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PowerPoint and Presenting Glossary
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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.
Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint 2016
Merge Shape Commands in PowerPoint 2013
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
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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
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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.
Drawing Target Diagrams in PowerPoint 2013
Drawing Target Diagrams in PowerPoint 2010
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
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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
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A slide background fill is a type of PowerPoint fill for a shape that shows the area of the background right beneath the shape. Even if the shape is animated and moves to another area of the slide, the shape continues to show the same area of the background where it was originally placed.
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Tagged as: 08-01, Fills Lines and Effects, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shape Fills
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