Presentations Glossary

Ric Bretschneider

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, posted by Geetesh at 9:19 am

Ric Bretschneider
Ric Bretschneider spent over 16 years on the Microsoft PowerPoint team building features within the product. Ric founded the San Jose, CA branch of the Pecha Kucha presentation event, and can occasionally be heard on his Presentations Roundtable podcast, promoting excellence in design and technique through interviews of industry professionals.

Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where he has been featured:

Presentation Summit 2024: Conversation with Ric Bretschneider
September 10, 2024

Presentation Summit 2023: Conversation with Ric Bretschneider
August 9, 2023

Presentation Summit 2022: Conversation with Ric Bretschneider
September 1, 2022

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Shape Effects: Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint

Friday, January 11, 2013, posted by Geetesh at 5:56 am

A reflection effect applied to a slide object shows its mirror reflection on the slide, including all its colors in a blurred way – similar to an object’s reflection on water or glass. To learn more about how to apply this effect, and how to edit it to match your requirements, refer to the following tutorials based on your PowerPoint version:

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

Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2016

Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2013

Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2010

Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2007

Apple Mac

Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint 2011

Apply Reflection Effects to Shapes in PowerPoint

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Shape Fills: Transparency for Shape Fills in PowerPoint

Friday, January 11, 2013, posted by Geetesh at 4:59 am

Shape fills such as solid colors, gradients, pictures, and textures can have a Transparency attribute that lets you reduce the opacity of a fill so that the slide object or background behind shows through. Transparency is calculated in percentages and you can change its value all the way from 0 to 100%. Some fill options, such as pattern and slide background have no Transparency options.

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Chart Axes: Change Major and Minor Units of Value Axis in PowerPoint

Friday, January 4, 2013, posted by Geetesh at 5:44 am

While learning about chart axes, you will come across two terms, major and minor units. These are the intervals at which the axis spaces itself. As the names suggest, you can choose to space the axis at two levels: major and minor.

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.