Presentations Glossary

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 11:33 am

The legend within a chart is one of those elements that lets you identify all series in a chart via color or pattern. Typically, the legend is a box or area with those identifying color or pattern swatches.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Chart Legend in PowerPoint 2013

Chart Legend in PowerPoint 2010

Chart Legend in PowerPoint 2007

Chart Legend in PowerPoint 2003

Apple Mac

Chart Legend in PowerPoint 2011

Chart Legend in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 09 01
Previous: 10 08 08 Crossed Axes for Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 10 01 Picture Fills for Chart Series in PowerPoint

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 12:11 pm

Imagine you have inserted a picture in PowerPoint, and then applied various picture editing options to enhance its appearance that includes applying a border, some Picture Effects, etc. Next, you also added a couple of animations such as Fade and Zoom, synced them to happen together, and also timed the animations to occur at a particular speed. And then you realize that you have a better picture, or your boss asked you to change the existing picture to another one, but with all the same effects and animations! You would probably delete the original picture and start all over again, and yes, that is a long process! Or you can change any existing picture into another with just a couple of clicks, retaining all effects and animations.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows:

Change Picture in PowerPoint 2016

Change Picture in PowerPoint 2013

Change Picture in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac:

Change Picture in PowerPoint 2011

PowerPoint Online

Change Picture in PowerPoint Online

Picture Basics and Adjustments: Change Picture in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 09 01 18
Previous: 09 01 17 Artistic Effects for Pictures in PowerPoint
Next: 09 01 19 Reset Pictures in PowerPoint

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 12:40 pm

Since many people use PowerPoint for training programs, you will find many slides containing screenshots of various computer program interfaces. Typically screenshots are captured outside PowerPoint using a screen capturing tool and then inserted within PowerPoint slide. The Screenshot option in PowerPoint has made this task even easier as you can easily take and insert a screenshot on your slide without leaving PowerPoint.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Inserting Screenshots in PowerPoint 2013

Inserting Screenshots in PowerPoint 2010

Inserting Screenshots in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 09 01 12
Previous: 09 01 11 Insert Pictures from Facebook in PowerPoint
Next: 09 01 13 Recolor Picture Backgrounds in PowerPoint

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 12:35 pm

Quick, how many file formats (types) can PowerPoint save your slides to? If you take count of every single format from the necessary to the irrelevant (and forget the missing ones), then the number is 28. Some of these could be genuinely helpful, such as the MPEG-4 Video export and others like GIF, JPG, PNG, WMF, and EMF ensure that you get good graphic outputs. And RTF outlines can sometimes be a boon.

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Monday, January 5, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 9:59 am

In PowerPoint, a placeholder is a container that you can use to fill in with some content. When you launch PowerPoint, you will see distinctive boxes that invite you to add some content. Haven’t you noticed the “Click to add title” suggestions? All these boxes are placeholders.

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