Draw attention to small elements on a slide by growing them with a simple zoom animation.In this example, a very small text box that says “The Little Things” is the most important element, but it’s easy to miss when viewing
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What would a PowerPoint presentation be without bullet points? SmartArt lets you dress up your bullet points into more interesting graphics. How to add SmartArt in PowerPoint First, type out your bullet points in a separate text box. Then, right
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Large charts can overwhelm a presentation with too much information in too little time. One good way to break up a large amount of data into digestible chunks is by animating charts in PowerPoint. Instead of splashing a complex graph
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Excel Charts are critical to business reports because they are far more engaging than matrices of numbers. Charts must be accurate and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The wrong chart type can mislead or inaccurately represent data. For example: A
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You can create your own custom color palette to use in PowerPoint that will give you consistency throughout your presentations while allowing you to tie in your specific corporate colors. Once you create your own custom color scheme, it will
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Excel PowerPivot is a tool for managing and visualizing complex data within Excel. It has elements of a database system like Access but also offers Excel features like Pivot Table.PowerPivot is free with Office 2013, but you may need to
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Project Management is proving attractive to many who formerly considered only traditional Functional Management. What is the difference, and what personality types are best suited to each? Project Management is purely Goal-oriented, whereas Functional Management is often oriented toward keeping
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Use the name box to enter information into your spreadsheet instead of clicking on each cell. This will prevent you from entering information into the wrong cell by mistake. Usually when you click on a cell and start typing, Excel
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Sometimes when pasting data into Excel, a column will widen to the point that it can’t really be used. A long URL, for example, might stretch off the page.Normally, you would grab the border between the column labels to resize
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Microsoft has built 3 tools for creating maps in Microsoft Excel, including Power Map, Power View, and the Bing Maps App. To use these tools, you’ll need to download certain add-ins from the Microsoft site. Of course, consult with your
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