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Introduction

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:.

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The AutoContent Wizard

PowerPoint has an AutoContent Wizard to help you create a presentation. The wizard provides several slides with different content guides. Presentation guides are available in several areas, including general, corporate, and sales and marketing.

To use the AutoContent Wizard:

• In the task pane under New Presentation , choose From AutoContent Wizard .
• Click Next to see the different presentation options that are available.

Choosing a presentation type

As you continue working in the wizard, think about what you presentation best fits your needs. If you're not sure which choice to make, try General - Generic .

• Click Next after you have chosen a presentation type.

Type of output

The next screen asks, What type of output will you use?

• Because you will likely be doing an On-screen presentation , click inside the circle next to On-screen presentation. Or, if you are not, feel free to choose another presentation type.
• Click Next .
• On the next screen, you can type in your Presentation Title . Add a footer if necessary.
• The last AutoContent Wizard dialog box appears.
• Click Finish .

Your slides will appear, and you can go through each one and make changes to the content. Edit the slides in Outline View in the left pane, or type directly into the slides in the center pane.

Making changes to content

When you use the AutoContent Wizard, the slides that result are a guide for your actual content. Make the changes necessary to fit your presentation.

For example, if you are working on a General - Generic presentation about your organization and how it helps the community, your first slide might look like this:

You may want to add or delete some of the slides based on your content or add a different design or color scheme.

• Open the AutoContent Wizard .
• Choose a Presentation Type .
• Add a Presentation Title .
• When you Finish , make changes to the first page of the presentation.
• Click through the presentation in Outline View .
• Close this presentation without saving the document.
• Open the Where I Learn presentation.
• Insert a new slide with a title placeholder and a bulleted list placeholder (Title and Text).
• Type a title and some interesting information about where you learn. Format this information so it is not in a bulleted list.
• Save and close the document.

Congratulations! You just completed your first challenge presentation in PowerPoint 2003.

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In this conversation, Ric discusses PowerPoint’s erstwhile AutoContent Wizard .

Geetesh: Ric, you contributed to the design and direction of the AutoContent Wizard. Can you share your thoughts about what motivated its introduction and what made it such a favorite feature?

Ric: Sure Geetesh, thanks for the opportunity.

We have to go way back in PowerPoint history to understand that there were actually multiple versions of the AutoContent Wizard. Originally the content presentations were just files that PowerPoint opened, with a skeletal presentation the user would fill in. When I got ownership of the feature, we decided to make it more of a series of guided decisions the user would make to create a starter document that was a bit more personalized.

At the same time, PowerPoint was undergoing one of the more aggressive architectural changes in its history, adding an object model and the ability to program “on top of” the main PowerPoint application. In simpler terms, a skilled programmer could write code and add features to PowerPoint beyond what Microsoft had put there. Several of the PowerPoint program management team, around five of us as I recall, started creating features in this way. It was difficult work; the tools were very rough. The coding editor was so primitive it didn’t even have a destructive backspace! We did most of our work writing code in Excel, then copied and pasted it into PowerPoint, and then prayed that it would run. In the end, only two of us finished our features; myself and David Gorbet who wrote the fabulous Pack-And-Go wizard.

It’s probably hard to consider these days but back in the 90s PowerPoint was not a household word. As simple as it was to work with, there were concepts that people who had worked with Word or Excel had trouble wrapping their heads around. Things like the difference between selecting a placeholder to move it and clicking into it to edit text. These were much more difficult and users were very frustrated. And the “presentation as a document” model itself wasn’t readily understood. Many users came from older “slide preparation” applications where they created one file per slide and expected PowerPoint to work the same way. It wasn’t unusual to go on a customer visit and see people with 20 separate files for a 20-slide presentation. The AutoContent Wizard was a way to shortcut these misconceptions and give the user less of a blank slate of a document to start their work.

We also tried to help the user think about the audience. Some examples of this are “Communicating Bad News” or “Brainstorming Session.” Putting the presenter into a tactic that would be more acceptable to the audience, to move forward with positive results. “Communicating Bad News” slides that approached a problem through disclosure and next steps used a structure very different from the activity of collecting the inventive ideas of a group in a “Brainstorming Session.” AutoContent Wizard was a popular feature for beginning presenters. And most users were just beginning. Most of the presentation structures used in the wizard came from presentation professionals we worked with specifically for the wizard. We even licensed some work from the Dale Carnegie organization, an international organization known for excellence in speaking.

We helped the user get the document set up for the output type; on-screen, web, overheads, or 35mm slides. (Yes, there were still a lot of people using PowerPoint to create actual slides that would be projected from a carousel projector!) There are a lot of different settings that can and should be made to optimize the presentation for each type of output. When the Wizard put this all on one simple screen, it made it much easier to do than hunting down the individual commands.

Finally, the presentation title was requested, and the user could specify if and how a footer would be added to the slides. Still, one of the harder things for users to do today (admittedly for several different reasons!) We put a couple of additional benefits in there, including a progress indicator, but that was about it.

It was a rare thing that we heard from a customer who didn’t like the option of starting with the AutoContent wizard. Of course a few years later it was a controversial subject.

Geetesh: The AutoContent Wizard no longer shipped with PowerPoint 2007. Many purists say that it was the reason for canned presentations. But many long-time users saw it as a starting point to overcome creative blocks. Was a balance between the two thoughts not possible, or did the feature outlive its usefulness?

Ric: I’m not sure what a purist really is. Is a presentation you write from scratch likely to be better than one written from an outline? Maybe. Is a resume written from scratch always going to be better than one that is started from a set of example sections? It’s a tough call. It depends on the native skill set of the person at the keyboard. It’s easy to lay the blame on a feature, but the reality is that users need real training if they’re going to be expected to create professional documents. And that goes for Word and Excel as well. With AutoContent Wizard we exposed users to good basic communication practices. The hope was that giving them a start, and some immediate success, they would continue to grow their skills.

It should be noted that the PowerPoint team didn’t really decide to cut the AutoContent Wizard. Lots of Office features that were conceptually the same in Word, Excel and PowerPoint were being given over to “shared teams.” Shared teams would implement a set of a core feature that all the apps would use. The benefit there was reduced work for the application teams and a uniform experience for users going between programs. Application startup and File Open were identified as shared team features, and because Word and Excel didn’t have AutoContent Wizards, PowerPoint lost its ability to launch its startup experience.

