Get tips and tricks for designing better presentations with PowerPoint for 2016. Find out how to customize PowerPoint by tailoring the interface and adding frequently used tools to the ribbon. Learn to create more engaging presentations by formatting images, designing custom layouts, and animating transitions with the Morph tool. Then prepare for a standout presentation with tips on rehearsing, adding speaker notes, and creating handouts. Author Jess Stratton also offers in-depth advice for working with Excel data in PowerPoint, including embedding charts and spreadsheets and dynamically updating text from Excel.
Add the triggers. On the Animations tab, click Animation Pane to open the Animation pane. Select an animated object. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Triggers, then On Click Of, then choose the object that you want to click. Here you can see that my choices are the same as the objects in the Selection pane. To change or remove an animation effect you've created, select the slide you want, click the Animations tab, and then use the Animations pane on the right to edit or rearrange effects. Tip: If you don't see the Animations pane, make sure you are in Normal view, and then click Animation Pane on the Animations tab.
Instructor. Jess Stratton is a staff author and technology consultant who specializes in productivity software and mobile tech. For over 10 years, Jess Stratton has operated her own technology consulting business, creating and maintaining databases for both enterprise and small-to-medium businesses, building websites, setting up networks, and coaching teams, employees, and individuals to harness the latest desktop and mobile technology for increased productivity.
Jess is now a full-time staff author at lynda.com, in addition to being a regular and regarded presenter at Lotus Notes conferences and a contributing author for several industry print and web magazines, textbooks, podcasts, webcasts, and other popular sites, including Lifehacker.com. You can find Jess on her website at or follow her on Twitter @NerdGirlJess. By: David Rivers course. 1h 31m 20s. 1,572 viewers.
Course Transcript - Instructor My name is Jess Stratton, and welcome to this course on learning how to master what you already know about PowerPoint on the Mac. We'll start from the beginning, learning how to customize PowerPoint by adding items to the ribbon and customizing the view. I'll show you how to create and edit great content. For example, creating custom icons using nothing but shapes, and using PowerPoint to create social media post images.
I'll show you how you can work with content you already have by organizing your slides into sections using slide masters and learning how to use the new morph transition tool for seamless animation. I'll show you how to prepare your presentation by creating handouts, and using Presenter View.
Finally, I'll show you how to work with charts and embedded and linked data from Excel. We have a lot to go over, so let's get started.