ToolsToo Tip from Troy @ TLC
If you are a member of the Presentation Guild, the February email newsletter featured a quick tip from Troy @ TLC Creative on one of our team’s go-to tools for PowerPoint, which shapes rounded corner rectangles, from the ToolsToo add-in.
The Presentation Podcast Episode #24 Released Today!
A new episode from The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out their latest discussion on “Archiving Projects” and add to your favorite Podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more at The Presentation Podcast.
The Presentation Podcast Episode #23 Released Today!
A new episode from The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out their latest discussion on “Typography & Typesetting” and add to your favorite Podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more at The Presentation Podcast.
PowerPoint Icons Library!
If you are running Office 365, PowerPoint 2106, a new addition was added to the ribbon – Icons!
This is a Microsoft offering, not an add-in from a 3rd party. It is also linked to our new .svg image support. Click the Icons button and there is a large library of professional and modern icons available.
Just search through the many categories, select an icon and click INSERT to add to a slide.
Every icon is provided in the .svg format. So, all icons can be resized with no quality loss, are very small file size, and can be recolored and offer limited styling options within PowerPoint (see previous post for overview of PowerPoint SVG formatting options and limitations).
Troy @ TLC
.SVG and Windows
SVG is a fantastic vector image format for PowerPoint. But it is not completely Windows OS friendly, and I think everyone should be prepared for a few frustrations that can be there when using .svg images.
Windows Preview App:
- There is no image app that can open and view an .svg image, including Windows 10 Photos, Paint, Windows Media Player, etc.
- So if you double-click to open a .svg you will get the “I don’t know what to do with this image dialog”. Note: I currently have set SVG files to open with a web browser, as that is an app that can preview the file format.
Windows File Explorer:
- Because there is no application that can preview an .svg, an .svg icon is blank.
- Note 1: I have setup the Microsoft Edge web browser as the application to open a preview .svg images, which is why this Windows File Explorer image shows a web page icon for the .svg
- Note 2: .svg is not the only image file format that Windows does not support. .wmf, .ai, .eps, .psd, and many others all cannot display a thumbnail image.
Troy @ TLC
The Presentation Podcast Episode #22 Released Today!
A new episode from The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out their latest discussion on “Favorite Animations” and add to your favorite Podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more at The Presentation Podcast.
Creating .SVG images in Adobe Illustrator for PowerPoint
Adobe Illustrator is most likely going to be where designers are creating .svg images. But the .svg format has a number of options, not all are currently recognized or supported by PowerPoint. Here are the Save As options we use for PowerPoint .SVG images:
- In Adobe Illustrator, go to FILE > SAVE AS
- Change the file to SVG in the drop down
- In the SAVE OPTIONS dialog, use these options
- SVG Profile = SVG 1.1.
- Fonts – Type = Convert to outline
- Fonts – Subsetting = None.
- Image Location = Embed.
- Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities = unchecked
For even more details on the SVG save options, we developed this PDF 1-sheet reference to all Illustrator SVG options and PowerPoint compatibility. Download Here.
If you need an .svg image to experiment with, click here to download the apple image used for this blog series.
Troy @ TLC