In reality, it was probably about time. PowerPoint was, by this time, a leading application in Office. The “novice” user had plenty of support from other knowledgeable users, books and magazines, and that whole Internet thing. As a built-in feature, the AutoContent Wizard was only missed for a while.

The concept of a guidance tool for creating your presentations is still solid, but not as a generic concept. There are plenty of organizations that pay consultants to come in and create versions of a wizard that will work specific to their needs. I’ve seen amazing work done in the recent versions of PowerPoint where multiple ribbons support exactly this kind of content guidance and creation that follows corporate guidelines. That object model and programming feature, it’s still benefiting users today.

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The first option in the powerpoint dialog box under create a new presentation is the Autocontent wizard. The Autocontent wizard is a guide composed of serveral screens that help you to create a professional presentation quickly and easily . It takes you through a series of questions. you can choose various option to create a good presentation.

The steps to create a presentation using the Autocontent wizard are:

step-1 select The Autocontent wizard option from the powerpoint dialog box. A dialog box as shown in the figure is displayed.

closely watch the screen and read the infofmation provided there.

step-2 click the Next Button. A dialog box appears.

press a category button for the type of presentation you are going to create and then select the presentation that suits best to your need.

For example, click the All button amd select the Generic option in the adjacent window.

step-3 click the Next button.

select the presentation style in the next screen as shown.

The above screen helps you to choose the type of output you will be using, and the wizard selects the best colour scheme for your presentation.

For example, choose the on- screen presentation.

step-4 click the Next button. A new dialog box appears as shown below:

Enter data into each text box and click the Next Button.

for example, type the name of your school under the presentation title head. Type your name in the Footer text area.

step-5 The next screen ends the Autocontent wizard and indicates that your presentation has been created.

The presentation created by the wizard for you will be seen in the Normal view as displayed in the figure below:

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Planning the presentation

The first thing to do is decide what you are going to do with the presentation. For example, putting a group of digital photos together in a presentation requires very little planning. However, using a presentation to increase the knowledge of others about your topic requires much more planning.

You need to ask and answer many questions before you begin creating a presentation. If you are not acquainted with creating presentations, the answers will be more general. Those who have created a variety of presentations in the past will want to have more specific answers.

Who is to see the presentation? How will it be used? What is the subject matter? What should be in its outline? How detailed should the outline be? Will an audio file be played? Is animation desirable? How should the transition between slides be handled? These are some of the many questions that should be asked, answered, and written down before creating the presentation.

Again, it is not always necessary at this point to have specific answers to every question. Making an outline is extremely important. You may already know exactly what some of the slides will contain. You may only have a general idea of what you want on some of the slides. That is alright. You can make some changes as you go. Change your outline to match the changes you make in your slides.

The important part is that you have a general idea of what you want and how to get it. Put that information on paper. That makes it much easier to create the presentation.

Using the Presentation Wizard

You can start Impress in several ways:

• From the system menu or the OpenOffice.org Quickstarter. Details vary with your operating system; see the Getting Started guide if you need more information.
• From any open component of OOo, click the triangle to the right of the New icon on the main toolbar and select Presentation from the drop-down menu.

• From any open component of OOo, choose File > New > Presentation .

When you start Impress, the Presentation Wizard appears.

• Select Empty presentation under Type . It creates a presentation from scratch.

• Click Next . The Presentation Wizard step 2 appears. The figure below shows the Wizard as it appears if you selected Empty presentation at step 1. If you selected From template , an example slide is shown in the Preview box.
• Choose a design under Select a slide design . The slide design section gives you two main choices: Presentation Backgrounds and Presentations . Each one has a list of choices for slide designs. If you want to use one of these other than <Original>, click it to select it.

Impress provides about 25 types of Presentation Backgrounds that you can select from the list shown in the figure below. <Original> is an empty background. You can also select among three predefined Presentations : <Original> , Introducing a New Product , and Recommendation of a Strategy .

To start with a blank presentation select <Original>. Click an item to see a preview of the slide design in the Preview window.

Select how the presentation will be used under Select an output medium . Generally, presentations are created for computer screen display, so you would select Screen .

Click Next . The Presentation Wizard step 3 appears.

In this step you can choose the desired slide transition from the Effect drop-down menu. Select the desired speed for the transition between the different slides in the presentation from the Speed drop-down menu. Medium is a good choice for now.

Click Create . A new presentation is created.

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Using the AutoContent Wizard in Microsoft PowerPoint makes it easy to create a professional business presentation. The AutoContent Wizard is designed to give suggestions for slide options and material to use in your business presentation.

There are four different categories of business presentation types – General, Corporate, Product and Sales/Marketing. Each type of business presentation has several options to choose from.

To start the AutoContent Wizard in PowerPoint 2003, select File > New… from the menu.

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PowerPoint’s AutoContent Wizard takes you through selecting a business presentation type, style and other presentation options.

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1. Create an engaging presentation

The first tip would be to make sure your presentation is engaging. Be as creative as possible and find any way you can to engage your audience. If you’re not interesting, no one will be interested in what you have to say. Be creative in your presentation. Find new ways to engage your audience. There’s nothing worse than a mediocre presentation that goes on forever with no worthwhile information provided at the end. Make sure you’ve got something exciting to show when people first arrive and then wrap up nicely at the end so that people are left feeling like they want to be a part of your community.

2. Be interactive

Another important thing is to make it interactive. Put the words on the screen so people are paying attention, but also give them something to do. This could include putting up a slide in the middle of your presentation and having people answer questions or participate in a poll. We should use PowerPoint to add more interactivity to our presentations. Adding these elements will make the presentation more engaging for the audience which will, in turn, help them retain the information better.

3. Readable fonts

Yet another tip would be to make sure your fonts are legible and not sloppy. There are many different fonts available in PowerPoint, but some fonts are easier to read than others. Some fonts are not very readable at all, which can make it difficult for people to understand what they’re reading on their slides. You don’t want people having to squint at your presentation just to read it!

4. Use slides for storytelling

For years, presentations have been a staple of the corporate world. They are used to communicate ideas in a way that is both entertaining and memorable. One of the most powerful features of PowerPoint is the ability to use slides as storytelling devices. Slides should be stories that engage your audience and convey a message. Each slide should not just be a list or a series of words, but rather it should tell an actual story.

