Clark Consulting asked TLC Creative Services to help with a presentation makeover on their slides for an important meeting presentation. After reviewing the files, we expanded the project to include an update to the PowerPoint template to set it up correctly, all formatting options preset, optimized and ready for real use. Here are a few before-and-after slides from the project.
– Troy @ TLC
As many have noticed the past month or so, ThePowerPointBlog has been a bit inconsistent in posts. It is definitely not for a lack of topics (actually I have a list of over 70 topics for posts!). We have been busy with so many great projects that there just has not been enough time in the days to get to everything. Leading up to Christmas, I am posting a series some of our recent projects (which is not as easy as I would like with all of the confidential company material we work with).
– Troy @ TLC
Lorum Ipsum, or Greeked Text, is placeholder text that has no meaning. Its purpose is to demonstrate how text will look in a layout, in a specific font, size and color. It is also, very helpful for PowerPoint templates and foundation presentations.
Traditional Lorum Ipsum text is a nonsensical latin (created by a 1st century Latin text by Cicero), and looks like this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In lacus nisi, tincidunt non purus vel, hendrerit imperdiet urna. Mauris in mattis eros. Nulla ligula arcu, pretium eget justo nec, cursus rhoncus lectus. Nullam eu est blandit, faucibus elit at, pellentesque lectus. Maecenas a vulputate mauris. Donec quis dictum metus. Phasellus at nisi tempus mauris sollicitudin fermentum. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.
For the above text I used the Lorem Ipsum text generator at lipsum.com (see this January 2007 post).
But that can be boring and TLC is a creative company. So we were very excited about discovering “Meet the Ipsums!” MeetTheIpsums.com is a text generator for dozens of themed Lorum Ipsum text, such as coffee ipsum, cat ipsum, Zombie Ipsum, Canada Ipsum and more!
Here is a personal favorite – Pirate ipsum:
Belaying pin chase coxswain list transom gally pillage broadside furl capstan. Hail-shot aft fore Davy Jones’ Locker careen killick mutiny weigh anchor bilge rat Nelsons folly. Chandler poop deck Blimey six pounders Buccaneer clap of thunder ye Barbary Coast keel Gold Road. Cable doubloon avast grapple interloper hang the jib boom heave down Sea Legs barkadeer.
Even better – not from a productivity vantage, but definitely better for fun and amusement – is that each Ipsum webpage is themed. Here is the interface for generating the above Pirate Ipsum text:
Next time you have a project that needs themed Lorum Ipsum text, check out MeetTheIpsums.com!
– Troy @ TLC