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Design PowerPoint Slides with Confidence
Design PowerPoint Slides with Confidence Previously we've shared insider design tips like using a grid when designing in PowerPoint. The grid helps keep all content symmetrical and organized, which helps the audience stay focused. Plus, the grid creates aesthetically pleasing content layouts. Another extremely valuable design asset is the Smarter Guides tool. If you have [...]
Our Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts for Designing PowerPoint Slides
Our Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts for Designing PowerPoint Slides Dreaming of becoming a speed-reader? How about a speed-PowerPoint-er? If a speed-PowerPoint-er was a thing, then keyboard shortcuts would be the way to get there. While there are hundreds of shortcuts available, there is no need to learn them all. Work smarter, not harder, by becoming familiar [...]
The SlideRabbit Summit: Bettering Our Custom Presentations
The SlideRabbit Summit: Bettering Our Custom Presentations Each year, we attend the annual Presentation Summit to share ideas with, and learn from, experts in our industry. In our never-ending quest to deliver the best custom presentations to our clients, we decided this year to extend our stay and hold our own summit. Due to our overwhelming [...]
Learn to Develop & Design Presentations: The 2017 Presentation Summit
Learn to Develop & Design Presentations: The 2017 Presentation Summit One thing we love about the annual Presentation Summit is that it's a meeting of minds from all corners of the presentation industry. From production to design to delivery, there are experts in every facet of the presentation space at the Summit. While we focus on [...]
The Presentation Summit: A Presentation Consulting Conference
The Presentation Summit:A Presentation Consulting ConferenceIrma tried to throw a wrench in our plans, but nothing can keep us from the Summit!On September 24-27, the annual Presentation Summit will be held in Clearwater Beach, FL. This is the ONLY presentation specific conference available. Many companies in the presentation consulting space, including SlideRabbit, will be attending. [...]
Step Up Your PowerPoint Design Game with Office 365’s New Icon Library
Step Up Your PowerPoint Design Game with Office 365's New Icon Library Icons are a great PowerPoint design tool. They can replace text on slides, increase visual interest, and create memory-enhancing connections between ideas. All of SlideRabbit's icons are custom designed. Our ever-growing icon library includes thousands of icons organized into categories and created in [...]
Determine the Screen Size Before Designing PowerPoint Presentations
Determine the Screen Size Before Designing PowerPoint Presentations Prior to designing PowerPoint presentations (or handing them off to SlideRabbit to design for you), figure out the screen size that you will be presenting on. Why is this so important? Taking this extra step will keep you from wasting time and stressing over changing the screen [...]
Create Presentation Graphics With Shape Merge Tools
Create Presentation Graphics With Shape Merge Tools Here at SlideRabbit we hear a lot of complaints about PowerPoint being a substandard design tool. In reality, there is much more functionality available than the typical user knows. The Merge Shapes toolset is a great example of one hidden gem. There are a wide range of standard [...]
Creating Cohesive PowerPoint Slide Designs With Master Slides
Creating Cohesive PowerPoint Slide Designs with Master Slides Professional slide designers use a consistent theme throughout a presentation. Without cohesive PowerPoint slide designs, presentations can look messy and amateurish. Need easy help keeping your slides consistent? Use Master Slides. We have touched on the basic functionalities of the Slide Master in the past; below we will [...]
Use the Notes Layout to improve Your Professional PowerPoint Presentation
Use the Notes Layout to Improve Your Professional PowerPoint Presentation As we mentioned in our latest post, presentation slides should contain only crucial text. Audiences cannot listen and read at the same time, and our brains default to reading. If there is too much text on your slides, you will quickly lose your audience. [...]
