by Echo Swinford | Jan 7, 2021 | Google Slides, Masters and Layouts, PowerPoint, Themes and Templates
I’ve been building Google Slides templates for clients for quite a few years, but I seem to be getting more requests for them lately. There are differences between PowerPoint and Google Slides that affect certain graphics and features. I think that a lot of this...
by Echo Swinford | Aug 26, 2015 | Excel, Microsoft features, Microsoft Office suggestions, Office Mix, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, PowerPoint suggestions, Sway, uservoice, Vote for features, Word
Ever wanted to suggest a feature to the PowerPoint team? Well, here’s your chance! The Office folks have started using uservoice.com so the user community can suggest and vote on features. To add a feature request or vote on current ones, head to...
by Echo Swinford | Mar 16, 2015 | Content Placeholders, Editing and Formatting, Graphics in PowerPoint, Images in PowerPoint, Picture Placeholders, PowerPoint 2013, PPT 2013
My last blog post discussed the difference in behavior between the picture icon in the Content placeholder and the actual Picture placeholder. To recap, the picture icon in the Content placeholder (used on the left in the image below) inserts the entire picture, while...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 8, 2015 | Content Placeholders, Editing and Formatting, Graphics in PowerPoint, Images in PowerPoint, Picture Placeholders, PowerPoint 2013, PPT 2007, PPT 2010, PPT 2013, Tutorials
I recently saw one of the most poorly built templates I’ve ever run across. It was created for a company in an industry where photographs of products and services are extremely important. The template had a lot of problems, but probably the worst was the builder...
by Echo Swinford | Jul 2, 2014 | PowerPoint 2013, PPT 2007, PPT 2010, Themes and Templates
PowerPoint templates get a bad rap. That’s because most PowerPoint templates are pretty bad. They’re often ugly and they’re rarely built right. The thing is, it doesn’t have to be that way. A professionally designed and expertly crafted...
