Presentations Glossary

Amit Ranjan

  Amit Ranjan is the Cofounder and COO of SlideShare, the world’s largest community for sharing presentations on the web. With 50 million monthly visitors, SlideShare is amongst the top 200 most visited websites on the web.

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

LinkedIn’s SlideShare Acquisition: Conversation with Amit Ranjan
July 12, 2012

Sharing SlideShare Content on LinkedIn: Conversation with Amit Ranjan
July 18, 2011

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Bert Decker

    Bert Decker, a renowned expert in communications, is a celebrated author and entrepreneur who established Decker Communications, Inc., a communications training firm. His expertise has led to features in prominent publications and shows such as the New York Times, Business Week, and 20/20.

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

Communicate to Influence: Conversation with Ben Decker and Kelly Decker
August 28, 2015

SlideShare Announces Contest Winners
September 4, 2008

World’s Best Presentation Contest
March 23, 2007

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Jeff Brenman

    Jeff Brenman is the founder and director of Apollo Ideas, an award-winning presentation design and consulting firm based out of North Carolina. Jeff regularly works as a communication consultant to top executives in corporations around the globe, empowering their business communications with better visual storytelling.

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

World’s Best Presentation Contest: Conversation with Jeff Brenman
November 13, 2008

SlideShare Announces Contest Winners
September 4, 2008

Apollo Ideas: Conversation with Jeff Brenman
May 26, 2007

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Cool Animation Ideas: Swing a Pendulum in PowerPoint

Creating a pendulum swing animation is possible using PowerPoint 2002 or later, and involves creating a hidden pivot point. A pendulum (the real type) swings back and forth on a pivot point at the top of the weight’s string, so we will need to create a shape that appears to swing at the end of a string and repeats back and forth from this pivot point.

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

All Versions

Swing a Pendulum in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 19 03 03
Previous: 19 03 02 Countdown Timers in PowerPoint
Next: 19 01 04 Snow Effect in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 19-03, Cool Animation Ideas, PowerPoint Cool Stuff, PowerPoint Tutorials

Working with Microsoft Word: Link to Word Bookmarks in PowerPoint

Yes, you can link to a Word document from a PowerPoint slide object. We have already explained this process within our Linking to Any File in PowerPoint. However that process only links to the Word document. Most of the time, this will open the Word document with the first page active. But what if you wanted to link to page 33 of a 50 page Word document? This is doable but it must be one of the least well-known secrets ever known!

To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.

Microsoft Windows

Link to Word Bookmarks in PowerPoint 2013

Tutorial Code: 17 02 01
Previous: 17 01 05 Formatting Embedded Excel Sheets
Next: 17 03 01 Search Google for PowerPoint Files

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Tagged as: 17-02, PowerPoint Tutorials, Working with Microsoft Word, Working with Other Programs