February 16, 2015
In December 2014, Microsoft retired its clip art gallery. Now when you insert clip art in PowerPoint, the program searches Bing Images and delivers pictures that […]
September 28, 2011
At Michael Jackson’s manslaughter trial, lawyers opened with PowerPoint slides showing Jackson’s dead body under the word “Homicide”. At the Forbes.com blog, Carmine Gallo rightly points this […]
September 27, 2011
The essence of a story is that it has a beginning, middle and end. As an example, take a look at this story, told in three […]
June 7, 2011
You want the perfect font to complement your perfect picture. For instance, this uncreative slide has the default Calibri font. Ugh! Which font would work better? Here’s five […]
May 19, 2011
Sometimes your picture fits awkwardly on the slide, leaving an unfinished-looking section of slide. What do you do? Here’s my three favorite tricks. 1. Use a […]
April 13, 2011
When you have a picture that fits awkwardly on your PowerPoint slide, leaving a lot of whitespace, consider turning it into picture. You can use this neat […]
March 7, 2011
You need a picture for your PowerPoint slide, and you’ve found the perfect picture on someone’s website. Can you use it? Now, I’m no lawyer, so […]
February 17, 2011
Bring your boring business slides to life by adding pictures of people. Where do you find pictures that are free, look professional and give you full […]
February 16, 2011
Here’s a neat trick for turning clip art into your own set of professional-looking custom icons, which I learned from the talented presentation designer Magda Maslowska. Enjoy! About […]