Presentations Glossary

Definitions and resources for terms and techniques used in the world of presentations

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 2:27 pm

Inserting online videos was one of the new key features Microsoft introduced in PowerPoint. However, you really won’t find the exact equivalent options in PowerPoint. In fact, it has since been also removed from PowerPoint!

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

Manually Embed YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2013

Manually Embed YouTube Video in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 14 05 02
Previous: 14 05 01 Insert Online Video Clips in PowerPoint
Next: 14 05 03 Insert Video from OneDrive in PowerPoint

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Monday, April 4, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 4:32 pm

PowerPoint makes it easy to remove highlighted attributes from text. How you remove the highlight may differ if you are working with contiguous or non-contiguous text.

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

Remove and Copy Highlighting for Text in PowerPoint 365

Remove and Copy Highlighting for Text in PowerPoint 2013

Remove and Copy Highlighting for Text in PowerPoint 2010

Remove and Copy Highlighting for Text in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 05 09 02
Previous: 05 09 01 Highlight Text in PowerPoint
Next: 06 01 01 Types of Shapes in PowerPoint

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Monday, April 4, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 4:28 pm

So, how does the Morph transition effect in PowerPoint work? You duplicate a slide and then modify the existing slide objects so that a tween effect is created based on the differences between two or more slides. You can also create your own shapes to Morph rather than use PowerPoint’s pre-built shapes.

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

All Versions

Using Exclamation Named Objects with Morph in PowerPoint

Using Exclamation Named Objects with Morph in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 13 10 03
Previous: 13 10 02 Using the Morph Transition with Curve Shapes in PowerPoint
Next: 13 10 04 Using the Morph Transition with Words in PowerPoint

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 2:17 pm

While PowerPoint has a robust animation engine and includes several options, there can be times when you want more. What if you could quickly copy and reuse animations? What if you could mark the end points of motion paths? What if you could find out the possibilities for animation that cannot be done using PowerPoint alone? When you are faced with a similar thought process, you must explore the several PowerPoint add-ins that let you do more with animation.

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

All versions

Add-ins for Animation in PowerPoint

Add-ins for Animation in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 13 07 01
Previous: 13 06 02 Animate a Moving Car in PowerPoint
Next: 13 08 01 Slide Transitions in PowerPoint

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Monday, March 14, 2022, posted by Geetesh at 3:13 pm

First of all, older PowerPoint versions did not support text highlighting. And before we explore getting over this limitation, let’s ask ourselves why do we need to highlight text? If you want to emphasize some important words within your slide, then the highlighting may indeed help. However, unlike Microsoft Word, older PowerPoint version do not have a tool to highlight text, but you can use Word’s highlighting options as a workaround!

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

Highlight Text in PowerPoint 365

Highlight Text in PowerPoint 2013

Highlight Text in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Highlight Text in PowerPoint 2011

Highlight Text in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 05 09 01
Previous: 05 08 25 Translation Options in PowerPoint
Next: 05 09 02 Remove and Copy Highlighting for Text in PowerPoint

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