Create Puzzle Pieces in PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2010 introduced the Merge Shapes toolset (trust me, it was hidden, but there). In PowerPoint 2013, the Merge Shapes toolset is much more accessible and refined. Here is an example we developed creating a much requested graphic element – puzzle pieces (download link below).
Here are the 4 puzzle pieces.
All are PowerPoint shapes
Here is a 4 step process to create your own:
1. Add 4 squares AND 4 small circles, so there are 8 shapes on the slide. COPY the 4 circles.
Select all shapes and subtract the circles from the squares to get these 4 shapes.
Paste in the 4 circles, so there are 8 shapes on the slide again.
Select all 8 shapes and use the Merge Shapes tool to unite the circles to adjacent squares to create the 4 puzzle pieces.
Each puzzle piece is a separate PowerPoint shape.
Each puzzle piece is a separate PowerPoint shape that can be resized, animated and recolored directly in PowerPoint.
Download a slide with the 4 puzzle pieces: PowerPoint_Puzzle_Pieces
– Troy @ TLC
(Try 2) Animation Sample – It’s a Small World
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This is the 2nd posting of this sample as the post last week did not include the video of the PowerPoint slides… oops.
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These are slides from a recent presentation and the video below is the animated version of the 4 slides:
With some creative layout and PowerPoint animation, the presenter used this animated sequence to convey the message of their expanded Social Media presence and how it has a global reach (all animated on clicks):
[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/unnamed-file-2.mp4[/KGVID]
– Troy @ TLC
Happy Halloween! Pumpkin Party 2014
Our annual pumpkin carving party was a lot of fun this year with everyone showing great creativity!
– Troy @ TLC
Halloween 2014 PowerPoint Template
This is a fun time of the year and Cara, a new TLC staff designer, developed this fun Halloween themed template.
This is a FREE download, full featured PowerPoint template with all standard layouts customized to theme, custom color scheme, custom transitions, and more. Have fun using this template from TLC Creative Services!
Download here: Halloween-2014
– Troy @ TLC
Halloween Animation
This is a great animation from a Halloween themed template TLC designer, Jennifer, developed.
[KGVID]https://thepowerpointblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/unnamed-file.mp4[/KGVID]
The slide was developed with this nice background art setup on the master slide.
Then the Halloween art elements were added to the slide.
Here is the slide composed of the full moon background, all art elements and text boxes.
The animation pane shows lots is going on to create the motion on the slide (the addition of a real ‘loop animation section’ would make this type of slide much easier!).
– Troy @ TLC
Slides From Lexus
There are not a lot of slides that can be publicly displayed from the projects TLC designs. Here is a sample of some of the slide designs we created for a recent meeting Lexus had.
All slides were developed at 16×9 and different size letter box bars (black bars top/bottom) were added to adjust the slides to the various LED wall configurations. The green text is notes about the slide (who the presenter was for that slide, which screen it was set to display on, etc.) and are in the non projected section of the slide.
Of course these are also a static image of the slides. For the meeting every slide had dynamic animated entrances which were developed with a combination of slide transitions and animation.
– Troy @ TLC
Animation Sample – It’s A Small World
These are slides from a recent presentation and the video below is the animated version of the 4 slides:
With some creative layout and PowerPoint animation, the presenter used this animated sequence to convey the message of their expanded Social Media presence and how it has a global reach (all animated on clicks):
– Troy @ TLC