Tutorials & Tips

How to Set Up Slide Show in PowerPoint

If you are preparing your PowerPoint presentation to play the slideshow, then here are some PowerPoint tips that you may consider. In PowerPoint, you can find a Slide Show menu in the PowerPoint ribbon. From here, you can configure how to play the presentation slideshow and access the Set Up Show dialog, which is very …

Animation Painter in PowerPoint

Animation Painter is an interesting feature available in PowerPoint that helps us to copy and paste animation styles to other objects. This works pretty similar to Format Painter but for animations instead and can be really useful if you need to copy animations along different objects on the same slide or other slides. The functionality …

Create a PowerPoint from an Outline Text File

Creating a presentation from its outline is a simplified way of starting a new presentation from scratch and have it ready to complete with the presentation content in PowerPoint. While some prefer to include the text slide by slide, creating a PPT from TXT file having the structure of the presentation can help to save …

How to Make Text Curved in PowerPoint

There are special cases where you may be interested to curve text in PowerPoint diagrams or presentations. Normally, the curved text and WordArt effects may not be useful at all unless you have specific needs. For example, designing a circular diagram in PowerPoint may require you to curve the text inside the cycle diagram in order …

How to make a Gaussian Curve in PowerPoint

Gaussian Curve (also known as the Gaussian Bell or Bell Curve) is a statistical curve very popular in probability theory. The normal (or Gaussian) distribution is a continuous probability distribution that has a bell-shaped probability density function, known as the Gaussian function or informally as the bell curve. You can learn more about the Gaussian function on Wikipedia …

Hoshin Planning: Connecting Planning with Strategic Goals

Connecting project management to realize goals associated with strategic planning can help achieve long-term goals. This is necessary in order to ensure the organization continues to propel forward, with a focus on continuous improvement. Hoshin Planning is a 7-step process used for achieving strategic goals, with an eye on long-term objectives. What is Hoshin Planning? …