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Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques

You're reading from   Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques An indispensable guide to mastering PowerPoint's advanced tools to create engaging presentations

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839215339
Length 338 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Analyzing Your Audience and Presentation Delivery Needs 2. Chapter 2: Using Industry Best Practices to Design Better Visuals FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Leveraging PowerPoint’s Slide Master for Design 4. Chapter 4: Using PowerPoint’s Document Masters for Accessible Handouts and Notes 5. Chapter 5: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Visuals 6. Chapter 6: Adding and Modifying Visual Elements 7. Chapter 7: Adding and Modifying Multimedia Elements 8. Chapter 8: Working with Transitions and Animations 9. Chapter 9: Building Flexibility and Interactivity into Your Presentations 10. Chapter 10: Using PowerPoint Third-Party Add-Ins 11. Chapter 11: Practicing Your Presentation Delivery 12. Chapter 12: Using Presenter View 13. Chapter 13: PowerPoint Live and Interactive Features in Microsoft Teams 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Inserting a screenshot or screen recording for a demo

Sometimes it is much easier to show an image of an application or website than try to explain everything with words. That is when you should be going to the Insert tab (1) to use the Screenshot feature (2) (Figure 7.22):

Figure 7.22 – Using the Screenshot feature in PowerPoint

Figure 7.22 – Using the Screenshot feature in PowerPoint

  • After clicking on the Screenshot button, the Available Windows section (3) shows you a list of all the active windows on your computer. If you take the time to open the exact application, document, or website you want to grab a capture from before you use the feature, inserting the capture is as simple as clicking on the preview you want to include on your slide.
  • The Screen Clipping option (4) will allow you to grab a specific area with your mouse cursor. Here are the steps:
    • Open the window from where you want to grab a specific portion to include in PowerPoint and place the PowerPoint window on top of it.
    • When you...
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