5. Choose the right templates

The first step of not only using PowerPoint well but also becoming a PowerPoint wizard is to choose the right templates. There are many different templates, some of which will be more suitable for your needs than others. The key is to choose the right template for your presentation. This will make it easier for you when creating and editing presentations because everything will already be set up for you with the correct font sizes, colors, layouts, etc.

6. Add visuals

PowerPoint is a tool that allows you to share your ideas and stories with others. Adding visuals to your presentation is one way to make the experience more engaging for those who are listening. People love images. You can use a website like Unsplash to find high-quality, royalty-free photos that you can use in your presentation slides. You can also add photos from your collection as well.

7. Add videos

You can also incorporate videos into PowerPoint presentations. Videos are great because they help break up the monotony of reading through slides for long periods. They also provide audio and visual stimulation for the viewer which makes it easier for them to understand what you’re trying to say on a particular slide.

8. Use animations

One of the ways you can make your PowerPoint presentation more dynamic is by creatively using animations. Animations are great for highlighting certain points or giving the viewer a sense of movement. The best part? You can use animations to create beautiful presentations without having to hire any designers. The only downside is that it’s more time-consuming than standard methods, but if you have the time, it’s worth it.

9. Spice up your text

Adding a little bit of spice to your text will keep your presentation from being boring. There are many ways to do this like adding humor, new material, and/or playing with storytelling. All of these things will keep your presentation from being boring, and will help you to win your audience. Like, when you introduce your talk with a quote, it will grab the audience and they will be more open to what you have to say.

10. Keep it short and sweet

It’s important to keep your presentation short, sweet, and to the point while meeting your audience’s expectations. The best length for presentations is between 15 to 20 slides. It happens more often than you might think that people go too long in their presentations. It’s very easy to go over time limits on a presentation and lose your audience.

11. Be consistent

One of the most important aspects to consider when creating a PowerPoint presentation is consistency. One of the best ways to do this is by using slides with uniform fonts and colors. You should also be consistent with your imagery. This will make it easier for someone watching your presentation to follow along without getting distracted or confused.

Create an engaging presentation with slides as storytelling devices, add visual content, use animations creatively and keep it short and sweet. If you want your presentations to look great, use the right templates, fonts, colors, and imagery. If you want your presentations to be effective, add different audience members in mind, edit for different audience members, and spice up your text. With these 11 secrets in mind, you’ll be well on your way to mastering the art of PowerPoint!

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What is Impress?

Impress is the presentation (slide show) program included in LibreOffice. You can create slides that contain many different elements, including text, bulleted and numbered lists, tables, charts, and a wide range of graphic objects such as clipart, drawings, and photographs. Impress also includes a spelling checker, a thesaurus, text styles, and background styles.

This chapter includes instructions, screenshots, and hints to guide you through the Impress environment while designing your presentations. Although more difficult designs are mentioned in this chapter, explanations for creating them are in the Impress Guide . If you have a working knowledge of how to create slide shows, we recommend you use the Impress Guide for your source of information.

To use Impress for more than very simple slide shows requires some knowledge of the elements which the slides contain. Slides that contain text use styles to determine the appearance of that text. Creating drawings in Impress is similar to the Draw program included in LibreOffice. For this reason, we recommend that you also see Chapter 3 Using Styles and Templates and Chapter 7 Getting Started with Draw in this guide. You may also wish to consult the Draw Guide for more details on how to use the drawing tools.

Starting Impress

You can start Impress in several ways, as described in Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice .

When you start Impress for the first time, the Presentation Wizard may be shown. See “ Creating a new presentation using the Presentation Wizard ” on page 13 . Otherwise, the main Impress window is displayed.

You can turn the Presentation Wizard on and off in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Impress > General > New document by selecting or deselecting the Start with wizard option.

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The main Impress window (Figure 1 ) has three parts: the Slides pane , Workspace , and Sidebar . Additionally, several toolbars can be displayed or hidden during the creation of a presentation.

You can close the Slides pane or the Sidebar by clicking the X in the upper right corner of each pane or go to View > Slide Pane or View > Sidebar on the Menu bar to deselect the pane. To reopen a pane, go to View on the Menu bar and select Slide Pane or Sidebar again.

You can also maximize the Workspace area by clicking on the Hide/Show marker in the middle of the vertical separator line (highlighted in Figure 1 ). Using the Hide/Show marker hides, but does not close, the Slide pane or Sidebar. To restore a pane, click again on its Hide/Show marker.

The Workspace (normally in the center of the main window) opens in the Normal view. It has five tabs: Normal , Outline , Notes , Handout , and Slide Sorter . These five tabs are called View buttons. Since LibreOffice 5.1, the View buttons are not shown by default; but they can be activated by choosing View > Modes Tab Bar from the menu bar.

The Workspace below the View buttons changes with the chosen view. The workspace views are described in “ Workspace views ” on page 9 .

Figure 1: Main window of Impress; ovals indicate the Hide/Show markers. The View Tab Bar is visible in this image.

Slides pane

The Slides pane contains thumbnail pictures of the slides in your presentation in the order in which they will be shown, unless you change the slide show order. Clicking a slide in this pane selects it and places it in the Workspace . When a slide is in the Workspace, you can make changes to it.

Several additional operations can be performed on one or more slides simultaneously in the Slides pane:

• Add new slides to the presentation.  

• Mark a slide as hidden so that it will not be shown as part of the presentation.  

• Delete a slide from the presentation if it is no longer needed.  

• Rename a slide.  

• Duplicate a slide (copy and paste).  

• Move a slide to another place in the slide stack by dragging and dropping it to the desired position. If the position is not visible in the slide pane, the slide stack will scroll up or down accordingly.  

It is also possible to perform the following operations, although there are more efficient methods than using the Slides pane:

• Change the slide transition following the selected slide or after each slide in a group.  

• Change the slide design.  

• Change slide layout for a group of slides simultaneously.  

The Sidebar has seven sections. To expand a section you want to use, click on its icon or click on the small triangle at the top of the icons and select a section from the drop down list. Only one section at a time can be open.

Shows the layouts included within Impress. You can choose the one you want and use it as it is, or modify it to meet your own requirements. However, it is not possible to save customized layouts.

Here you define the page (slide) style for your presentation. Impress includes several designs for Master Pages (slide masters). One of them – Default – is blank, and the rest have background and styled text.

Go to Format > Styles > Styles and Formatting on the Menu bar or press the F11 key to open the Styles and Formatting dialog, where you can modify the styles used in any master page to suit your purpose. This can be done at any time.

