We know communicating through effective visuals is important, but when you’re faced with a blank slide, where do you start? BrightCarbon’s graphic design experts have come to your rescue, sharing their expertise on PowerPoint design whether you’re a pro, or just looking for some quick hacks.
Read on to find an entire library of hacks, suggestions, and inspiration on all things PowerPoint design. From everything you need to know about typography, to how hierarchy affects the way you lay your slides out, or just some great tips on adding some easy design touches to make your presentations pop, it’s all here.
PowerPoint does many things well, but typography isn’t one of them. I’ll walk you step-by-step through techniques to get it to play ball. Be warned – SERIOUSLY advanced PowerPoint functionality follows...
Use this quick tutorial to make images transparent in PowerPoint, regardless of which version of the program you are using.
We’re often asked whether it’s possible to ‘cut out’ images in PowerPoint. Well, the good news is that it is, and the even better news is that we've written a How-To guide to show you how it’s done.
Drop-down menus in PowerPoint allow you to create flexible, interactive slides. They can help you make interactive self-led presentations, documents, eLearning, training materials…. the list goes on!
Learn how to use PowerPoint Zoom links to jump straight to the content you want, supporting a seamless interactive presentation.
Power-user is a PowerPoint add on that provides lots of little features every regular PowerPoint user has had day dreams about. I’m going to take you through a few of the features that I’ve found most helpful, and some that will be more helpful to those who haven’t been able to devote as much time to getting well versed in PowerPoint. Let's begin!
One of the most common mistakes, we see when it comes to accessibility in presentations is poor color contrast. When there isn’t enough contrast between the colors on your slides, your presentation becomes less accessible to a whole range of people. Luckily, while this is a common error, with BrightSlide's new color contrast checker, it's also a very simple thing to fix.
With a dash of patience and a dollop of creativity you can create professional looking assets using just the tools you can find in PowerPoint.
Underwhelmed by the built-in slide transitions in PowerPoint? Or just baffled? PowerPoint has almost 50 transitions to choose from! A few of them are tasteful, but many of them are cheesy and distracting. Create your own instead with this helpful guide.
There’s no native feature in PowerPoint that lets you run your slides in a random order. But, where there's a will, there's a way! And with a touch of VBA, we've got a way.
Video is great for engaging people during a presentation, with something dynamic and emotive, or to provide a clear explanation of a difficult concept. Finding video can be difficult, but there’s a little-known site called YouTube that has a few billion videos to choose from. This blog post takes you through the simple steps to embedding YouTube video in PowerPoint.
There are lots of places you can get free PowerPoint templates, but are they any good? Well, we’ve done the legwork for you and have collected a few of the best free PowerPoint templates online.
You’re about to learn everything you ever needed to know about how PowerPoint preview thumbnail icons work, how to generate them, and how to get rid of them.
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