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- Animated Loops – A Pre- and Postpresentation Opportunity
- Are You Sending Unintentional Messages in Your Presentations?
- Centralized Information for the Presentation-Development Team
- Consistency in Presentations: Why Does It Matter?
- Content-Style Killers and How to Avoid Them
- Data-Driven Charts 101
- Data-Driven Charts: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
- Developing an Optimized PowerPoint Template
- Divider and Hold Slides in Presentations
- Enhance the Impact of Your Presentations
- Formatting and Balancing Tables
- Highlighting Techniques
- Highly Interactive and Fluid Presentation?
- How to Format and Print Handouts of Your Presentation
- How to Format and Print Handouts of Your Presentation – PowerPoint 2007
- Mouse-Overs as a Means of Tailoring Messages to Specific Audiences
- PowerPoint Commercials for Your Company
- PowerPoint Games?
- Presentation Structure – A Hard-Working Ally
- Presentation Themes
- Production Process Affects Presentation Quality
- Proofing a Presentation: The Basics
- Setting Yourself Up for Document Processing Successes
- Sounds in Presentations
- Stocking Your Slide Cupboard
- Storylines – The Starting Point
- Storytelling Frameworks
- Strategic Animation
- Tactical Approach to Message Format
- The PowerPoint 2007/PowerFrameworks Team
- Think Visually, Present Visually
- Using Patterns in PowerPoint 2007
- Visual Ambiguity – The Product of Thoughtless Layout Practices
- Yes, You Can Create a Color Scheme
- Yes, You Can Set a Color Scheme in Your Template
Best Practices
Do it right the first time! Best practices library of quick-hit miniarticles. These will be a paragraph or two about strategies and methodologies for production processes, message development, document structuring, consistencies, etc.
- Abbreviating names of months to reduce clutter
- All charts with data need identifiers or sources (or both)
- Alphabetize names in lists
- Avoid 3D in data-driven charts
- Avoid long text strings
- Basic layout guidelines
- Be careful with the terms that you use in presentations
- Beginning/ending presentation "book covers"
- Break up blocks of text on your slides
- Breaking and aligning titles, headings, and quotes
- Breaking bars/columns if the range of data being presented is too broad
- Bullets to graphics … the starting point
- CAGRs in Line Charts
- CAGRs Made Easy
- Capitalization and Large Fonts Can Work Against You
- Change the look of your templates periodically
- Choose your words carefully (it's not what you think)
- Color Picker Add-In v2
- Colored text and legends
- Consistency and approximate number
- Consistent Message/Multiple Contributors
- Consistent use of color in presentations
- Consistent use of fractions
- Create Slide Content Templates Before Beginning Production
- Creating columns of decimal-aligned numbers
- Creating Standardized Set of Production Reference Tools
- Cropped Highlighting Circles
- Develop Proprietary Graphics
- Displaying columns of numbers in different units
- Do you believe it or feel it?
- Don't mix 2D and 3D elements on slides/in presentations
- Don't split numbers and units
- Easy-to-Edit Underlines for Text
- Establishing the Text Hierarchy in Your PowerPoint Slide Master
- Estimated, forecast, and projected data
- Farther or Further?
- File conversion resource – not software!
- Fine tune with snap-to-grid off
- Fitting Text in Circles
- Flipping text on its side: okay or nokay?
- Format for ease of editing and to save time at deadline
- Format for your flow arrows
- General Guidelines for the Production Process
- Graphic elements that connect two objects
- Highlighting Scatter Points
- Honor Work Styles ... to a Point
- Hyperlinks to websites in presentations?
- Input at the right times during presentation-development process
- Inventory the Easy Way
- Is it time to develop guidelines for your company presentation's visual style?
- Know When to Call in the Professionals
- Like objects in like positions
- Make sure your ranges are correctly stated
- Naming Conventions/File Architecture
- New Best Practice this Month
- Opportunities to work GREEN and save money
- Optimal Bullet/Text Spacing
- Photo Stock Selection Tips
- Placing legends on your slides
- Plural acronyms
- Process Flow and Schematic Line Animations
- Reducing File Sizes by Managing Photos, Screenshots, and Web Images
- Rehearse Your Presentation
- Semitransparent fields to create design effects
- Set the Text Anchor Point for Ease of Editing
- Set transparent color
- Setting Units in Data-Driven Charts
- Spacing in Text
- Structure for vision and mission statement lists
- Technique for making text distinct and readable
- To click or not to click?
- Trackers – Guidelines for When and How to Use
- Using abbreviations in presentations
- Using color in charts – tool or frill?
- Using Latin terms
- Using leader lines effectively
- Using Parallel Structures in Lists
- Using PowerPoint Addins
- Using SmartArt Effectively
- Using the term "n/a" thoughtfully
- What are some good 3D rotation and formatting guidelines for creating platforms?