A variety of animations can be used to emphasize or enhance different elements of each slide. The Custom Animation section provides an easy way to add, change, or remove animations.

Provides a number of slide transition options. The default is set to No Transition , in which the following slide simply replaces the existing one. However, many additional transitions are available. You can also specify the transition speed (slow, medium, fast), choose between an automatic or manual transition, and choose how long the selected slide should be shown (automatic transition only).

Here you can edit and apply graphics styles and create new ones, but you can only edit existing presentation styles. When you edit a style, the changes are automatically applied to all of the elements formatted with this style in your presentation. If you want to ensure that the styles on a specific slide are not updated, create a new master page for the slide.

Opens the Impress gallery from which you can insert an object into your presentation either as a copy or as a link. A copy of an object is independent of the original object, so changes to the object have no effect on the copy. A link remains dependent on the original object and changes to the object are reflected in the link.

Opens the Impress navigator, in which you can quickly move to another slide or select an object on a slide. It is recommended to give slides and objects in your presentation meaningful names so that you can easily identify them when using the navigator.

Many toolbars can be used during slide creation. They can be displayed or hidden by going to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and selecting from the context menu.

You can also select the icons that you wish to appear on each toolbar. For more information, refer to Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice .

Many of the toolbars in Impress are similar to the toolbars in Draw. Refer to the Draw Guide for details on the functions available and how to use them.

The Status bar (Figure 2 ), located at the bottom of the Impress window, contains information that you may find useful when working on a presentation. For details on the contents and use of these fields, see Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice in this guide and the Impress Guide Chapter 1 Introducing Impress .

Figure 2: Status bar

The sizes are given in the current measurement unit (not to be confused with the ruler units). This measurement unit is defined in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Impress > General .

From left to right, you will find:

• Information area – changes depending on the selection. For example:  

• Cursor position – the position of the cursor or of the top left corner of the selection measured from the top left corner of the slide, followed by the width and height of the selection or text box where the cursor is located.  

• Unsaved changes – a flag indicating that the file needs saving. Double-clicking on this flag opens the file save dialog.  

• Digital signature – a flag indicating whether the document is digitally signed. After the file has been saved, double-clicking on this flag opens the digital signatures dialog.  

• Slide number – the slide number currently displayed in the Workspace and the total number of slides in the presentation.  

• Page (slide) style – the style associated with the slide, handout, or notes page currently in the Workspace. Double-clicking on the style name opens the slide design dialog.  

•. Zoom slider – adjusts the zoom percentage of the Workspace displayed.  

•. Zoom percentage – indicates the zoom percentage of the Workspace displayed. Double-clicking on zoom percentage opens the zoom and layout dialog.  

You can hide the Status Bar and its information by going to View on the Menu bar and deselecting Status Bar .

Workspace views

Each of the Workspace views is designed to ease the completion of certain tasks. It is therefore useful to familiarize yourself with them in order to accomplish those tasks quickly.

Beginning with LibreOffice 5.1, the Workspace View tab bar is hidden by default. Turn it visible by choosing View > Modes Tab Bar .

Each Workspace view displays a different set of toolbars when selected. These toolbar sets can be customized by going to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar, then check or uncheck the toolbar you want to add or remove.

Normal view

Normal view is the main view for working with individual slides. Use this view to format and design and to add text, graphics, and animation effects.

To place a slide in the slide design area (Normal view) (Figure 1 on page 6 ), click the slide thumbnail in the Slides pane or double-click it in the Navigator (see Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice and the Impress Guide for more information on the Navigator).

Outline view

Outline view (Figure 3 ) contains all the slides of the presentation in their numbered sequence. It shows topic titles, bulleted lists, and numbered lists for each slide in outline format. Only the text contained in the default text boxes in each slide is shown, so if your slide includes other text boxes or drawing objects, the text in these objects is not displayed. Slide names are not included either.

Figure 3: Outline view

Figure 4: Outline level and movement arrows in Text Formatting toolbar

Use Outline view for the following purposes:

• Quickly inserting text for fast content creation or editing, when formatting and adding  graphic objects is postponed until the final stages of creating the presentation.  

• Making changes in the text of a slide:  

– Adding and deleting the text in a slide as in the Normal view.  

– Moving the paragraphs of text in the selected slide up or down by using the up and down arrow buttons (Move Up or Move Down) on the Text Formatting toolbar (highlighted in Figure 4 ).  

– Changing the outline level for any of the paragraphs in a slide using the left and right arrow buttons (Promote or Demote) on the Text Formatting toolbar.  

– Moving a paragraph and changing its outline level at the same time using a combination of these four arrow buttons.  

• Comparing slides with your outline (if you have prepared one in advance). If you notice from your outline that another slide is needed, you can create it directly in the Outline view or you can return to the Normal view to create it.  

Use the Notes view (Figure 5 ) to add notes to a slide. These notes are for your information and are not seen by the audience when the presentation is shown.

Figure 5: Notes view

1) Click the Notes tab in the Workspace.  

2) Select the slide to which you want to add notes: click the slide in the Slides pane, or double-click the slide name in the Navigator.  

3) In the text box below the slide, click on the words Click to add notes and begin typing.  

Handout view

Use this view also to customize the information printed on the handout. Refer to the Impress Guide Chapter 10 Printing, E-mailing, Exporting, and Saving Slide Shows for instructions on printing slides, handouts, and notes.

Go to Insert > Page Number, Insert > Fields, or Insert > Header and Footer on the Menu bar and the Header and Footer dialog opens. Click on the Notes and Handouts tab (Figure 7 ) and select the elements you want to appear on each handout page and their contents. More details on how to use this dialog are provided in the Impress Guide .

Slide Sorter view

Slide Sorter view (Figure 8 ) contains all of the slide thumbnails. Use this view to work with a group of slides or with only one slide.

Figure 8: Slide Sorter view

Customizing Slide Sorter view

To change the number of slides per row:

1) Go to View > Toolbars and select Slide Sorter and Slide View to show or hide the Slide Sorter and Slide View toolbars (Figure 9 ).  

2) Adjust the number of slides (up to a maximum of 15).  

Figure 9 : Slide Sorter and Slide View toolbars

Moving a slide using Slide Sorter

To move a slide in a presentation in the Slide Sorter:

1) Click the slide and the slide is highlighted (Figure 8 ).  

