Presentations Glossary

Definitions and resources for terms and techniques used in the world of presentations

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 5:52 pm

The most often used view (and this is the default view in PowerPoint as well) is Normal view that displays one slide at a time in the Slide Area. Normal view is great for editing individual slides, and shows PowerPoint’s typical tri-pane interface that includes the Slides Pane, the Slide Area, and the Notes Pane.

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Friday, May 23, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 2:09 pm

To make a visually strong PowerPoint presentation, you should use shapes and pictures. You can also fill your shapes with pictures. Maybe sometimes you end up with not so desirable results. Primarily, you’ll find that PowerPoint insists on filling the entire picture within the shape. In the process, the picture itself may appear distorted.

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

Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2016

Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2013

Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint 2011

Reposition Picture Fills within Crop in PowerPoint

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Previous: 09 04 02 Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint
Next: 09 05 01 Remove Background from Pictures in PowerPoint

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Thursday, May 22, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 3:34 pm

While you can conventionally crop pictures in PowerPoint to a rectangular constraint, you can also opt to use another shape to crop instead. This tutorial explains the Crop to Shape option that lets you choose non-rectangular cropping shapes for your pictures; the results tend to look like a picture contained within a shape.

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

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2016

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2013

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint 2011

Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 09 04 02
Previous: 09 04 01 Crop Pictures in PowerPoint
Next: 09 04 03 Reposition Picture Fills with Crop in PowerPoint

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Thursday, May 22, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 10:13 am

Cropping an area of a picture removes extraneous areas, and lets you add focus to the areas of the picture that are appropriate to the topic of your presentation. The Crop tool lets you achieve these edits and more. Cropping works with both pictures that are inserted on slides, or with pictures that constitute a shape fill.

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

Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2016

Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2013

Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Crop Pictures in PowerPoint 2011

Crop Pictures in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 09 04 01
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Next: 09 04 02 Crop Picture to Shape in PowerPoint

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014, posted by Geetesh at 1:30 pm

Imagine this scenario: you chose what you thought was a perfect picture. So you inserted the picture, and then enhance it using the cool picture editing options available in PowerPoint. And then, you discover a better picture, or your boss asked you to use another picture. You also need to retain all the effects and animations! You could 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. Explore more in the following tutorials – select the one that matches your PowerPoint version:

Microsoft Windows
Change Picture in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac
Change Picture in PowerPoint 2011

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