If you want to use PowerPoint's capabilities to illustrate how two or more data points compare in magnitude, it might be appropriate in some cases to use proportional shapes to make the comparison.

If you prefer to get your business message across visually or like to incorporate images and shapes into corporate missives, rely on PowerPoint's shapes collection to help you shape up your ...

Launch PowerPoint. On the Shape Format tab, change the color, weight, and outline of the shape. Select the shape Go to the animation tab and choose an animation from the gallery. Press the Preview ...

With the release of the Visual Studio 11 beta comes a new tool for designing screens: PowerPoint Storyboarding. It's an add-on for PowerPoint that might at first seem a little underwhelming, but the ...

Unless you’re presenting a cure for insomnia, you want your PowerPoint slides to engage your audience without distracting them from the presenter (you). Too much text invites people to read rather ...

The cropping tools of Powerpoint 2010 can help you to cut and remove unwanted portions of your images. You can remove or hide part of an image, simply by reducing the horizontal and vertical edges.

When a shape doesn’t spin in a circular motion as expected in Microsoft PowerPoint, consider where the shape’s axis of rotation is. You might need to force a new one. It’s easy to make shapes spin in ...