How to PowerPoint

Are you tired of the old standard PowerPoint templates?  Do you want to create your own, but don’t feel like you have the design skills?  Well, help is on the way.

Check out this post, The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning, from the Rapid E-Learning Blog.  It has a great tutorial on how to get design ideas for your next PowerPoint template.

Great Tips & Download 3 Free PowerPoint Templates

Not only will you get some great tips from the blog post, but you can also download three free PowerPoint templates that can be used for presentations or your rapid elearning courses.

Hope you’re inspired to create your own.  If you do, share them with us by via the comments section.

Custom vector images can cost quite a bit.  For example, you can buy a good stock photo for just a dollar or two.  But when you go to buy vector images from stock sites they tend to cost quite a bit more.

So you end us stuck with using the clip art that comes with Microsoft Office.  The good news is that you can easily customize the clip art that’s available to you.  All you need to do is ungroup it and then start to make your own edits.

Check out this tutorial to learn more.

Click here to view the clip art tutorial.

Here are some posts from the Rapid E-Learning Blog where you can learn more about how to do that:

• Little Known Ways to Create Your Own Graphics Using PowerPoint
• See How Easily You Can Design a Consistent Look for Your E-Learning Courses
• 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Your E-Learning Graphics Sizzle
• Create Custom Characters for Your E-Learning Scenarios