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By Barrera Alcova
Most people think their old presentations disappear after a pitch or school project. They don’t. Many are still floating around online—on Prezi, SlideShare, Scribd, speaker profiles, or in cached Google results.
Search your name and “filetype:ppt” or “filetype:pdf.” You might find that slideshow you made in 2012 with clip art, Comic Sans, and a bad joke about cloud computing. It’s still out there. And it’s not helping you.
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Tagged as: Guidelines, PowerPoint, Techniques
The title “Do audiences recall your slides?” might sound like aiming low. Why? Because great presentations are remembered for their speakers and messages, not just their slides.
What’s the point of memorable slides if your message is not remembered? The presenter and slides must work together as a team, delivering a consistent message. That’s how it works—audiences remember the whole package: the presenter, the slides, and the message.
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Tagged as: Carmen Simon, John Medina, Nancy Duarte, Richard Mayer, Vinod Khosla
BrightCarbon is a presentation design agency that helps businesses create impressive PowerPoint presentations. They also offer free tools and resources, including BrightSlide, an add-in that makes PowerPoint easier and more powerful to use. BrightSlide is available as a PowerPoint add-in on both Windows and Mac.
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Although you can use PowerPoint’s native image export options, using BrightSlide to export images in PowerPoint offers several added advantages:
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Techniques
Tagged as: Add-in, BrightSlide, Pictures, Tutorials
When you’re running a slide show in Microsoft PowerPoint, a few well-chosen shortcut keys can make you feel like a seasoned pro. Forget fumbling with the mouse or searching for options on the fly—these shortcuts are your secret weapon for smooth and professional presentations.
If you ever feel lost in a maze of commands or need a quick refresher, PowerPoint has a built-in lifesaver. Just press the F1 key while in Slide Show view, and PowerPoint will present you with a magical cheat sheet of all its shortcuts, as shown in Figure 1, below. Do note that what you see below is just one tab, General. You can navigate to other tabs and find so many more shortcut keys that will help you while presenting your slides.
Figure 1: Slide Show Help in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: Keyboard Shortcuts, PowerPoint, Tutorials
So, you’ve decided to deploy Windows Server 2022 in your organization. Excellent choice! This modern server operating system offers numerous new features in security, application containerization, and hybrid cloud computing. However, to fully utilize these benefits, you will need a Windows Server 2022 key. Let’s explore how to acquire and activate the system.
The most straightforward option is to purchase a license directly from Microsoft. The company offers several types of licenses:
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Techniques
Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Techniques
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