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Tables in PowerPoint are useful, but they don’t always look great out of the box. The default borders are usually gray, a little thin and not always the best match for the rest of your slide. The good news is, it’s easy to change the border color to make your tables look more polished or aligned…

Transitions are those effects between slides that create a dissolving, fading or pushing effect as the PowerPoint goes from one slide to the next. They certainly have their place, but when they’re overused, inconsistent or set up in a deck you didn’t create, they can slow down your pacing or distract your audience. In some…

Want to make your PowerPoint move beyond the linear, “click‑through” slide deck? Linking slides gives you navigational flexibility. It’s useful for all kinds of scenarios or for simply skipping ahead without losing flow.  We’ll show you how to link a slide to another slide in your PowerPoint presentation, and once you know how, we bet you’ll…

Unless you have a lot of experience with it or are just naturally gifted, the design aspect of creating a PowerPoint presentation can be overwhelming. One part in particular that people get hung up on is the font.  There are a lot of fonts to choose from… Almost too many, in fact. That’s why we’re…

Do you want to know how to create a table of contents in PowerPoint? Unfortunately, creating a table of contents in PowerPoint doesn’t happen with a simple menu click. It takes a little creative effort. But once you get the hang of it, you can build a dynamic TOC that gets your audience oriented and…

When you’re giving a presentation, especially something like a sales pitch, a classroom activity or a timed quiz, it helps to have a countdown. But if you’ve ever tried to add a timer to a PowerPoint slide, you’ve probably discovered it’s not exactly obvious how to do it.  The good news is, there are a…

Flipping shapes in PowerPoint is one of those things that sounds almost silly when you first hear it. When would you ever have to flip a shape? But once you get into making slides that actually look good and not just bullet points on a white background, you realize it’s pretty handy.  If you’ve ever…

It’s likely that you’ve never even thought about the dimensions of a PowerPoint slide before, at least not until this very moment. After all, why else would you be here? But if you’ve ever had your slides look weird on a big screen or printed out with giant margins, chances are it was a slide…

Text boxes in PowerPoint can be a useful tool or leave your slides looking messy if they’re not managed carefully. Whether you’re cleaning up an old slide deck, simplifying a busy slide or fixing a template someone else designed, knowing how to properly delete a text box is essential.  The process might seem simple at…

We’ve all been there… You’ve spent hours working on a PowerPoint presentation, and with just the click of a button, you accidentally delete the wrong slide or paste over the wrong text. If you didn’t save your PowerPoint file, this can cause you to panic. Of course, then you remember the Undo button. Just as…

Let’s say you drop a killer image onto a slide, and it elevates your whole presentation. But then a voice in your head starts to make you feel guilty… It’s such a cool image that you don’t want to take all the credit for it. You want to give credit to the original creator. Good…

While footers may not be necessary for every PowerPoint presentation, they can be extremely useful for some. For example, they are perfect for slide numbers, dates, your name or a discreet logo. Whether you’re wondering how to add a footer in PowerPoint, want to edit it mid-presentation or are looking to just delete one entirely, this…