When it comes to making presentations, the gold standard is obvious: Microsoft (MSFT) PowerPoint is so established that the program's name is essentially synonymous with projecting a series of slides.

Upon opening the Microsoft PowerPoint software, a blank slate – and slide – awaits your input. Whether you plan to add a text box, image, animation or video clip, PowerPoint assumes you will be ...

Here are three easy questions that will help you determine if you should use PowerPoint or ditch it for your next meeting. PowerPoint has become the presentation tool for most of the business world ...

Are you making your point or putting your audience to sleep? To keep viewers focused on your message, create slides that support what you're tell them--and definitely do not read. Dennis O'Reilly ...

Catrina Niven teaches a third-grade self-contained enrichment class at Centennial School in Orland Park, Ill. Penny Grisham is the school’s media specialist. The exploration of human anatomy is vital ...

In modern business, if there’s a presentation, there’s a PowerPoint with it. (Or, one of the programs that resemble it.) It’s almost as if we’ve forgotten how to present without one. Unfortunately, ...

You can insert a picture into a slide easily enough, but often, you'll be working with placeholders -- especially when working with a layout slide. You insert the pictures into the placeholder, and ...

Most people save their Office PowerPoint 2010, the presentation software from Microsoft, documents using the "File-Save" menus or the "Ctrl-S" shortcut keys. Aside these two well-known methods, there ...

PowerPoint was designed to create slideshow presentations. A presentation can be a simple series of images and/or text messages — but all kinds of creative effects can be added. A line of text can be ...

Whether you're conferring with clients in person or by phone, those meetings present multiple opportunities. A simple meeting can: • Strengthen your relationship with the clients. • Reassure the ...

Creating good PowerPoint slides is hard. Creating company-complaint, visually pleasing slide decks is even harder. One has to be an expert to create professional, high-quality slide decks in a short ...