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Jamie Garroch
Principal technical consultant
Describe what you do at BrightCarbon
I help presentation designers be more productive in PowerPoint through the design of add-ins, delivery of training, and speaking at events.
Kids
Two teenagers for my sins, Connor and Kaitlyn. All three of us supported by my incredible wife, Becky. She’s my rock.
Pets
Dougal the Labradoodle, Lol and Dan the cats.
Drinks
I’m Scottish, so a really good single cask single malt, sipped slowly next to an open log fire. Followed by lots of coffee the next day.
Degrees
Centigrade or Fahrenheit? As a Brit living in the US, I’m very confused!
B. Eng. Communications Engineering from Plymouth.
3 words that describe me
Fancy dress costumes.
Couldn't do my job without
Passion, PowerPoint, perseverance.
Hidden skill
Making stuff. I designed and built my own home office from scratch.
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Tell me more!Recent articles by Jamie Garroch
06th Jul 2022
How to loop a sequence of PowerPoint animations
Unleash your creativity and use this simple technique to loop sequences of animations throughout a slide no matter how long or complex the sequence is!
12th Apr 2022
Changes to VBA Macro Security in Microsoft 365
- Presentation technology / Industry insights
- Comments: 2
You can do some really cool things in Microsoft Office with just a few lines of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) - from creating your own custom formula in Excel to correcting branded content in PowerPoint to merging address data for a mail campaign in Word. And sometimes you need to share that VBA solution with colleagues and clients, via the Internet. A change that Microsoft rolled out at the end of March 2022 tweaks the process required by Windows users to gain access to this active content.
02nd Feb 2022
Protecting your prized PowerPoint content
Our comprehensive guide to password protecting PowerPoint files so your precious presentations stay just they you made them!
06th Jul 2021
Hacking PowerPoint to create custom colors
- PowerPoint design
- Comments: 14
Tints and shades auto-generated by Microsoft from Theme Colors often take your content off-brand. How can you get the custom colors you want in PowerPoint? Read on to find out!
07th May 2021
PowerPoint memory game
- PowerPoint design / PowerPoint animation
- Comments: 2
We love PowerPoint at BrightCarbon. It’s such a versatile application which can be used for so much more than ‘just’ designing presentations. You can create videos, printed collateral, interactive eLearning, even animated GIFs and so much more. But did you know you can even create games? We’ve built one for you, using VBA, and it’s free to download and adapt.