2) Drag and drop the slide to the location you want.  

Selecting and moving groups of slides

To select a group of slides, use one of these methods:

• Using the Ctrl key – click on the first slide and, while pressing the Ctrl key, select the other desired slides.  

• Using the Shift key – click on the first slide, and while pressing the Shift key, select the final slide in the group. This selects all of the other slides between the first and the last slide selected.  

• Using the mouse – click slightly to one side (left or right) of the first slide to be selected. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor until all of the slides you want selected are highlighted.  

To move a group of slides, select them and then drag and drop the group to their new location.

Working in Slide Sorter view

You can work with slides in the Slide Sorter view just as you can in the Slide pane. To make changes, right-click a slide and choose any of the following from the context menu:

• New Slide – adds a new slide after the selected slide (see “ New slide ” on page 16 ).  

• Duplicate Slide – creates a duplicate of the selected slide and places the new slide immediately after the selected slide (see “ Duplicate slide ” on page 17 ).  

• Delete Slide – deletes the selected slide.  

•. Rename Slide – allows you to rename the selected slide.  

•. Slide Layout – allows you to change the layout of the selected slide.  

•. Slide Transition – allows you to change the transition of one or a group of selected slides.  

•. Hide Slide – any slides that are hidden are not shown in the slide show.  

•. Cut – removes the selected slide and saves it to the clipboard.  

•. Copy – copies the selected slide to the clipboard without removing it.  

•. Paste – inserts a slide from the clipboard after the selected slide.  

Creating a new presentation using the Presentation Wizard

This section describes how to start a new presentation using the Presentation Wizard.

The first thing to do is decide on the purpose of the presentation and set out a plan. Although you can make changes as you go, you will save a lot of time by having an initial idea of who the audience will be, the structure, the content, and how the presentation will be delivered.

When you start Impress, the Presentation Wizard may appear (Figure 10 ).

1) In step 1, under Type , choose one of the options. These options are covered in the Impress Guide .  

– Empty presentation creates a blank presentation.  

– From template uses a template design already created as the basis for a new presentation. The wizard changes to show a list of available templates. Choose the template you want.  

– Open existing presentation continues work on a previously created presentation. The wizard changes to show a list of existing presentations. Choose the presentation you want.  

Figure 10: Choosing the type of presentation

2) Click Next . Figure 11 shows the Presentation Wizard step 2 as it appears if you selected Empty Presentation at step 1. If you selected From template , an example slide is shown in the Preview box.  

3) Choose a design under Select a slide design . The slide design section gives you two main choices: Presentation Backgrounds and Presentations . Each one has a list of choices for slide designs. If you want to use one of these other than <Original>, click it to select it.  

– The types of Presentation Backgrounds are shown in Figure 11 . When you select a presentation background, you will see a preview of the slide design in the Preview window.  

– <Original> is for a blank presentation slide design.  

Figure 11: Selecting a slide design

4) Select how the presentation will be used under Select an output medium . The majority of presentations are created for computer screen display so it is recommended to select Screen . You can change the page format at any time.  

The Screen page is set by default for a 4:3 display (28cm x 21cm) so it is not suitable for modern widescreen displays. Use the Widescreen option instead. You can also change the slide size and proportions at any time by switching to Normal view and selecting Slide > Page/Slide Properties... .

5) Click Next and step 3 of the Presentation Wizard appears (Figure 12 ).  

a) Choose the desired slide transition from the Effect drop-down menu.  

b) Select the desired speed for the transition between the different slides in the presentation from the Speed drop-down menu. Medium is a good choice for now.  

c) Select the presentation type. For most purposes, choose Default; you can change this later. For details on the choices under Automatic, see the Impress Guide .  

Figure 12: Selecting a slide transition effect

If you did not select a template in step 1 of the Presentation Wizard, then steps 4 and 5 will not appear after step 3. Click Create and your new presentation is created.

6) Click Next . In step 4 of the Presentation Wizard appears, you can enter information about your company and the presentation you are creating.  

Figure 13: Entering information about your presentation

7) Click Next . In step 5, the Presentation Wizard shows a preview of what your presentation will look like (Figure 14 ). If the preview does not appear, select Preview .  

8) If you want to create a summary of your presentation, select Create summary .  

9) Click Create and your new presentation is created.  

You can accept the default values for both Effect and Speed unless you are skilled at creating presentations. Both of these values can be changed later while working with slide transitions and animations. These two features are explained in more detail in the Impress Guide Chapter 9 Slide Shows .

Figure 14: Presentation preview

Formatting a presentation

A new presentation contains only one empty slide. In this section we will start adding new slides and preparing them for the intended contents.

Inserting slides

A new slide can be inserted into a presentation as follows:

1) Go to Slide on the Menu bar and select New Page/Slide .  

Or, right-click on a slide in the Slides Pane or Slide Sorter view and select New Slide from the context menu.  

Or, right-click in an empty space in the Workspace and select Slide > New Slide from the context menu.  

2) A new slide is inserted after the selected slide in the presentation.  

Duplicate slide

Sometimes, rather than starting from a new slide you may want to duplicate a slide already included in your presentation. To duplicate a slide:

1) Select the slide you want to duplicate from the Slides Pane.  

2) Go to Slide on the Menu bar and select Duplicate Page/Slide .  

Or, right-click on the slide in the Slides Pane or Slide Sorter view and select Duplicate Slide from the context menu.  

Or, right-click on a slide in the Workspace and select Slide > Duplicate Slide from the context menu.  

Or, click on the triangle to the right of the Slide icon in the Presentation toolbar and select Duplicate Page/Slide from the context menu. If the Presentation toolbar is not visible, go to View > Toolbars on the Menu bar and select Presentation from the list.  

3) A duplicate slide is inserted after the selected slide in the presentation.  

Selecting slide layout

When creating a presentation, the first slide is normally a title slide. You can use either a blank layout or one of the title layouts as your title slide.

Figure 15: Available slide layouts

To create a title, if one of the title layouts has been selected, click on Click to add title and then type the title text. To add text content, depending on the slide layout selected, click on Click to add text . To adjust the formatting of the title, subtitle or content modify the presentation style; see the Impress Guide Chapter 2 Using Slide Masters, Styles, and Templates .

Text and graphical elements can be readjusted at any time during the preparation of the presentation, but changing the layout of a slide that already contains some content can have an effect on the content format. Therefore, it is recommended that you pay particular attention to the layout you select to prevent any loss of content.

