Color
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Last Updated: March 5th 2009
04/27/2009 08:13 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Test Your Color Sense
It's called the Online Color Challenge, and it ascertains how well you see color -- and how well you can differentiate between the various hues of a color as they evolve from one value to another. In its orginal form, this contains four rows of jumbled-up color chips that you need to drag and place so that each color chip is suitably similar to the ones before and after them.
03/16/2009 05:03 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: ColorSchemer Studio 2.0: The Indezine Review
ColorSchemer Studio 2.0 is a color oriented application that can be used for creating new color schemes by mixing the color values to create schemes -- all the color schemes are created based on sound color theory principles. ColorSchemer Studio 2.0, is from the company of the same name -- which also creates products like ColorPix, Galleria, etc. You can download a trial version of ColorSchemer Studio 2.0 from their site. They have a Windows version available now, and a Mac version in development -- and also a free online version! For this review, I'm working with the Windows version.
02/07/2009 12:48 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Slides for Color Blind Audiences
Color blindness is some sort of color vision deficiency which results in differences in the way that an affected person sees and distinguishes various colors. It is mostly inherited, but can also be caused due to damage in the eye, nerve, or brain. There is no proven way to change these vision deficiencies. When a color blind user looks at a PowerPoint slide, he or she might view it differently than other people. Even different color blind users may not see the same slide with the same vision -- there are three known varieties of color blind visions.
02/05/2009 03:08 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Gradient Outlines
I have already showed you the different outline attributes in PowerPoint 2007. In this tutorial, the outline options series will conclude with this article on gradient lines. Gradient lines are a new feature in PowerPoint 2007
02/05/2009 11:13 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Formatting Arrows (Arrowheads)
I have already explained the basics of outlines in PowerPoint 2007 and changing weight and dash types. In this tutorial we'll learn about adding arrowheads to lines. First things first: arrowheads can only be added to lines within open shapes. Shapes, such as rectangles, circles, etc. are closed shapes. Regular line Shapes, such as straight lines, curves, scribbles, etc. are open shapes.
02/04/2009 02:54 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Weight and Dashes in Outlines
Weight is the thickness attribute of the outline: you can change the weight all the way from a hairline thin line to a chunky thick line. Dash type is the variation between a line without dashes to ones with longer or smaller dashes, or even alternating small and long dashes.
02/04/2009 10:45 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Formatting Outlines
We have already covered fills in PowerPoint 2007 and later versions. In the next part of this series of tutorials, we are going to learn about the outlines in PowerPoint 2007. If you moved up to PowerPoint 2007 from an earlier version, you'll find it interesting to know that Microsoft decided to change some terms -- a line is now an outline, and an AutoShape is a shape. Having said that, many interface areas of PowerPoint 2007 still use the term "line" -- so we'll use both line and outline interchangeably.
02/02/2009 01:52 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Arrowheads and Arrow Styles in Lines
I previously explained how you can format a line with color, weight, and dash styles in PowerPoint 2003 and previous versions. Now, let me show you how you can add an arrowhead on one or both sides of a line. Arrowheads can only be added to lines within open shapes.
01/31/2009 11:53 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Formatting Lines (Outlines)
We have already covered the fill options in PowerPoint. In this series will go through the many ways in which you can format lines. The term "line" in itself is confusing, because all the options explained on this page pertain to "outlines". Microsoft probably realized the confusion prevailing -- and decided to call it an "outline" rather than a "line" since PowerPoint 2007.
01/28/2009 02:06 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Texture Fills for Shapes
In previous tutorials, we have covered solid, picture, and gradient fills for shapes in PowerPoint 2007. In this tutorial, we finish this series by showing you how you can use texture fills. We also cover in detail how you can use the extensive tiling options available in PowerPoint 2007.
01/24/2009 05:31 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Gradient Fills for Shapes
I already showed you how you can add or change solid color and picture fills for shapes in PowerPoint 2007. In the next part of this series, I show you all the stuff you can do with gradient fills in PowerPoint 2007. To keep things simple, you first learn how to add a gradient fill to a shape in PowerPoint 2007. Then unleash some more gradient power by using the More Gradients option. Finally, become a gradient guru by learning to edit and create your own gradients using the cool Gradient Stops feature.
01/10/2009 03:13 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 207: Solid and Picture Fills for Shapes
We start this series on fills for shapes in PowerPoint 2007 by showing you how you can add or edit solid and picture fills. Each tutorial has screen-shots and sample online presentations.
01/06/2009 02:58 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Pattern Fills for AutoShapes
Patterns in PowerPoint are two-color designs comprising patterns like lines, dots, dashes and checks. PowerPoint includes 48 patterns such with names like plaid, weaves shingle and zig zag. We also show you a sample presentation showing pattern fills in PowerPoint.
01/06/2009 12:23 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Texture Fills for AutoShapes
In previous tutorials of this series, I showed you how you can change or addsolid color and gradient fills to an AutoShape in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier. In this tutorial I'll show you how to add or change a texture fill for an AutoShape in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier. Also included is a sample presentation that includes a texture gallery.
01/05/2009 03:47 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Gradient Fills for AutoShapes
In the previous tutorial of this series I showed you how you can change or add a solid color fill to an AutoShape in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier. In this tutorial I'll show you how to add or change gradient fill for an AutoShape in PowerPoint 2003 or earlier.
