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01/07/2012 01:31 AM
Learn PowerPoint 2010: Exporting PNGs
PowerPoint allows you to save your slides to many graphic file formats, which can later be used in other applications as required. One of the most popular graphic formats that you can export your slides to is PNG. This tutorial will show you how you can export slides to PNG, but using the same process, you can also export to other graphic file formats such as JPG, GIF, TIF, BMP, WMF, EMF, etc.
11/08/2011 08:46 PM
Charteo: Conversation with Volker Eckert
Volker Eckert has over 19 years of experience in online and conventional marketing areas. He achieved his Masters of Communication and Advertising at the Florida International University of Miami. Thereafter, the experience of building up one of the world's leading online shops for PowerPoint presentations at PresentationLoad assisted Volker in launching Charteo. As CEO of Charteo and Marketing Director at PresentationLoad, Volker has raised the bar for the strategy and implementation of both online portals. In this conversation, Volker talks about the Charteo site and how it can help everyday PowerPoint users create better looking slides with convincing info-graphics.
11/04/2011 12:25 AM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Change Layout of Organization Chart
Once you have inserted an organization chart (org chart) within PowerPoint 2011, you might need to change its layout. In org chart terms, layout refers to how subordinate levels in the hierarchy branch out from top to bottom -- probably you want all subordinates flushed to the left, hanging to the right, or distributed evenly across a horizontal plane.
11/01/2011 10:14 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Adding New Shapes to Existing Organization Charts
Once you insert an organization chart in PowerPoint 2011, you might find that the shapes available are not sufficient for your requirements, and you may want to add some more shapes to your org chart. The default org chart that PowerPoint places has very few shapes -- also you may need more hierarchy levels for the new shapes you want to add. Fortunately, you can make these additions and edits with just a click or two.
10/30/2011 10:28 PM
Using Charts: Conversation with Mike Parkinson
Mike Parkinson is an internationally recognized visual communication expert and multi-published author. Mike has spearheaded multi-billion dollar projects and created thousands of graphics resulting in billions of dollars in increased revenue for his clients. He is often requested to speak at national conferences, large and small companies, and graphic industry events. Mike is a frequent contributor of visual communication articles for magazines, newsletters, and a variety of professional websites. Visit Mike's site, Billion Dollar Graphics for helpful presentation graphic tools and articles. In this conversation, Mike discusses best practices on using charts.
10/30/2011 10:20 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Insert an Organization Chart
Organization charts in PowerPoint 2011 are just one of the many variants of SmartArt graphics you can insert in your slide. An organization chart graphically represents the management or hierarchical structure of an organization. This is great if you want to illustrate the reporting relationships in your company or organization. Make sure you choose any of the Organization Chart variants that the SmartArt option offers.
10/26/2011 10:03 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Animating SmartArt
Animation in PowerPoint can work in many ways depending upon what you are animating because PowerPoint has extra options up its sleeve for animating different types of slide objects such as text, charts, or even SmartArt. Once you add animation to your SmartArt, you'll discover that the entire graphic animates at the same time -- it may seem that you have no control over animating individual SmartArt shapes, but that's not entirely true. PowerPoint 2011 does provide some control over animating SmartArt shapes in sequence.
10/20/2011 09:11 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Format SmartArt Text
All SmartArt layouts include text boxes -- you can click within these text boxes, and start typing to add text. You may not need not know much about some related concepts to follow this tutorial -- but just in case, we have already showed how you can insert SmartArt and convert bulleted text to SmartArt. Having said that, let us now explore the ways to format text within SmartArt graphics.
10/19/2011 09:54 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Resize Shapes Within SmartArt
One of the reasons why PowerPoint's implementation of the SmartArt feature is considered so good is because customizations are so doable. We have already shown you how to change colors of the entire SmartArt graphic, or apply cool SmartArt styles. In addition, you can format at the individual shape level within the SmartArt graphic -- change individual shapes or move them within the area occupied by the SmartArt.
10/18/2011 09:58 PM
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Reset SmartArt Graphics
The fact that the SmartArt allows so much customization in PowerPoint 2011 by applying new colors or styles means that your SmartArt graphic may be not quite the same as PowerPoint's default offering -- in addition, you may have resized or moved individual shapes within the SmartArt graphic, and there's no real undo for any of these options once you save and close your presentation file. If you do have the need to undo all of the customizations, you can do so by restoring the default layout and colors of the entire SmartArt graphic using the Reset option, and get rid of any customizations.