To view the names for the included layouts, use the Tooltip feature: position the cursor on an icon in the Layout section (or on any toolbar icon) and its name will be displayed in a small rectangle.

In Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Help , select the Extended tips option to get more detailed tooltip information.

To select or change the layout of a slide, select the slide in the Slides Pane so that it appears in the Workspace and select the desired layout from the Layouts section in the Sidebar. Several layouts contain one or more content boxes. Each of these content boxes can be configured to contain text, movies, images, charts or tables.

You can choose the type of content by clicking on the corresponding icon that is displayed in the middle of the content box as shown in Figure 16 . If you intend to use the content box for text, click on Click to add text .

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• When the wizard is completed – finish the presentation by filling in the slides with text and images.

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Whether you’re pitching your product or service to investors, clients, or partners, a compelling business profile can be the catalyst you need to win their confidence and secure deals.

A company profile is an excellent way to present who you are, what you do and, most importantly, why it matters. It goes beyond showcasing your company; it articulates your brand’s essence.

A poorly crafted company profile can cast a lasting shadow on your brand. Hence, it's crucial to put your best foot forward when creating one. To assist you, we've curated some professionally designed company profile templates you can easily customize right away. We’ve also included some of Visme’s features and tools to make your design experience seamless.

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• A company profile template is a designed framework that offers a professional snapshot of a business.
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What is a Company Profile Template?

A company profile template is a pre-designed framework that provides a professional overview of a business . It is an excellent way to showcase your company's essence and offerings.

A well-designed company profile creates a positive first impression on potential clients, partners, investors and other stakeholders. It is suitable for use in different contexts, such as creating presentations, proposals or marketing materials.

A typical company profile includes information such as the company's history, mission, vision, products or services rendered, target market, team members, achievements, pricing information and more.

A pitch deck and a company profile share similarities as tools for introducing a business. However, a pitch deck is brief and tailored for selling ideas or seeking funding. In contrast, a company profile is a comprehensive marketing tool used to introduce your company to a broader audience.

Creating the perfect profile for your company can be challenging without a template to work with.

Below are the benefits of using a company profile template

• A company profile template ensures consistency in branding, corporate messaging, representation and business detail as well as business documents and presentations.
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• A well-designed profile template enhances the professional image of your company. It ensures that the information is organized clearly and creates a positive impression on clients, partners, investors and other stakeholders.
• A good profile template can be adapted easily to fit different purposes or changing business needs or landscapes. Whether it's a new product launch, a significant milestone, or a shift in focus, the template can be modified to keep the company profile current.
• Templates provide a structured framework for collaboration. When multiple individuals or teams contribute to a company profile, maintaining cohesiveness and structure becomes easier.

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1. Technology Company Presentation Template

This company profile template is a perfect framework for providing a comprehensive overview of your tech startup to investors or clients. The presentation features a stylish purple background with white and pink text, ensuring optimal visibility and clarity. It also offers ample space to showcase your business without overcrowding the text.

You can utilize the dedicated sections to highlight your company's history, team, services, unique offerings, pricing and contact details. You can also add a link to website's contact us page if that's you're preferred communication.

Visme’s brand wizard makes it a breeze to turn this template into a document that truly reflects your brand identity . Simply input your company website and the Wizard will collect your colors, fonts, icons and more to generate a cohesive brand kit. It will even recommend templates that align with your branding.

2. Tangerine Presentation Template

Utilize this vibrant template to present business concepts to clients and investors, introduce project teams, or unveil new products and services.

The template highlights your company's creative essence with captivating shapes, pooping colors and lively themes. Dominated by orange hues, the design effortlessly captures attention.

The sections include an about us page, product showcase, user reach, SWOT analysis, mobile description, pricing details and more.

You can add flair by transforming this company profile example into a captivating page-turner with Visme's flipbook effect . This feature lets your audience virtually flip through pages, providing a document-like experience.

3. Retro Neon Startup Presentation Template

This retro-futuristic presentation template would work exceptionally well for a company targeted at young people or a startup specializing in quirky hardware tech.

It uses moody, neon colors, inspirational graphics and storytelling design to captivate your audience’s attention and keep them reading. The slides incorporate dynamic graphics—reminiscent of vintage neon signs—to create an engaging and visually striking appeal.

Sections covered in this template include about us, mission statement, team members, services offered and business statistics. With Visme's data visualization tools , including charts and widgets, you can present data-driven reasons why potential customers should choose you over competitors.

4. Terminal Presentation Template

Enhance your software business presentations and make a strong impact with this sleek terminal template. Whether you want to showcase your business to investors or introduce new offerings to clients, this template is a great choice.

This example of a company profile boasts stylish gradients, clean icons and user-friendly layouts, ensuring a professional and modern impact on your audience. The gradient color scheme captures attention while maintaining readability.

With a detailed presentation of your company overview, innovative strategies, SWOT analysis and financial details , this template helps you to present a compelling presentation.

The best part? This design is entirely customizable, making it adaptable to any product or brand.

If you have trouble crafting content for various sections, utilize Visme's AI writer to generate well-written initial drafts based on your prompts. You can also effortlessly refine, summarize, or edit your content using this AI tool.

5. Colorful CMYK Presentation Template

Want to show the artsy, fun side of your business? Build your company profile with this colorful CMYK presentation template.

CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and key(black) and this presentation template boasts a vibrant and diverse color palette inspired by this color model. The sections in this template cover diverse topics, from company details to project highlights, all presented in a bold and visually cohesive manner.

You can infuse more fun into this presentation by integrating diverse animations , such as stylish text and object transitions, along with animated icons, illustrations, characters and gestures.

6. Rebel Presentation Template

This rebel presentation template is a befitting design for a company looking to break the mold and differentiate itself from the competition. The template features dark, intense hues, conveying a sense of rebellion and nonconformity, as well as striking, greenish-yellow graphics that symbolize freshness.

The sections covered in this template include about us, services offered, business channels, relevant quotes, stats and contact details.

Use subtle hover effects or clickable pop-ups to include additional information like testimonials and technical details without cluttering the page. You can also allow seamless navigation by linking contact buttons, social media icons, or websites directly to relevant pages using interactive links.

7. Tiffany Startup Presentation Template

Looking for a modern, sleek company profile template that can be used to present your startup to customers, clients and investors? This template fits the bill.

