Sometimes it is required to wrap text around an image in PowerPoint and this can happen in different flavors: for example, you may require to use an irregular shape or picture and wrap the text around, or just use a rectangular or regular shape or picture instead. Unlike other Microsoft Office products where you can [...]
Call to action buttons are sometimes required in PowerPoint presentations, especially if we want to share presentations online and let users click on the button. In CSS and HTML we can design nice buttons using gradients and button styles, so why we can’t reproduce this in PowerPoint slides? Here we will show you how we [...]
Shapes are powerful tool in PowerPoint, we have discussed about this in Using Shapes in PowerPoint . Using shapes we can not only make 2D figures and illustrations but also complex 3D spheres and designs, applying format options and gradients. Here we will show you how to convert 2D shapes in a simple 3D sphere [...]
Bridge diagrams can be very helpful on business and meeting presentations to describe situations where you need to move from one point to a future point traversing some risks. Bridge illustrations are widely used in business presentations and sometimes we need to design charts and diagrams where a bridge image or illustration should be present. [...]
In Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 it is possible to create a Family Tree PowerPoint template or presentation using SmartArt. This has some benefits compared to the family tree using shapes tutorial that we have previously published. SmartArt let you create org charts easily and you can use this tree structure for the family history. [...]
Let’s see how to create a simple family tree PowerPoint template using shapes in PowerPoint. In order to design a family tree we will add elements to the tree. The ancestors will be the leaves of the tree, while the Me node will be the root. We can position the tree in vertical mode or [...]
Anchor points are great to connect lines between different shapes. This feature is very common in vector editing software as well as diagram applications or software. In PowerPoint we can also use anchor points to connect the shapes with lines and connectors. However, the default shapes available in PowerPoint (like squares, circles, arrows, etc.) comes [...]
Drawing a funnel diagram in PowerPoint is possible by combining different basic shapes like an ellipse or oval and then a triangle. You can also create pipes in PowerPoint using shapes. Here we will show you how to build a funnel diagram in PowerPoint. You can combine different shapes to build this funnel channel diagram. [...]
What if someone is interested to create a logo in PowerPoint and ask you to design one? First, you will think that he is crazy trying to design it in PowerPoint instead of using an imagine editing or vector software like Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop for the logo creation. Well, the good news are that [...]
In PowerPoint you can create nice triangle figures using shapes. Here we will show you how you can create some nice triangles in Microsoft PowerPoint using shapes feature. First, let’s review the triangle classification and how we can classify triangles. Triangles can be classified by: Sides Angles By Sides we can sub classify triangles in: [...]