PowerPoint and Presenting News: February 23, 2016

by Geetesh Bajaj, February 23, 2016 View this as a web page
Illuminate: Conversation with Nancy Duarte Nancy Duarte is CEO of Duarte, Inc. and the author of Resonate, Slide:ology, and the HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations. Her latest book, Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols, co-authored with Patti Sanchez, shows how the world's greatest leaders use powerful communication to move people and ideas forward. She has a passion for teaching others about the power of persuasive presentations to drive change in the world. In this conversation, Nancy talks about Illuminate. Read the conversation here
Free Icon Sites Icons are the new "in" thing for visuals. In a world where you need to be neutral all the time, icons are a Godsend since they are neutral by nature. Another reason to use icons is because they look great in small sizes, and they also use fewer resources to display. The fact that they go well with contemporary flat and minimal design trends: that just gets you extra brownie points! Explore sites that provide free icons
New Ideas from Zeetings: Conversation with Robert Kawalsky Robert Kawalsky is the CEO and Cofounder of Zeetings, a software company changing the way people present their ideas to the world. Kawalsky is also an active investor and advisor to technology and internet related businesses. Kawalsky previously held the position of Portfolio Manager at Keybridge Capital where he grew and managed a portfolio of assets across shipping, aviation, renewable energy and real estate. Kawalsky began his career at Ernst&Young, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of NSW and is a CFA Charterholder. In this conversation, Robert talks about new features and ideas at Zeetings. Read the conversation here
The Evolution of Office Themes Evolution is an interesting concept because it's the change that's natural, logical, and involved. And although Themes (Office Themes) did not exist in their present form before Office 2007 for Windows, they did evolve from the humble PowerPoint template. And as you get deeper into how Themes work, you'll find that PowerPoint uses these Themes in amazing ways, and shares them with Word and Excel. That's the reason they are called Office Themes rather than PowerPoint Themes. Learn about Office Themes and how they work specifically in versions of PowerPoint on both Windows and Mac
Slideflight: Conversation with Georg Kremer Georg Kremer is the CEO of the Slideflight GmbH in Munich and in charge of the sales strategy of the company. Before participating in the creation of the Slideflight GmbH, he collected diverse experiences from national and global leadership positions in sales and marketing, at companies such as Sage, Fujitsu, Global Knowledge and Hewlett-Packard, among others. In addition, Mr. Kremer has acquired a broad understanding of corporate cultures through various management positions in small and medium-sized enterprises. In this conversation, Georg talks about Slideflight. Read the conversation here
Learn PowerPoint 2016 for Windows Reuse Slides Through Drag and Drop We explored previously how reusing your existing slides can be a great help since it saves so much of your time. While bringing up the Reuse Slides Task Pane that enables you to add selected slides to the active presentation, there is another easier and more intuitive way to reuse your slides. You can drag selected slides from the source presentation and drop them within the newer presentation. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to reuse slides through this drag and drop process within PowerPoint 2016 for Windows. Inserting a New Slide Like many other tasks, you do in PowerPoint, inserting a new slide can be done in multiple ways. You just need to find a way that works best for you -- the following steps show you how you can do this simple task in PowerPoint 2016. Change Background Styles in the Slide Master In PowerPoint 2016, the Slide Master influences the layout and look of all slides in your presentation. Make changes to the Slide Master and those changes reflect on your presentation slides. For example, you can apply another Background Style so that all Slide Layouts and slides in your presentation use this changed slide background. In this tutorial, we will explore how you can choose from any of the 12 available Background Styles to apply to the Slide Master.
Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows Create a New File with a Hyperlink We've learnt about how hyperlinks let you do excellent stuff such as linking between slides or even linking to files outside PowerPoint. However, did you know that you can create a hyperlink that links to a file that does not even exist! Click that hyperlink, and a new file gets instantly created. If you are intrigued by how something so strange can happen, read further.
Learn PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Missing Developer Tab in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Unlike in previous versions of PowerPoint on Mac such as PowerPoint 2011, the new PowerPoint 2016 on Mac has no option to enable the Developer tab on the Ribbon. So what about all the options within that tab? And why did Microsoft take it away? Let us learn more.
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Jigsaw Shapes for PowerPoint Presentations

Here are a bunch of jigsaw slides that you can use to create your own jigsaw puzzles quickly within your own slides!

This entire kit contains 5 different styles of jigsaw pieces: typical jigsaws, arrows, hearts, ovals, and rounded squares.

Each jigsaw shape is available in three counts: small, medium, and large.

These shapes can be used in any PowerPoint version that is released till date. Detailed instructions on how to use these shapes can be found within the download you buy.

Download and use jigsaw puzzles in your slides.