The template blends shades of blue, creating a calm and professional aesthetic. It also integrates striking stock photos and icons to enhance visual appeal and reinforce key messages. Utilize its sections to emphasize your company overview, values, mission, team members, services and more.

If you prefer to customize the visuals, explore Visme’s vast library of high-quality icons and stock photos to find the perfect fit for your needs. If you want to give your existing photos a professional look, utilize Visme’s AI Touch Up tool .

Choose the photo you'd like to improve, then click “Edit” on the top left bar to access a range of touch-up options such as upscale, unblur, erase and replace or remove unwanted background. ‘

Though this template was designed for startups, it can easily be customized for established businesses.

8. Sky Background Company Profile

Showcase your creative projects in a visually striking manner and make a lasting impression on clients or investors with this elegant template.

The template boasts a contemporary design, crisp layout and refined red color palette that makes a bold statement. Its engaging slides incorporate storytelling, guiding clients or investors on why your solution stands out and outshines alternatives.

Utilize this template to present your company's plans for the future, your services, financial performance, team members and more.

Use Visme’s Presenter Studio to record a custom presentation of your company profile for prospects, investors and busy executives.

Watch this video to learn how to record your presentations using Visme’s presenter studio.

9. Sleek Presentation Template

This business profile template is perfect for showcasing tech products, but it can be customized to demonstrate any other product or service your company provides.

Featuring a contrasting blue and white background cream backdrop, the template is stylish and appealing, retaining sufficient space for essential information. Visual aids such as images, icons, charts and graphs help you present your content in an organized and engaging way. While there is a clear focus on style and general appeal, the design is still business-oriented and professional.

To make this company profile even more appealing, put your creativity to good use with Visme’s AI image generator . The wizard turns your text prompts into images in different output styles, such as photos, paintings, pencil drawings, etc.

10. Stratagem Presentation

Share your company narrative detailing your organization's plans and strategies with this compelling presentation template.

This template maximizes visual aids like charts, icons and images to tell your story effectively while maintaining a clean design.

Provide an overview of your company, covering goals, business processes, teams, services, products and more using this versatile presentation template.

With Visme's user-friendly share and publish feature , effortlessly distribute your finalized company profile to your target audience in various formats, such as PDF, PPTX, MP4 and HTML5, or generate a shareable link.

Curious about your presentation's impact on investors or clients? Utilize Visme's analytics to track engagement metrics like unique visits, average viewing time, duration, IP addresses and more.

11. Tesla Corporate Presentation

Whether you're introducing your recently established company, proposing a business concept, or unveiling a new product, feature, or service, this template will help you make an impactful presentation.

Its dynamic blend of blue and white, paired with compelling visuals and bold icons, ensures your presentation captures attention.

The template includes dedicated sections for key elements such as company introduction, team members, SWOT analysis, your process, product samples, clients across locations, timeline, testimonials and more.

Manually entering all this information on multiple company profile pages can quickly become cumbersome. Utilize Visme's dynamic fields tool to easily update data across your company profile.

12. Neuro Presentation Template

The best part of this template apart is its rich utilization of appealing data visualization tools like flowcharts, maps and pie charts, ensuring a clear and concise presentation of key statistics and figures.

Visme's collaboration feature allows team members to contribute to and review the consulting proposal individually or in real-time. The workflow tool enhances task management. You can easily assign tasks, set deadlines, monitor the progress of work and make corrections—all within a unified platform

Q. What Should a Company Profile Include?

A good company profile should provide a complete overview of the business. It should offer a written representation of the company and reflect everything it offers. It should include your company’s branding, history, culture and values; team members; products and services; contact information and testimonials. Be sure to include relevant numbers and dates.

Q. What Is the Basic Structure of a Company Profile?

The ideal company profile would have the following sections:

• Introduction: This section briefly introduces the company. It includes details such as the company's name and contact details.
• Mission and Vision Statement: You should clearly state the company's mission and vision and how these statements guide the company's actions in this section.
• Key Personnel: Introduce key team members, executives and leadership in this section. You can also include brief bios highlighting their roles.
• Products/Services: This section details the range of products or services you're offering. You can also highlight the unique selling points and competitive advantages.
• Clientele/Projects: Showcase major clients, successful collaborations and significant projects in this section.
• Financial Overview: Give a summary of your company's financial status, key financial indicators and growth trends in this section.
• Testimonials: This section should feature top customer reviews that resonate with your brand values and highlight your key benefits.
• Call to Action/Contact Information: Provide your contact details for further inquiries or partnerships.

Q. How Long Does It Take To Write a Company Profile?

To give an estimate, it can take anything from a few hours to several days, depending on the level of planning and coordination.

However, the time needed to write a company profile depends on several factors, such as whether you are starting from scratch or using a template, whether you already have the needed information on hand, the desired length of the profile, the complexity of the business, the level of detail required and the ease of collaboration between the team members involved.

A straightforward profile for a small business may be completed more quickly, while a detailed profile for a large corporation with multiple divisions might take longer.

Highlight the Best of Your Company with Visme

A company profile is a great way to market your business and communicate your company’s offerings. It is an incredible marketing tool that can help build and reinforce your company's brand identity and reputation.

Visme’s company profile templates are easy to customize and offer access to several built-in design assets to turn your company profile into the storytelling presentation it needs.

You'll also access a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge features, including an intuitive editor, collaboration tool, presenter tool, data visualizations and many more to enhance your creations.

Beyond company profiles, Visme empowers you to create professional business plans , marketing plans , video presentations , training materials and more.

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10 creative ideas for presentations

December 8, 2022

Ready to step up your presentation game? Let’s talk about creative ideas for presentations so you can deliver killer presentations every time. Whether you’re preparing a pitch deck for potential investors or onboarding new hires, you’ll need an engaging presentation to keep your audience interested. That’s right: even if you’re already a pro at public speaking, creative Powerpoint presentations can instantly upgrade your next meeting.

So, what’s the secret to creative presentations? You don’t have to spend hours on every slide, but you should design your slides to impact your audience. Well designed slides can add more power to your words, and they can make you feel more confident during presentations.

Why should you make presentations?

Creative ideas for presentations might not be easy to come by, but they’re important. Why? Presentations are all about storytelling. From business ideas to online classes, presentations offer a unique opportunity to inspire, educate, and persuade your audience.

