Presentation Tips
5h 12mGeneral2021-12-20
Authors
Jole Simmons
Course details
Starting to find your slides less than inspiring? In this weekly series, join elite presentation designer Jole Simmons as he shares tips for banishing boring bullet points and creating dazzling presentations with PowerPoint, Keynote, and other popular tools. Jole highlights special functionality in your favorite presentation apps, including how to create After Effects-like animations in Keynote and use 3D models in PowerPoint. He also covers a range of general techniques, from choosing effective stock photos to creating your very own presentation toolbox.
Learning objectives
Building standout layouts with PowerPoint Designer
Creating engaging animations in PowerPoint and Keynote
Using the hyperlinking feature in PowerPoint
Using 3D models in PowerPoint
Working with logos
Choosing the best stock photos for your presentations
Learning objectives
Building standout layouts with PowerPoint Designer
Creating engaging animations in PowerPoint and Keynote
Using the hyperlinking feature in PowerPoint
Using 3D models in PowerPoint
Working with logos
Choosing the best stock photos for your presentations
Skills covered
Google SlidesKeynotePowerPointSerial (Weekly)PresentationsAppleGoogleBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Up your game with presentation tips
Presentation Tips
- 02 - PowerPoint vs. Keynote vs. Slides
- 03 - The most powerful PowerPoint tool - Morph
- 04 - Using Powerpoint Designer to create layouts
- 05 - Slide hyperlinking in PowerPoint
- 06 - Best image file types to use in PowerPoint
- 07 - Creating a Prezi-like effect Using Zoom in Powerpoint
- 08 - Using 3D models in PowerPoint
- 09 - Aligning and distributing items in PowerPoint
- 10 - Copy and pasting styles and animations in Keynote and PowerPoint
- 11 - How to create an After-Effects-like animation in Keynote - Taking a photo
- 12 - Best practices for working with logos
- 13 - How to choose great stock photos for your presentations
- 14 - Creating your own presentation toolbox
- 15 - Using Keynote to remove backgrounds for PowerPoint
- 16 - Reducing the file size of your Keynote and PPT files
- 17 - Animating charts in Keynote
- 18 - Google Slides keyboard shortcuts - Shapes
- 19 - Google Slides add-ons
- 20 - Quickly reorder objects in PowerPoint for Mac with the magical Reorder Objects command
- 21 - Three-minute challenge - Creating a complex shape from basic shapes
- 22 - Live captions and translations in PowerPoint
- 23 - Advanced morph techniques in PowerPoint
- 24 - Copying and pasting animations in Keynote and PowerPoint
- 25 - Removing image backgrounds in Keynote
- 26 - Color - Using gradients to create a beautiful sky
- 27 - A closer look at the PowerPoint animation timeline
- 28 - Finding inspiration - iPhone homepage
- 29 - Eye candy, part 1
- 30 - Eye candy, part 2
- 31 - Animating a photo - Creepy baby
- 32 - Working with the color palette (PPT)
- 33 - Creating a looping video in PowerPoint
- 34 - Create a 3D shape in PowerPoint
- 35 - Creating animated GIFs in PowerPoint
- 36 - Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint
- 37 - 5 keyboard shortcuts you should learn right away (PowerPoint)
- 38 - 5 keyboard shortcuts you should learn right away (Keynote)
- 39 - Creating amazing cinemagraphs in PowerPoint
- 40 - Introduction to PowerPoint for the web
- 41 - Rehearsing your presentations with Presenter Coach in PowerPoint for the web
- 42 - Presenting with PowerPoint Live Presentations
- 43 - Creating your own keyboard shortcuts in Keynote
- 44 - A closer look at the Animation panel in Keynote
- 45 - Five ways to break up a slide full of bullets
- 46 - New awesome continuous video trick in Keynote
- 47 - Building an animated photo gallery in PowerPoint
- 48 - Inserting online video into PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides
- 49 - Embedding fonts into your PowerPoint deck
- 50 - Exploring the Keynote built-in shapes
- 51 - Building a custom color palatte in PowerPoint
- 52 - Bring new life to PowerPoint with the BrightSlide add-in
- 53 - BrightSlide live character spacing
- 54 - Manipulating objects like a boss
- 55 - Add documents and drawings directly into Keynote via iPhone
- 56 - Using the parallax effect for a dramatic reveal in your deck
- 57 - Design inclusive decks - The PowerPoint Accessbility Checker
- 58 - PowerPoint Morph vs. Keynote Magic Move
- 59 - PowerPoint Entrance Effects vs. Keynote
- 60 - Three PowerPoint Morph techniques to make transitions pop
- 61 - Transform text-only slides into compelling visuals
- 62 - Build an animated 3D bar chart in PowerPoint
- 63 - Creating animation from a vector illustration
- 64 - Awesome picture formatting techniques in PowerPoint
- 65 - Setting default styles in PowerPoint
- 66 - Adjusting PowerPoint animation timing for engaging slides
- 67 - Recording slideshow timing in Keynote
- 68 - Rehearsing with Presenter Coach
- 69 - Clash of the titans - Comparing special features in PowerPoint and Keynote