Presentation technology

“PowerPoint found a problem with content …” Uh oh! Corrupt PowerPoint files are a headache and a bit of a mystery to the best of us. Here are some helpful tips that will rescue your slides and get you back on track.

PowerPoint is an awesome tool for creating your latest presentation template, but it can often play up. Here, we walk you through how to manage layouts and recover any deleted default layouts using VBA.

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As presentation nerds, we at BrightCarbon have had plenty of opportunity to get to know ins and outs of Google’s browser-based presentation tool. This guide will cover everything you need to know about Google Slides - from the very basics to the most advanced features - and will provide you with the know-how to make brilliant slides, quickly and easily.

Jamie Garroch puts the ‘power’ in PowerPoint add-ins. He’s written code for dozens of amazing functionality boosters, some for specific organizations and some available for all users, and he's joining the BrightCarbon team! Read on to learn about the experience that Jamie is bringing to BrightCarbon and how it will help clients and the presentation community use PowerPoint more effectively.

Keeping track of all your company slides is a challenge, especially if you don’t have a proper intranet or server system. SlideKick is PowerPoint add-in that manages presentation content for a flat annual fee. It helps you to make your presentation assets readily available to other users, give everyone the most current information, and quickly search within content.

We’ve compiled a list of the most used - and most useful - keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides, so you can create amazing presentations that are quicker, smarter and slicker than ever before!

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Google has recently introduced some long-anticipated upgrades to basic features, and some entirely new tools too. We’ve taken a look and written up a general overview of what’s new, so you can make the most of these new features and get the best out of Google Slides.

think-cell is a PowerPoint add-on with chart and layout automation functions. Their latest update includes big data reporting capabilities and automatic layout generation. We got a special sneak preview of the latest version, and the inside scoop on the best features of the update from CEO and co-founder Markus Hannebauer.

In 2016, we reviewed Visme a piece of online software for content creation. Now that they are coming out of Beta, we thought an updated review was due!

PPT Productivity understand that good PowerPoint is hard to do, and they claim to make it easier. Our team test out the add-in and share their thoughts.