PowerPoint: Advanced Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

PowerPoint has become an indispensable platform within higher education and the work force, as it is easy to use without requiring extensive experience. However, few people utilize PowerPoint to its full capacity. In this tutorial we explore ways to take your PowerPoint skills to the next level. 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Themes and templates 2:30 - Create new theme colors 3:05 - Gradient fonts 4:45 - Slide master 7:55 - Format backgrounds 9:30 - Importance of contrast 11:00 - Stock photography and premium content 14:50 - Transparency and blur 15:50 - Inserting premium pictures 16:20 - Design ideas with premium pictures 18:45 - Picture styles 20:43 - Importance of cropping 21:35 - Ctrl, Ctrl + Shift 23:20 - Align 29:30 - Merge shapes 31:50 - Format painter 32:50 - Photo album 33:57 - Morph 39:40 - TIP: Use the blank space outside the slide 40:15 - Minimalist entrance effect 45:10 - Word and character morph 47:50 - Ken Burns pan and zoom 52:37 - Parallax effect 57:18 - Presenter view 1:01:25 - Recap In the early days of presentations, speakers often spoke from notes, often referring to handwritten script on index cards. Eventually technology allowed for a more immersive and engaging experience as presenters began utilizing transparency overhead sheets and slides (who recalls the slide carousels?). These approaches were not ideal, as the machines were noisy and hot, and the bulbs tended to burn out rather easily. Sometimes the transparencies would have text that rubbed off or leave flecks of burnt plastic on the slide. PowerPoint came in to save the day, and we haven’t looked back since. The slide decks are digital and (can be) visually appealing, and the content can be easily disseminated to students and colleagues. The advantages to using PowerPoint slides are numerous, but there is still room for growth regarding how we utilize the platform. Related videos: Premium Content in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/u9TxHX-EvHE PowerPoint Design Ideas https://youtu.be/qaE6qvvkYyY Format and Animation Painters in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/lByc3l4mubs Merging Shapes in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/eLK7FOPIMb4 PowerPoint Photo Albums https://youtu.be/rbhxSnvS5NY Getting Started with PowerPoint Morph https://youtu.be/u_ZN_nRWvmI Minimalist Entrance Effect in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/aLn3tHPPXDc Word Morphing in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/sIIC0M8JmwQ Animated Anagrams in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/5fQm-7vTIdc Pan and zoom in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/-YcaYg4WpeY Psychology and Parallax in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/Y39qxeMUXMM How to use Presenter View in PowerPoint https://youtu.be/O8fe3Lozs74