Presentations Glossary

Nancy Duarte

  Nancy Duarte heads Duarte Design, a presentation design company based out of Mountain View, California, USA. She is a featured keynote speaker and has authored several books including Illuminate, Resonate, Slide:ology and The HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations. She is also an awarded Microsoft PowerPoint MVP.

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

Nancy Duarte at the Presentation Summit 2016
January 11, 2017

Presentation Summit 2016: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
October 12, 2016

Illuminate: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
February 19, 2016

Do You Buy Stock Photos for Clients?
July 27, 2016

Persuasive Presentations eCourse: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
May 22, 2014

Slidedocs: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
March 5, 2014

Book Excerpt: HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations
November 15, 2012

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
October 18, 2012

Resonate on iPad: A Book That’s Now Become an Experience
May 2, 2012

Diagrammer: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
April 16, 2012

Duarte’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Contest: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
October 28, 2011

Duarte Diagrams: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
May 10, 2011

Duarte Annual Pumpkin Contest: Conversation with Nancy Duarte
October 28, 2010

Resonate: The Nancy Duarte Interview
September 29, 2010

The PowerPoint Live Template Contest: Conversation with Rick Altman
March 21, 2009

PowerPoint Design Wish List
January 21, 2009

SlideShare Announces Contest Winners
September 4, 2008

slide:ology: The Nancy Duarte Interview
August 19, 2008

Presentations Roundtable with Ric Bretschneider
January 5, 2008

Designing the Perfect Presentation
May 1, 2007

Pumpkin Carving Competition
November 4, 2005

Duarte Design: An Interview with Nancy Duarte
November 2, 2005

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Duarte.com/edy: Conversation with Eric, Doug, and Corey
December 19, 2011

17th Annual Duarte Pumpkin Contest
October 27, 2012

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Tagged as: Duarte Design, MVP, Nancy Duarte, Personality, PowerPoint

Merge Shapes: Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint

Merge Shape commands are a set of five commands that work with shapes, text and pictures. Using these commands, you can play with shapes, text, and picture—and merge them, or subtract one object from the other. The results can be fascinating and playing with the Merge Shape commands can be addictive.

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

Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint 2016

Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint 2013

Apple Mac

Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint 2016

Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 06 10 01
Previous: 06 09 03 Align Text Within Shapes and Text Boxes in PowerPoint
Next: 06 10 02 Add Combine Shape Commands to the Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 06-10, Merge Shapes, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

Articulate

Articulate is a New York, USA based provider of e-learning software that works well with PowerPoint content. Most of their products show up as add-ins inside PowerPoint.

Their principal products are Presenter, Engage, and QuizMaker — all three are available as individual products, and also sold as a suite of products called Articulate Studio. Articulate also hosts an online service called Articulate Online that lets you track your e-learning content. In addition, Articulate also offers other products such as Storyline and Rise.

Here are a few reviews, conversations, etc. about Articulate:

Articulate 360: Conversation with Tom Kuhlmann
January 17, 2018

Articulate Storyline 2: Conversation with Tom Kuhlmann
May 11, 2015

Articulate Studio ’13: Conversation with Tom Kuhlmann
December 23, 2013

Articulate Storyline: Conversation with Tom Kuhlmann
June 21, 2012

Articulate, PowerPoint, and E-Learning: Conversation with Tom Kuhlmann
March 30, 2012

Articulate Presenter ’09: Conversation with Mark Schwartz
November 4, 2008

Articulate Presenter ’09: The Indezine Review
October 15, 2008

Articulate Quizmaker ’09: Conversation with Mark Schwartz
October 15, 2008

Articulate Video Encoder ’09: The Indezine Review
October 14, 2008

Articulate Engage ’09: Conversation with Mark Schwartz
October 10, 2008

Articulate Engage ’09: The Indezine Review
October 8, 2008

Articulate Quizmaker ’09: The Indezine Review
October 08, 2008

Articulate Online: Conversation with Gabe Anderson
May 12, 2007

Articulate Online Announced
April 18, 2007

Articulate: Conversation with Gabe Anderson
December 21, 2006

PowerPoint to Flash: Articulate or Camtasia?
December 14, 2006

Articulate Engage: The Indezine Review
November 3, 2006

Articulate Updates Engage
October 24, 2006

Articulate Quizmaker: The Indezine Review
October 19, 2006

Articulate Presenter 5: The Indezine Review
October 10, 2006

Bringing Distance Learning Alive
August 4, 2005

Articulate Announces Rapid E-Learning Studio
July 12, 2005

Articulate Presenter: The Indezine Review
August 9, 2004

Word of Mouth – The Articulate Blog
June 11, 2004

The Online Rich Media Marketplace
February 10, 2004

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Tagged as: Add-in, Articulate, e-Learning, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint

Exotic Shapes: Drawing Target Diagrams in PowerPoint

PowerPoint has a ready-to-use collection of shapes that can be inserted with a click or two. You can add multiple shapes on the same slide and then flip, rotate, reorder, or group them as required to create your own combined diagrams and designs within PowerPoint. These combined shapes help create more involved diagrams such as a target diagram.

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

Drawing Target Diagrams in PowerPoint 2013

Drawing Target Diagrams in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Drawing Target Diagrams in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 06 16 01
Previous: 06 15 09 Creating Anchor Points for Connectors in PowerPoint
Next: 06 16 02 Drawing Parabolas in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 06-16, Exotic Shapes, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

SmartArt

SmartArt is the name of a diagramming component in Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc. SmartArt was first introduced in Office 2007 for Windows and has since then been an integral part of all Microsoft Office releases, on both Windows and Mac.

SmartArt allows you to replace boring bullet points with info-graphic content using text-within-shapes that’s more logical to view and present.

Here are some features on Indezine that pertain to SmartArt:

Indezine’s SmartArt tutorials page has over 50 steo-by-step tutorials.

Also, read an excerpt from my book, Special Edition: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. The chapter, Working With SmartArt is available on this site.

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Tagged as: Charts, Diagrams, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, SmartArt