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Do you want to learn to craft thrilling presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010? Learn the skills you need to know with this live webinar!
Product: Microsoft PowerPoint
Duration: 60 Minutes
Date: December 21, 2011Time: 3:00 PM EST (US)
Price: Free, with code LOB10
Microsoft PowerPoint is an effective tool for creating Organization Charts for presentations or print. In addition PowerPoint offers several other templates for creating diagrams that measure workflow and mapping processes. In this workshop we show users how to create diagrams and charts in PowerPoint, edit those diagrams to custom specifications and use the auto format options to make the diagrams visually appealing. We also cover how to customize the look of the diagrams using the object formatting tools within PowerPoint.
Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 features great tools to allow the user to create an eye-catching presentation.
1. Create a Theme
Microsoft Office introduced themes in Microsoft Office 2007 and they remain a popular feature in the 2010 version as well. Themes allow the user to create a consistent type font, graphic effects, and color scheme throughout Microsoft Powerpoint presentations, Microsoft Word documents and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Play around with themes in the Design tab.
2. Insert Videos or Audio
Recorded narration can enhance the flow of your presentation. Insert a brief video to expand upon the point of your presentation and it is embedded automatically with Powerpoint 2010. Video trim, fades and effects help to incorportate your video seamlessly into the presentation.
3. Use Graphics
Well-placed charts and diagrams can sometimes express more to your audience than bulleted points. If Microsoft Excel is installed on your computer, click the Chart icon to produce a diagram and insert it into your slide. If you are using a theme, the chart will match it automatically.
Check out our video on creating dynamic charts!
Have you ever wanted to blur the background of a photo but you don’t want to use Photoshop? In the video below we show you just how to do this. We’ve also provided a step by step process below. This is an awesome photo technique in PowerPoint. It’s a technique that many designers have been doing in Photoshop. If you don’t have Adobe Photoshop you can still apply this effect. You do need to have Office 2010 (or 2011 for the Mac).
To begin you will need to choose a photograph, the best option is one that has people or an object as the main photo but has a distracting background that you would like to blur out, one that has a depth of field is ideal. For this technique you will use these functions in PowerPoint, Copy and Paste or the Duplicate Command, Background Removal and Artistic Effects.
Step by Step:
1.) Choose your photo. Again one with depth of field is ideal.
2.) Duplicate your image, you can select your image and copy and paste using the Ctrl-C (Copy) and Ctrl-V (Paste) keyboard shortcuts.
3.) Next align your two images. Click your Format Tab, select the Align option, then Align Left and Align Top.
4.) Select your foreground image. The best way to confirm you are selecting the correct images is to click on Select on your ribbon bar and choose Selection Payne. You will now see everything listed on this particular slide. You can rename the selections foreground and background. Select your foreground image, on the format tab select Remove Background option and the select Keep Changes.
5.) Select the background image, Select Artistic Effects and choose Blur.
Would you like to learn how to design impeccable sales pitches and presentations? If so, join us November 3rd for a free webinar! Use code ‘LOB10′ at checkout to attend for free.
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint
Audience(s): Business Professional
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: November 3rd, 2011
Start Time: 1:00 PM EDT (US)
Event Overview: We live in a multi-media world. Sales pitches that are predominantly text are doomed to head straight to the Deleted folder or Recycle Bin. In this session we’ll cover how to create visually interesting presentations that tell your story to your prospects. Furthermore, by using graphics and captivating layouts, your message is more likely to stick with your new customers. At the end of this session we’ll discuss how to record a presentation and save it as a video so you can send an easy to open video that puts you in front of the people you’re trying to reach. This is a valuable session for sales people and others looking to improve their digital communication methodology.
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Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Audience(s): Business Professional
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: June 29th, 2011
Start Time: 3:00 PM EDT (US)
Event Overview: With Office 2010, PowerPoint has a great and extensive set of new features. PowerPoint 2010 has new design themes, improved transitions and animations as well as new methods of output for your presentation. On top of that, PowerPoint 2010 boasts all the new features common to all the Microsoft Office applications like the backstage view and customizable ribbon. With all the new features, it just got a lot easier to create a captivating and informative presentation. After all, isn’t that the goal.
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