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Basics of PowerPoint Animation: Animation Guidelines for PowerPoint

Animation is movement, and nothing captures the attention of the human eye like a “little” movement. More movement does not get more attention; in fact, too much movement results in distraction. Even if you decide to use just a wee bit of animation, that can still be an approach that will go astray if your animation is not relevant to your slide content.

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Tagged as: 13-01, Animations and Transitions, Basics of PowerPoint Animation, PowerPoint Tutorials

Basics of PowerPoint Animation: What is Animation in PowerPoint?

In the simplest sense, PowerPoint animation is something that makes slide objects move on a slide. And slide objects can be anything on a slide. These include text, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, even movie clips.

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

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What is Animation in PowerPoint?

Tutorial Code: 13 01 01
Previous: 12 05 03 Fake Animate Tables
Next: 13 01 02 Animation Guidelines in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 13-01, Animations and Transitions, Basics of PowerPoint Animation, PowerPoint Tutorials

Keyboard Shortcuts and Sequences: PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working

It’s so awesome that PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office programs offer so many keyboard shortcuts, but has it ever happened that you press a keyboard shortcut in PowerPoint, and it does not work? No, there’s nothing wrong with the keyboard shortcut you pressed, or even with PowerPoint. There may be any number of other reasons for the keyboard shortcut not working.

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

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PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working

Tutorial Code: 02 01 04
Previous: 02 01 03 Troubleshooting Menu Activation in PowerPoint
Next: 02 02 01 Enable the Missing Developer Tab in the Ribbon in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 02-01, Customize PowerPoint, Keyboard Shortcuts and Sequences, PowerPoint Tutorials

Organization Charts: Change Layout of Organization Chart

Once you have inserted an organization chart (org chart) within PowerPoint, you might need to change its layout. The “layout” means how the subordinate levels in the hierarchy branch out from top to bottom. Probably you want all subordinates flushed to the left, hanging to the right, or distributed evenly across a horizontal plane.

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

Change Layout of Organization Chart in PowerPoint 2013

Change Layout of Organization Chart in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Change Layout of Organization Chart in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 11 04 03
Previous: 11 04 02 Adding New Shapes to Existing Organization Charts
Next: 12 01 01 Insert Tables in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 11-04, Organization Charts, PowerPoint Tutorials, SmartArt Graphics

PowerPoint Chart Types: Area Charts in PowerPoint

Area charts emphasize the magnitude of change over time, and can be used to draw attention to the total value across a trend. For example, data that represents profit over time can be plotted in an area chart to emphasize the total profit. By displaying the sum of the plotted values, an area chart also shows the relationship of parts to a whole.

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

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Area Charts in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 14 06
Previous: 10 14 05 Pie Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 07 XY (Scatter) Chart Type in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 10-14, Charts and Graphs, PowerPoint Chart Types, PowerPoint Tutorials