POWERPOINT

TAMING THE ANIMAL

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you wantto test a man’s character,give him power.

- Abe said - Current Corporate wisdom

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you wantto test a man’s character,give him power.

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FIRST THING

THAT COMES

TO YOUR

MIND:

SUNRISE

BEAUTIFUL WOMAN / HOT MAN

NAZI

We are all inherently visual thinkers and thus, visual communicators

Always remember that PowerPoint is a visual tool

Guess why word and excel create boredom?

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HOW WE PROCEED:

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Understand the Animal – Master the basics

Ideas, not slides

Diagrams

Data

Think Design

How to make it come together: Arrangement

Images and visual elements

Movement

Letting go (Minimizing clutter, maximizing the idea)

1

0 The Guiding Principles

Session 1

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1Understand the Animal – Master the basics

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BE COMFORTABLE

IN SHORTS

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BE

COMFORTABLE

IN SHORTS

Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1*Powerpoint Versions affect shortcuts

Create new presentation

Insert new slide

Duplicate selected slide

Open a presentation

Close presentation

Print presentation

Save presentation

Ctrl+N

Ctrl+M

Ctrl+D

Ctrl+O

Ctrl+W

Ctrl+P

Ctrl+S

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Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1*Versions affect shortcuts

Increase font size

Decrease font size

Apply bold formatting

Apply underline

Apply Italic

Center paragraph

Justify paragraph

Left Align

Rights Align

Ctrl+Shift+> or Ctrl+]

Ctrl+Shift+< or Ctrl+[

Ctrl+B

Ctrl+U

Ctrl+I

Ctrl+E

Ctrl+J

Ctrl+L

Ctrl+R

BE

COMFORTABLE

IN SHORTS My shorts are too tight.

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Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1*Versions affect shortcuts

Group objects

Ungroup objects

Duplicate objects

Ctrl+G

Ctrl+Shift+G

Ctrl+D

BE

COMFORTABLE

IN SHORTS

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Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1*Versions affect shortcuts

Start slideshow from current

Start slideshow from beginning

Shift+F5

F5

BE

COMFORTABLE

IN SHORTS

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ALTER YOUR

BEST FRIEND

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ALTER YOUR

BEST FRIEND

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Try Alt – N - SH

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Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1

FREQUENT

THE BAR

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TIME YOUR

GEOMETRY

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TIME YOUR

GEOMETRY:

Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1

You have 3 minutes

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TIME YOUR

GEOMETRY:

Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1

3 minutes more

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DON’T GO OFF

THE GRID

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DON’T GO

OFF THE

GRID:

Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1

Turn on Gridlines and Guides in the VIEW tab.

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LOSE THE

BAGGAGE

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LOSE THE

BAGGAGE

Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1

Remove background

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NEVER LOSE

YOUR

RESOLUTION

Understand the Animal – Master the basics 1

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RELAX

EXPLORE

EXPERIMENT

EXECUTE

ENJOY

(OVER AND OVER)

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