Format in PowerPoint 2016
How to insert Greek symbols very quickly
When you create a presentation for a graduate thesis or dissertation, often, you need to insert
Greek letters into the slide. Mathematical symbols and Greek letters are pervasive today and
used everywhere, from physics to social science. You may use the equation block for inserting
those symbols, but this block will have different format settings than the rest of your text,
and you will not be able to edit it in older versions of Microsoft Office. If you need to
insert just a symbol, use the Symbol dialog box or Alt+code shortcuts.
How to change the size of slides in Microsoft PowerPoint
When you prepare your presentation, you should adapt it to the device, which will be used for
projecting it. Some devices or even laptops can have different sizes, so you can need to change
the sizes of your presentation.
How to update or change links to Excel charts or spreadsheet data in PowerPoint
When you prepare a PowerPoint presentation, you can add some information from an external source
file. For example, a lot of presentations contain some data from an Excel spreadsheet or Excel
charts.
How to create an equilateral triangle, a regular square, and other regular polygons in PowerPoint
For some charts or diagrams, you need to create a regular polygon – equiangular
(all angles are equal) or equilateral (all sides have the same length).
E.g., equilateral triangle, regular square, etc.
Change the default font for text boxes in PowerPoint
When you create a text box in your presentation, any text you type appears has the default font that can be
different from version to version...
Change the default font and style for shapes in PowerPoint
When you create a shape in your presentation, it is created with the default style and any text that you
type has the default font.
How to create drops or waves effects in PowerPoint
Using different fonts for creating shapes is useful, fast, and easy. Different letters of different fonts can
give the creative and modern look of your pictures. Letters can emulate brush or crayon effect, water stains, or
even drops and waves. This tip is about the drops effect that can help you to create beautiful pictures.
How to create water stains effects in PowerPoint
There are a lot of ways how to show your picture in the PowerPoint slide. You can choose different borders
with ornaments and colors, you can use different shapes for it, or you can use letters like shapes. This tip
is about the water stains effect that can help you to create illustrations.
How to create crayon effects in PowerPoint
To create a modern looking illustration in your PowerPoint presentation, you can use a brush effect, or
add pictures with torn
edges, or make a mask for
pictures using simple and fast tricks. This tip is about another effect that can help you to create
different crayon effects.
PowerPoint slide with several shapes and one picture
When you create a presentation, you simply choose some existing company presentation template. However, you
might need to invent something new and creative to impress the stakeholders. This tip shows how to use
several simple shapes to create a visually appealing design for your slides.