Presentations Glossary

Advanced Shape Techniques: Drawing Angles in PowerPoint

Do you need to draw two lines so that they are angled out at a certain value from each other? Do you need to do so accurately so that these drawings can be used in reports, research findings, education and elsewhere? There is no automated option within PowerPoint to do so, but you can still attain some amazing results if you know where and how to get started. To achieve these results, we will use a combination of drawing, rotating, and grouping techniques.

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.

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Drawing Angles in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 06 02 09
Previous: 06 02 08 Drawing Arcs in PowerPoint
Next: 06 03 01 Select and Deselect Shapes in PowerPoint

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Ten Tips for Cool PowerPoint Charts: Consider Tables

Did you read the title of this page correctly? Are we really suggesting that you should consider using a table rather than a chart? You might have heard the reverse more often, about using charts rather than tables but like for everything else in life, there’s not one glove that fits all hands, or in this case, there’s not one solution that can work with all sorts of data.

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

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PowerPoint Chart Tips 06: Consider Tables

Tutorial Code: 10 15 07
Previous: 10 15 06 PowerPoint Chart Tips 05: Reverse Engineer Charts
Next: 10 15 08 PowerPoint Chart Tips 07: Stay Away From 3D Charts

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Rikk Flohr

    A refugee from 18 years in corporate management and marketing, Rikk Flohr turned his attention inward to his 20-year love affair with photography. He founded his design firm Fleeting Glimpse Images in January 2006 and divides his days between various print and screen design projects, presentation consulting and, of course, photography. He lives in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

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

iPad for Presenter View in PowerPoint: Conversation with Rikk Flohr
November 23, 2011

Photographs and Copyrights: Conversation with Rikk Flohr
November 10, 2009

PowerPoint and Photography: Conversation with Rikk Flohr
November 17, 2007

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Working with Microsoft Excel: Insert Excel Spreadsheet in PowerPoint

Many times, you can manage with a table within PowerPoint instead of an actual Excel spreadsheet. This is especially true when you want your table content to have a consistent look and feel with the rest of your slide. However, tables are dumb, and they cannot work with formulas or even do the most basic functions that Excel provides. So, there may be times when you would want a real Excel spreadsheet within your slides rather than a table.

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.

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Insert Excel Spreadsheet in PowerPoint 2013

Tutorial Code: 17 01 02
Previous: 17 01 01 Using Excel and PowerPoint Together
Next: 17 01 03 Link to Excel Cells and Ranges in PowerPoint

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Working with Microsoft Excel: Guidelines: Using Excel and PowerPoint Together

If any two programs were meant to work together in the Microsoft Office suite, they have to be Excel and PowerPoint. Almost everyone who works with Excel has to use PowerPoint to present data and charts to an audience, or even create their business reports in PowerPoint. On the other hand, all PowerPoint charts are essentially created by Excel, even if many of you may not be aware of this fact.

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.

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Guidelines: Using Excel and PowerPoint Together

Tutorial Code: 17 01 01
Previous: 16 14 01 PowerPoint to EXE: Complete Series
Next: 17 01 02 Insert Excel Spreadsheet in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 17-01, PowerPoint Tutorials, Working with Microsoft Excel, Working with Other Programs