If you want to use PowerPoint's capabilities to illustrate how two or more data points compare in magnitude, it might be appropriate in some cases to use proportional shapes to make the comparison.

Unless you’re presenting a cure for insomnia, you want your PowerPoint slides to engage your audience without distracting them from the presenter (you). Too much text invites people to read rather ...

You can't have an engaging presentation without an artist's touch. Imagery is not only eye candy for your audience, it's another way for them to learn and understand. When you purchase through links ...

Follow the steps below to split a shape into parts or multiple pieces in Microsoft PowerPoint: Draw the shape onto the slide. On the Shape Format tab, you can click Shape Fill to change the color of ...

The cropping tools of Powerpoint 2010 can help you to cut and remove unwanted portions of your images. You can remove or hide part of an image, simply by reducing the horizontal and vertical edges.

Last year, OneNote received a neat feature (it later came to Word) that allowed PC users with touch-enabled computers that support styluses to draw perfect lines and shapes with the Draw and Hold ...

You’ll find circles in lots of slides in Microsoft PowerPoint, but what you might not see as often are circles filled with two different colors. You might think, “Use semi-circles!” but guess what? A ...

Most of us use PowerPoint to design slide show presentations, but there’s a lot more to a PowerPoint slide than you might think. Many people find PowerPoint so easy to use that they make it their ...

Create exciting shapes with text in your next PowerPoint presentation. The circular text half-ring, for instance, is an iconic, interesting way to share your words, and it works for the likes of ...