join us at one of our Roadshow workshops. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Over the years, I’ve posted hundreds of tutorials using PowerPoint. Today I am going to cover five ways to use PowerPoint as an image editor. Save PowerPoint Content as an Image. Since we’re talking about PowerPoint as an image editor, the first tip is that whatever you create in PowerPoint can be saved as an image.

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LifterLMS

DECEMBER 10, 2023

And if you could catch somebody at the beginning of a project before the, the branding and the color palette or whatever is picked, are there any tips you have on maybe with a button specifically, like the text and the color of the, on the button and the button color itself, or what. That’s the ratio.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 5, 2017

One of the e-learning tips I give at workshops is to be intentional about your e-learning course design and production. E-Learning Tip: Determine Your Course Size. Here are a few considerations: By default the course size is a 4:3 aspect ratio set at 720×540 pixels. If yes, I like the 4:3 aspect ratio.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 3, 2018

Most them work perfectly in one of two aspect ratios: 1:1 (square). Understanding PowerPoint Slides. PowerPoint is easy-to-use screen and with some practice, you can build almost any type of visual. PowerPoint is easy-to-use screen and with some practice, you can build almost any type of visual. 16:9 (rectangle).

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 2, 2019

With this particular menu, I needed an image that had a 10:3 aspect ratio. The aspect ratio calculator is a good resource if you ever need to figure out an aspect ratio or the resolution of images. The short but wide aspect ratio creates a challenging constraint with what you can show. Which design do you like best?

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 10, 2012

Above is an example of a PowerPoint screen scaled down to fit in a small recording window. Here’s an example of what I do: Let’s suppose I am recording some PowerPoint tutorials. I also want the window to be 4:3 aspect ratio. So I need to figure out what the proper dimensions are for a 4:3 aspect ratio that is 1096 pixels wide.

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360 Training

JUNE 22, 2015

If not, do you have PowerPoint on your machine? Not only is PowerPoint a powerful way to put together a presentation, it can also be a quick and simple way to export formatted, perfectly-sized images. Here are some quick tips to get you started. Set up PowerPoint to your target dimensions. inches wide x 5.0 Crop a photo.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 2, 2020

This could include online teachers showing their learning materials, speakers displaying their PowerPoint slides , or gamers providing entertaining video game content. The recommended and most common video size or aspect ratio is 16:9 or 1920 x 1080 for landscape, and 9:16 or 1080 x 1920 for vertical video.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

JUNE 6, 2022

Hashtags are PowerPoint and Visual Design. This slide also uses a “standard” 4:3 aspect ratio instead of the more modern widescreen size (16:9). To add punch, I created shapes to serve as backgrounds, filling them with colors extracted from the images using PowerPoint’s eyedropper tool. After (1 of 7).

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 3, 2012

For my demos, I decided to stick with PowerPoint to show that if that’s all you have, then you still can do quite a bit. PowerPoint 2010 comes with a background removal feature which makes it really easy. PowerPoint 2010 comes with a background removal feature which makes it really easy. In PowerPoint, add a shape to the slide.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 19, 2012

To keep it simple we’ll use PowerPoint, but the ideas should work regardless of the tool you use. I created them as shapes in PowerPoint. A few tips when working with these types of layouts: Use thick lines and determine how colorful you want the panels to be. Build a master PowerPoint file that has all of the layouts you’d use.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I find that the biggest hurdle is that people approach PowerPoint from a presentation mindset. However, when you build elearning courses, you need to approach PowerPoint in a different way. Following are five essential rapid elearning tips for working with PowerPoint. The learners don’t see PowerPoint slides.

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NuggetHead

MAY 20, 2010

My goal is not only to show you how to build a Custom Articulate Player, but to offer some educational tips and pointers along the way. This is simply 5 PowerPoint slides published in Articulate using the custom player we will build in this series. The average computer aspect ratio is 1024 x 768 pixels. This is a long read.

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LearnUpon

JULY 14, 2016

ROI (return on investment): A ratio of the profit accrued by an investment versus the cost of the investment. That can include praise, dividing a task into manageable steps or offering tips to help them overcome an obstacle. Storyboards are usually mapped with tools like PowerPoint, Word, and Visio.

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