Similar to doing a commentary to videos, you can also add narrations to your PowerPoint Presentation. It’s an interactive way to provide information to your audience instead of letting them read all points on the slide, with the added value that helps people with visual impairments. This guide will cover how to create a narrated PowerPoint presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows. System Setup Before going straight to narrating a PowerPoint presentation, make sure that you’re in a quiet environment and free from unnecessary background sound. Noises from air conditioners, fans, street ..read more

One unique design you can add to your PowerPoint presentations is 3D or three-dimensional models. These can be a great way to illustrate a point or catch your viewers’ attention. In this guide, we’ll show you how you can insert 3D models into your slide presentation. Method #1: Via Online 3D Models 1. Open your slide presentation that’s saved on your computer. Selecting the document to work on 2. Select the slide you want to insert a 3D model into. Defining the target slide 3. From the ribbon, click the Insert tab and choose 3D Models. Click the 3D icon (Cube icon) or the down arrow to open t ..read more

To help organize your presentations, both Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Sides have a feature called Slide numbers. Most of your presentations can sometimes be difficult to keep track of—especially if they’re composed of many slides. In these situations, Slide numbers can help you effectively. Besides the tedious way of manually adding slide or page numbers, we’ll teach you how to insert page numbers in PowerPoint and Google Slides. How to Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint To insert slide or page numbers in your PowerPoint presentation, follow these steps: 1) Go to the Insert tab. 2) Under the ..read more

Hyperlinks are an interactive feature in PowerPoint and Google Slides.  Some information in your slides will come in hyperlinks or links. This guide will show you how to create a hyperlink in PowerPoint to reference web pages, images, e-mails, a current slide in your document, and other files you wish to include in your presentation. How to Insert Hyperlink in PowerPoint You can use Links to access information conveniently. In PowerPoint, you can link web pages, images, e-mails, existing files, and another slide in your presentation ..read more

It can be hard to remember all the information you intend to discuss during a presentation. To avoid text-heavy slides and missing out on important information, some presenters use notes or flashcards. A more elegant method of presenting your slides is to use speaker notes in PowerPoint. What are Speaker Notes in PowerPoint? Speaker notes in PowerPoint are hidden notes in your PowerPoint slides that can be added to help you remember bits of information. Speaker notes are only visible to the presenter and can also be printed with slides for reference. You can use the printed version of speaker ..read more

Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides both have the feature of locking the position of images and objects. Integrating images in your presentations can sometimes be a chore, especially if there are two or more images in one slide. Fortunately, you can now lock an image in PowerPoint, as well as in Google Slides. How to Lock a Picture in PowerPoint PowerPoint has a new feature to help you in formatting your images, this includes locking an image—specifically, its size and position. For objects, all of their contents are also locked. You can follow this process if you want your PowerPoint back ..read more

People who are new to using MS Office, might often come across the dilemma of understanding the purpose of Microsoft PowerPoint. If you have ever had to make a presentation, the chances are you have used PowerPoint. While there are a plethora of competitors like Apple’s Keynote, Prezi and various presentation web apps, however, PowerPoint is yet to find its replacement. Why Use PowerPoint and What is it Used for? PowerPoint was created by Robert Gaskins, who originally designed PowerPoint for Mac. However, Microsoft later acquired the app and made it a part of its Office suite. If you are thi ..read more

Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides share a feature called Animations and Transitions. In some usage scenarios, playing animations is not necessary or appropriate due to time or viewing experience. For this reason, it would be wise to have a version of your presentation without animations. In this guide, we’ll show you how to remove animations from PowerPoint and Google Slides. How to Remove Animations from PowerPoint In PowerPoint, you can actually set an object or an entire slide for an animation. There are two methods to delete your animations; you can remove them individually or if the ..read more

No matter how junior or senior an individual is in an organization, there will always be times when they need to convince others why they should fund them, choose them, or do anything else they want them to do. Sometimes an informal, but convincing, argument is enough. Often, it isn’t. Those are the times you’ll need to prepare a business case in order to change their mind. What is a Business Case? A business case is a document that presents the costs, risks, and benefits of a particular initiative, justifies the investment, and pitches why decision-makers should approve of the recommendation ..read more

Creating an action plan helps managers and executives implement their vision. Turn it into reality efficiently and with accountability of the involved stakeholders. What is an Action Plan? According to Wikipedia, an Action Plan is a list, with a sequence of tasks and resources, which outlines needed actions and when they need to be carried out, to achieve predefined goals. Action Plans are a very popular management tool within professional organizations. They are extensively used during strategic planning for their simplicity and effectiveness in a reality check. Benefits of Creating an Actio ..read more