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2,500,000,000,000,000,000   2.5 quintillion bytes of data was estimated to be created every day in 2012. Wonder how many zeros would have joined that mind-boggling number by the present day! There is no denying the fact that data is becoming bigger and bigger, thanks to the digital world we are living in. It is barging […]

Do you need free PowerPoint templates for your next presentation? Look no further. We are providing 50 awesome free PPT templates that are used commonly in presentations. Combining creative PowerPoint layouts with icons, professional colors, images, and business diagrams, each template design is sure to take your PPT presentation to the next level.   Is […]

Gradients can be a tricky thing. If done right, they can make your slides look artistic and professional. If messed up, they can cause a disaster (read Death by PowerPoint).   We know plain white color can become a bit too boring. Solid colors are a safe bet. Rich, warm colors like orange can make […]

Beware if you are still creating slides full of bullet points!   Very soon, you will find audiences leave the hall in disgust or hold a placard in protest “No Bullet Points, Please.” Already you will find them moan in pain as soon as they see a bullet-ridden slide. That’s not surprising. The audiences are […]

Have you heard of the word Priming? More popularly used in psychology, it “refers to an increased sensitivity to certain stimuli due to prior experience.” After watching a scary movie alone at night, you become more sensitive and thus primed to slightest noises around you like creak of the bed and rustling of leaves outside […]

What differentiates a professional design from an amateur design? The BIG idea or the creative idea, yes. But often, it is the focus on the SMALL details that truly give a design a professional touch.   One such small detail that you can also incorporate in your presentation slides and other designs is a Pattern […]

PowerPoint 2013 has some amazing features that are no less than those offered by Photoshop and other image editing softwares. One such effect that I love the most personally is the ‘Merge Shapes’ feature that lets you create breathtaking effects.   One such effect (we gave it away in the the banner image of this […]

Many presenters are using images horribly in their presentations!   From pixelated visuals to copyright images with watermarks clearly visible on them to many other disasters, presenters are coming up with unique ways to kill all the fun. Are you guilty of poor selection of visuals? Are your experiments at creating visual slides turning into […]

UPDATE: The highlight picture effect explained in this article was created in PowerPoint 2013. Users of PowerPoint 2010 have to customize their PowerPoint Ribbon to use this hack. Please see the steps given at the end of this article to create this effect in PowerPoint 2010.    There are many times when you need to […]

This article is first in the series of “Presentation Hackathon” where we share incredibly simple and quick hacks that any presenter can use to create the most professional slides without any professional designer’s help.   What is a good design? Smart, elegant, easy to the eye, beautiful, trending, and many more adjectives can be added […]