At the same time, they’re an incredibly flexible (and cost-effective!) communication tool. Even if you’re using presentation design templates , you’ll have the flexibility to tweak the design based on your needs. This way, you can create presentations for different audiences—all while easily adding and removing information to pique your listeners’ interest.

Types of presentation slides

There are all kinds of creative ideas for presentations, but they ultimately serve a few similar purposes. Before diving into presentation design, you’ll need to choose the right slides. Remember: you need well designed slides to leave a lasting impact on your audience. Not only that, but your slides should be visually impactful, easy to understand, and convey key information in just a few words.

So, how can you choose the best slides for your next presentation? Here are some of the most common slides to inspire your presentation design.

Informative presentations

Informative presentations are educational, concise, and straight to the point. While other presentations might entertain or inspire their audience, informative presentations share information to educate their audience.

For example, you might create informative slides during an onboarding program. During new hire onboarding, HR needs to explain what benefits employees will receive, how to file complaints, where employees can find information, and other important hiring details.

Educational presentations

While informative presentations are typically used in the business world, educational presentations are usually used in academics. They’re a great communication tool for sharing ideas, detailing study results, or presenting a hypothesis.

In both in-person and online classrooms, teachers give educational presentations daily. Using beautiful presentation slides, eye-catching visuals, and fun design elements can help keep students interested while conveying key information.

Progress reports

Your business builds a new marketing strategy to achieve its long-term goals. After the newest marketing campaign starts driving results, it’s time to report on the campaign’s progress. Progress report presentations share updates, progress toward deadlines, collected data, and potential areas of improvement.

Inspirational presentations

One of the biggest examples of inspirational presentations? TEDTalks. During TEDTalks, motivational speakers inspire people to rethink their approach or change their behavior.

Most inspirational presentations aren’t as life-changing as TEDTalks, but they keep their audience engaged. For example, a company overview presentation might present information about a company, from its origins to values. Most importantly, it tells the company’s story to show listeners what the company stands for.

Infographic presentations

Whether you’re reporting marketing stats or presenting study results, infographics can be your MVP.

Simply put, an infographic is a multimedia graphic that helps you share information through beautiful designs. It’s an amazing tool for highlighting key statistics, visualizing data, and flexing your creative muscles to spark your audience’s curiosity.

Top 10 unique presentation ideas

Right, so let’s get to our creative ideas for presentations section. Most people tune out of presentations within the first 10 minutes . You need an engaging presentation that keeps your audience hooked, but finding creative ideas for presentations isn’t always easy.

The good news? Whether you’re presenting your master thesis or marketing analytics, it’s possible to create exciting presentations that don’t put your audience to sleep. Here are the best creative Powerpoint ideas to upgrade your next presentation.

1. Channel your inner minimalist

When it comes to unique presentation ideas, minimalism is one of the best ways to make an impact. The key to minimalist design is including just enough information and visual detail to keep your audience engaged. When done right, minimalist presentation slides can make your audience feel relaxed and focused.

2. Use a monochrome color palette

A monochrome color palette uses a single hue with different strengths. For example, you might create a presentation with different shades of orange. For the best results, change the background color to the palest shade, and use the strongest shade for the title. You can even make your photos match by adding an orange-tinted filter.

3. Tell an amazing story

If you want to leave a lasting impact on your audience, storytelling is the tool you need to create a memorable presentation. Sharing personal stories, whether they’re funny or inspirational, can help you connect with your audience and make your presentation more meaningful.

4. Make an impact with bold fonts

Want to draw your audience’s attention to the slide title? Use a bold, chunky font to make your title stand out (bonus points if your title is short, sweet, and straight to the point). The best presentation fonts are easy to read with minimal visual decorations and sharp corners.

5. Experiment with different textures

Mix up your presentation design with different textures, like scrunched paper or textile backgrounds. Here, you might experiment with different types of backgrounds to match your topic. For example, if you’re creating a back-to-school presentation , use notebook paper to match your student’s note-taking style.

6. Use a geometric background

A geometric background can add a pop of color to your presentation without distracting your audience. If you’re feeling bold, use dynamic titled polygons to create movement. Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a softer vibe, use circular backgrounds to infuse your slides with creativity.

7. Explain complex concepts with mind maps

Presenting study results? Reporting marketing stats? Instead of playing it safe with snore-worthy slides, keep your presentation fresh with mind maps. By creating mind maps, you’ll be able to showcase complicated information in a visually impactful way.

8. Engage your audience with questions

Make your presentation more interactive by asking questions to your audience. For example, to keep your slides minimal, try displaying only the question on the slide. Once the audience has pitched in their opinions and answers, you can click to the next slide to reveal the actual answer.

9. Stay on brand

Once you’ve captured your audience’s attention, you need a consistent design to keep everyone on the same page. When designing your slides, use your brand’s style guidelines to choose the right color scheme, font styles, and design elements.

10. Replace bullet points with fun design elements

Let’s face it: bullet points can get boring, especially if you’re using them on every slide. Instead of using the same design over and over, create fun slides by replacing boring bullet points with fun designs, like icons, stickers, and pictograms.

Apply creative ideas for presentations through Picsart

Now that we’ve learned all about creative ideas for presentations, it’s time to put that knowledge into practice. An amazing presentation can bring your story to life, helping you keep your audience engaged with pro-grade slides.

Even if you’re not a seasoned designer, you can add fun design elements, bold color palettes, and attention-grabbing visuals with Picsart. Here’s how to bring your creative vision to life with a professional slideshow.

On the web:

1. Open the Picsart Slideshow Maker and start a new project.

2. Choose the desired size for your slideshow. Then, click Upload to upload your own photo or video.

Or, you can explore photos and videos from the Picsart library.

3. After you’ve picked your favorite design, click Text on the left panel sidebar to add text to your slide.

4. To add music, click Audio to explore our library of #FreeToUse music.

5. Click the + button on the right panel sidebar to add a new slide.

6. When you’re finished, click Export , choose the image quality and file type, and download your slideshow.

1. Open the Picsart app and tap on the plus sign (+) to start a new project. 2. Scroll down to Video and choose Slideshow . Then, choose the pictures you’d like to include in your slideshow. Or, you can tap Search to explore the Picsart photo library. 3. After you’ve picked your photos, tap Next .

4. Choose your desired slideshow size and add transition effects to your slides. 5. Upgrade your slideshow with fun effects, music, text, and stickers to engage your audience.

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