Tag Archive for: presentation

Accessibility for PowerPoint

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Yes, PowerPoint can accessible. It doesn’t matter if you are just presenting or exporting to PDF. There are specific accessibility considerations you must use to have an inclusive presentation. This session will explore the built-in accessibility tools, some “hidden features” and the best way to get the most accessible PPT documents into PDF or for presenting to a live audience.

  • Accessibility barriers in PowerPoint
  • Setting the Read Order
  • Writing effective alt-text
  • Using the Accessibility Checker
  • How to handle video and audio content
  • Tables, charts and graphs
  • Exporting to PDF and beyond

Making Type Look Great in PowerPoint

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Still feeling limited by the type tools in PowerPoint? It’s time to take another look. In this session, we’ll explore ways of making your type shine, even when you’re stuck using system fonts.

Topics include:

  • Arranging type for improved legibility
  • How to make system fonts feel more sophisticated
  • Formatting tips and techniques
  • Replicating today’s typography trends in PowerPoint
  • “Thinking outside the template” for refreshing type layouts

Repurposing Content in PowerPoint

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You’ve built a PowerPoint presentation — so that’s where all your content is! So what do you do when you need to repurpose that content? In this session, learn how to repurpose your content into infographics, print, handouts/PDFs, interactive handbooks, slide docs, downloadables, HTML5, and more!

10 Essential PowerPoint Productivity Tips

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Anyone can use PowerPoint, but can you use it well? Learn the secrets of the PowerPoint masters in order to become more efficient and productive with this important tool.

Topics include:

  • Essential keyboard shortcuts you have to commit to muscle memory
  • The add-ons you just have to have
  • Three key PowerPoint features you may not be using correctly

Creating Effective Story Structures

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It’s fun to jump right in with both feet, but it’s rarely the most effective or efficient approach in the long run! In this session, we’ll get you started from the ground up, focusing on everything that needs to happen before you begin building the deck, including:

  • Getting clear
  • Establishing a presentation structure
  • Preparing and editing written content
  • Outlining your message

Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 3

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Nolan Haims

Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 3

Wednesday, 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Pacific

Let’s face it: PowerPoint is different from other apps that we’re used to. But different isn’t necessarily bad! In Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-session tutorial, we learned how to get up to speed quickly and find all the core features we’ll need to create awesome presentations. Now, in Part 3, we’ll see what makes PowerPoint shine, including some features that Adobe apps only dream of!


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Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 2

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In Part 1 of this three-part session, we learned how to get up to speed fast, navigate PowerPoint like a pro, and set up masters. Now, we face the hardest task of all: Figuring out why Microsoft hid all the most important tools (and discover where they hid them!)

By the end of the hour, you’ll be ready to face PowerPoint with confidence! Next up, see Part 3 here.

Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 1: 0–60 for Designers

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PowerPoint is the app that creative pros love to hate. And yet, we all have to use it sooner or later! The dirty secret is that once you learn how PowerPoint works, you’ll find it’s actually incredibly powerful and can perform some tasks even better than Adobe’s tools.

If you’ve ever feared or hated PowerPoint, take this opportunity to get to know it a little better. The more you know, the more fun it is!

This is Part 1 of a three-part tutorial. See Part 2 here.

Designing with Data

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Everyone who works with data needs to communicate their findings, their analysis, and their conclusions. It could be in an internal briefing or memo, a management report, an annual report or a scientific article. Learn the basics of how to how to use data visualization to more effectively communicate data, tell a story, highlight what’s important, and help your audience understand what’s really going on.

  • Learn data visualization best practices and strategies
  • Explore graphs and charts that you may have never seen before
  • Learn how our visual processing network facilitates understanding
  • Understand the philosophy of building more complex graphs in Excel
  • Make great-looking charts and graphs and get them into PowerPoint
  • Better ways to present data in a PowerPoint presentation