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The Presentation Podcast Episode #57 Released Today!

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! 

PowerPoint Sections, first introduced in PowerPoint 2010 are still a hidden feature to many. Troy, Nolan and Sandy spend a whole episode to talking about this great, and underutilized feature. How they use, when they use, and reasons to use PowerPoint sections, along with tips & tricks, asks of Microsoft and examples. Enjoy another PowerPoint conversation!

By |2018-07-03T16:01:24-07:00July 3rd, 2018|Resource/Misc|

The Presentation Podcast Episode #56 Released Today!

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #56 – PowerPoint Templates In Depth with Julie Terberg and Echo Swinford.

PowerPoint templates are a key, and fundamental, feature of PowerPoint. We have all seen “templates” that are far from a true, functional and helpful PowerPoint template. Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by two industry experts in PowerPoint template development who literally wrote the book on PowerPoint templates, Echo Swinford and Julie Terberg.

By |2018-06-11T10:19:04-07:00June 19th, 2018|Resource/Misc|

The Presentation Podcast Episode #55 Released Today!

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #55 – Let’s Talk PowerPoint Templates (a Virtual Discussion).

PowerPoint Templates have lots of setup, design, distribution and end-use considerations. For this episode we have a virtual conversation with a number of presentation design experts volunteering their expertise and recommendations on everything PowerPoint templates.

By |2018-06-01T07:38:45-07:00June 5th, 2018|Resource/Misc|

The Presentation Podcast Episode #54 Released Today!

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #54 – A Conversation with PPT Add-in Developers (Part 2).

This week’s episode is Part 2 of the PowerPoint add-ins conversation with developers Steve Rindsberg of PPTools, Gil Segal of ToolsToo, and Jamie Garroch of YouPresent (Listen to episode 52 for Part 1 of the conversation). We cover three additional questions this time around: what about the new Microsoft Store web-based add-ins? What about Mac PowerPoint add-ins? And what is an add-in you would like to develop? It is a fantastic conversation, enjoy!

By |2018-05-14T10:31:12-07:00May 15th, 2018|Resource/Misc|

The Presentation Podcast Episode #53 Released Today!

 A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #53 – Colorful Talk About Using Color in PowerPoint.

Color is a major part of presentation design. How a presentation designer goes about using color, both for design and the technical how-to within PowerPoint, have a wide variety approaches. Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about personal approaches, technical setup and how-to, and using color in presentations.

By |2018-04-30T08:25:36-07:00May 1st, 2018|Resource/Misc|

The Presentation Podcast Episode #52 Released Today!

 A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #52 – A Conversation with PPT Add-In Developers.

The Presentation Podcast continues its conversation about PowerPoint add-ins. This episode, the conversation is from the perspective of the add-in developers themselves, featuring three amazing guests who provide insights, knowledge and company information: Steve Rindsberg of PPTools, Gil Segal of ToolsToo, and Jamie Garroch of YouPresent. The guests’ insights and information are definitely worth a listen, and probably a re-listen, to take notes on everything!

By |2018-04-13T10:46:31-07:00April 17th, 2018|Resource/Misc|

Snagit Cursor Capture

The interface in the 2018 version of Snagit has been updated. A notable change is we found the cursor capture to be on by default. Even if the setting was turned off before Snagit was updated, it was turned on after updating. After a little investigation, we found that the setting is even easier to find and control now… if you know where to look.

It only takes two steps to keep the cursor from being captured in your images.

Right click the Snagit icon in the lower right Windows Task Bar and Open Capture Window.

Cursor Capture 1

Simply turn off the Capture Cursor setting and close (X) the dialog box.

Cursor Capture 2

It’s as easy as that!

By |2018-04-04T11:02:39-07:00April 9th, 2018|Resource/Misc|

Win 10 Start Menu – Left Column

I received an email with a question from the previous blog post, about how I added the additional options to the far left column of the Windows 10 Start Column (thanks Alessandra!). 

This is definitely a hidden area in the Win 10 Settings. what can be added, or removed, from this column is very limited. To edit:

  • Click the Windows 10 START button (lower left)
  • Click the SETTINGS (gear icon)
  • Click PERONALIZATION
  • Click START on the left
  • Click CHOOSE WHICH FOLDERS APPEAR ON START
  •  
  • There are toggles for each available button on the far left Start Menu. Here are mine:

 

And that is the answer to the question – definitely a more IT type of question (and TLC Creative has every Win 10 setting for our computers documented like the above to assure everything is running the same setup).

Troy @ TLC

By |2018-04-04T11:00:35-07:00April 5th, 2018|Resource/Misc|

StockSnap – Free, and Royalty Free Images

StockSnap is a royalty free stock photography site that is worth bookmarking for presentation design.

StockSnap

All images on the website are FREE and do not require attribution, both great things for presentation designers to hear! Photographers choose to share their work with StockSnap and release them under Creative Commons, so they can be used for personal and commercial use. There is a variety of imagery, with categories from business to nature. StockSnap

Select an image and all the vital information regarding the photo is available; photographer, dimensions, size and relevant tags.

StockSnap

When searching images, the site will advertise some images with watermarks. These, and “sponsored images,” are from outside websites that are not included in the free StockSnap library. If your project needs a good, free, image resource, this is a perfect option to have available.

 

Troy @ TLC

By |2018-03-20T13:45:04-07:00March 23rd, 2018|Resource/Misc|
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