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PowerPoint and Presenting News: July 7, 2026

July 7, 2026

This issue is about what happens when the right tool removes the friction. Ampler Charts takes the repetitive work out of building and updating business charts in PowerPoint, so you spend less time fixing visuals and more time using them. The KPIs article makes the case that performance indicators are far less intimidating than the acronym suggests. And AKVIS Retoucher AI 13 shows how AI can quietly restore damaged photographs without demanding expert skills. Three very different tools, one shared idea: the best technology gets out of your way.

Stay updated with the latest tutorials, tips, and news on PowerPoint and presentation techniques.

Breaking Through Writer’s Block – I

July 6, 2026

Writer’s block is not limited to aspiring and professional writers who are trying to craft their next article on deadline or write The Great American Novel. Presenters, too, are frequently faced with having to crank out their next great pitch. Their bar is not as high as that of a solitary writer staring at a blank computer screen or a yellow legal pad. Most presenters belong to a team such as a business unit in a large company or a small start-up, and so, they have access to their colleagues’ slide shows. Therein lies the problem: businesspeople consider their presentations to exist primarily in their decks.

Ampler Charts: The Indezine Review

July 2, 2026

Walk into any consulting firm or planning meeting, and you’ll probably find someone fixing a chart in PowerPoint. It could be a Gantt chart where the timelines no longer align, a waterfall chart that shifts every time a statistic changes, or a Mekko chart that took so long to build that nobody wants to edit it again. Some of that may sound a little exaggerated, but the larger point still stands. For years, presentation professionals have looked for tools that make chart creation easier and less time-consuming. That’s where Ampler Charts steps in.

Read an in-depth review of Ampler Charts, a PowerPoint add-in that streamlines creating, editing, and managing business charts.

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Jeopardy-Like PowerPoint Template (25 Questions)

Want to play a Jeopardy-like game using PowerPoint slides? Yes, this is absolutely doable but making PowerPoint slides with all the interactivity and layouts takes too much work. Fortunately, we have done the work for you. just download our Jeopardy-like 25 (5x5) question PowerPoint template, replace the placeholders provided for questions, answers, and categories, and you’re done! You'll still need a real human being to track scores and you could soon be playing this amazing game as part of a fun exercise, a training program, or even a quiz show.