The only way you’re going to improve your PowerPoint skills is through practice. There’s really no substitute. If you want to be a PowerPoint superstar, you’ve got to take it up a notch and create something that makes people go, “Wow!”
The only way you’ll become a superstar is by learning to really use PowerPoint. Here are some tutorials featured on the Rapid E-Learning Blog recently that help you learn more about PowerPoint.
PowerPoint for Rapid E-Learning
- Create interactive animated scenarios.
- Create a click and zoom effect to view images.
- Create a pan & zoom effect for your elearning scenarios.
- Working with hyperlinks in PowerPoint-based elearning.
- Create interactive scenarios in PowerPoint.
- Snapshot focus effect.
- Animated text effect to highlight key words.
- Animated effect to introduce new scenes or information.
- Lighting effects from the award winning guru course.
- Create a lightbox effect.
- Re-use animations to save time in your course design.
- Continuous animation effect for elearning.
- Why it’s a good idea to create hyperlink shapes in PowerPoint elearning courses.
- Production tip: how to view in slide show and edit the slide at the same time.
- Hide and reveal background fill and an alternative example using Tagxedo.
- Create custom email links for your elearning course.
PowerPoint Tips for Graphic Design
- Use PowerPoint as an image editor.
- Tips on manipulating images in PowerPoint.
- Use hidden slides as a working canvas.
- How to create custom drop shadows.
- Easily extend a photo’s background.
- Get more out of the free images you get from Microsoft Office.
- Get more mileage out of your PowerPoint clip art.
- Two tutorials on creating depth and perspective: tutorial 1 and tutorial 2…and a bonus tutorial while we’re at it.
- Create 3D perspective using the rotation feature.
- Simulate a pop-up light box effect.
- Create a faded image.
- Use gradients to control focus on the screen.
- Creating a faded background to frame your content.
- Removing backgrounds using shape fills.
- Make text stand out by filling it with an image.
- Masking and composition effect.
- Create a spotlight effect.
- Advertising effect for visual foreshadowing.
- Visual surprise and slicing image effects in PowerPoint.
- Add contrast to characters to make them stand out.
- How to remove the background in PowerPoint 2007.
- Remove background images using shapes and clipboard fills.
- Using fill effects to enhance free notebook template
- Graphic design tip using cropping and soft edges.
- Use gradient fills to create areas of focus.
- Use background fill effect to create see though image.
- Create an animated social media-inspired menu in PowerPoint
- Use the freehand drawing tool to trace images for custom clip art.
- Modify clip art to create custom characters for elearning.
- What to do if the ungroup clip art feature doesn’t work for you.
- Ungroup clip art and apply image filters.
Create Illustrations & Objects in PowerPoint
- Create a TV monitor.
- Create a flat screen LCD panel.
- Create a TV style frame.
- Create an iPhone or iPad graphic.
- Create an iPhone scrolling effect in PowerPoint.
- Create the front and back of an iPad; and then build the interface one and two.
- Glassy marble effect in PowerPoint
- Create an envelope graphic.
- Building a briefcase in PowerPoint
- Easy photo corners to hold images.
- Make images look like they’re magazine cutouts.
- Create transparent tape objects.
- Polaroid page curl effect
- Page curl sticker images.
- Create a stack of paper.
- Create a push-pin graphic.
- Create a calendar graphic.
- Create index card graphics.
- Create a South Park style character.
- Create a magnifying glass.
- 3D spotlight effect to go with the magnifying glass.
- Use Wordle to create silhouette graphic fills. Wordle site
- Create a whiteboard graphic.
- Create a chalkboard graphic.
- Create a picture frame. And then create funky picture frames and more funky picture frames.
- Create a torn image effect and an alternative approach.
- Customize clip art in PowerPoint.
- Tips while working with custom clip art.
- Simple way to create silhouette characters.
- Create advanced text graphic effect.
- Create folders to use in your elearning course.
Animation Tips & Tricks in PowerPoint
- Three ways to animate in PowerPoint.
- How to create a pivot animation.
- Create re-usable animated hands for elearning.
- Zoom effect in PowerPoint.
- Grow and shrink for animation effects
- Animating a clip art character’s head.
- Create rolling screen credits.
- Create a game show spinner.
- Animated domino effect.
- Animate your custom clip art.
- Create an Etch-a-Sketch animation.
- Polishing animation to bring content into focus.
- Create an animated table one row at a time.
- Combine animations in PowerPoint with an alternative version.
- Animated hands applied to a folder theme design.
How to Use PowerPoint Tutorials
- How to move objects on a slide.
- How to quickly swap images in PowerPoint.
- Here’s the difference between PNG and EMF images.
- How to generate random text in PowerPoint.
- How to save as a PowerPoint template.
- How to reduce file size by saving slide as a PNG.
- Duplicate objects with CTRL + drag.
- Animate with motion paths.
- Basic animation tips.
- Working with the slide master.
- Create custom image and clip art collections.
- How to minimize the ribbon.
- How to use the format painter.
- Create a transparent background.
- Edit points in PowerPoint shapes.
- How to compress images in PowerPoint.
- How to use selection pane to manage layers in PowerPoint.
- How to embed fonts in PowerPoint.
- Use slide masters to apply universal image effects.
- Understanding accent colors in PowerPoint 2007+.
- How to use the slide background fill feature.
- Controlling layers with the selection pane in PowerPoint 2007.
- Add hyperlinks to PowerPoint slide masters.
- Customize the quick access toolbar in PowerPoint 2007+.
- How to fill shapes with images.
- Use the ruler to adjusting spacing on numbered text.
- Using masters to customize the screen layout.
- Tour of Microsoft Online and how to find images.