- What do I need to know before I select fonts for my presentations?
- What is First-Referencing and Why is it Important?
- What is the best way to show negative numbers?
- When to use semicolons
- Your chart cupboard: format basic data-driven charts
Tutorials – Bullet Alternatives
- Bullet Alternative 001 – Circle and Branches
- Bullet Alternative 002 and Ribbon Flows 027, 028, 029, 037
- Bullet Alternative 003 – Box Out
- Bullet Alternative 004 – Horizontal File Tabs
- Bullet Alternative 005 – Shooting Bullets
- Bullet Alternative 006 – Boxes on Foundation
- Bullet Alternative 007 – Arrow to Lines
- Bullet Alternative 008 – Compartments
- Bullet Alternative 009 – Bars with Insets
- Bullet Alternative 010 – Panels
- Bullet Alternative 011 – Side Tabs
- Bullet Alternative 012 – Circle and Call-Out Boxes
- Bullet Alternative 013 – Slanted Bar and Rows
- Bullet Alternative 014 – Rounded Arrows
- Bullet Alternative 015
- Bullet Alternative 016 – Bars and Compartments
- Bullet Alternative 017 – Block and Bars
- Bullet Alternative 020 – Text Containers and Icons
- Bullet Alternative 025 and 026 – Vertical and Horizontal Fans
- Bullet Alternative 027 – Capsules
- Bullet Alternative 028 – Comparisons
- Bullet Alternative 029 – Arc
Tutorials – Concepts
- Concepts 001 – Stairs
- Concepts 002 – Walls and Slide
- Concepts 003 – Locks and Keys
- Concepts 004 – Torn Pages
- Concepts 005 – Newspaper
- Concepts 006 – Conflict
- Concepts 007 – Propellers
- Concepts 008 – Confusion/Clarity
- Concepts 009 – Transformation
- Concepts 010 – Bell/Well Curves
- Concepts 011 and 013 – Artist-Drawn Bridges
- Concepts 012 – Stylized Bridge/Gap
- Concepts 014 – Horizon Hills
- Concepts 015 – Horizon Perspective
- Concepts 016 – Game Board
- Concepts 017 – Chains
- Concepts 018 – Metamorphosis
- Concepts 019 – Scale
- Concepts 020 – Umbrella
- Concepts 021 – Magnifying Glass
- Concepts 022 – Stool/Irreducible Complexity
- Concepts 023 – Clipboard
- Concepts 026 – Credits and Acknowledgments
- Concepts 027 – Jump Through Hoops
- Concepts 029 – Vertically and Horizontally Segmented Bell Curve
- Concepts 032 – Tickets/Coupons
- Concepts 033 – Monitor and Laptop Projections
- Concepts 034 – Decisions
- Concepts 035 – Connect/Disconnect
- Concepts 036 – Prism and Spectrum
- Concepts 037 – File Cabinet
- Concepts 039 – Scraps of Paper
- Concepts 041 – Icebergs
- Concepts 042 – Chalkboard
- Concepts 044 – Maze
- Concepts 047 – Pendulum
- Concepts 048 – Bubbles
- Concepts 049 – Lighten Load
- Concepts 058 – Share of Wallet
- Concepts 060 – Closed Circuit Flow
- Concepts 062- Puppet/Marionette
- Concepts 065 – Defender
- Concepts 066 – Walking Tightrope
- Concepts 067 – Faucet and Pipe/Flow and Leakage
- Concepts 068 – Juggling
- Concepts 071 – Price Tags
- Concepts 072 – Islands
- Concepts 073 – Fence Sitting
- Concepts 074 – Scopes, Cross Hairs, and Targets
- Concepts 079 – Weightlifter
- Concepts 080 – Leverage
- Concepts 081 – Climbing Ladder
- Concepts 085 – Mechanic
- Concepts 089 – Crystal Ball
- Concepts 091 – Shopping Bags, Baskets, Carts
- Concepts 092 and 100 – Traffic Signal – Go/No Go
- Concepts 099 – Distant Horizon
- Concepts 101 – Target and Horizon
- Concepts 108 – Game
- Concepts 110 – Stylized Stairs
- Concepts 113 – Bottles
- Concepts 114 – Top-Down/Bottom-Up
- Concepts 116 – Spotlight
- Concepts 118 – Roads
- Concepts 119 – Shatter/Crack
- Concepts 120 – Books
- Concepts 121 – Note Pad
- Concepts 122 – Seals
- Concepts 123 – Cards
- Concepts 128 and 130 – Electronics Screens
- Concepts 129 – Clouds
- Concepts 134 – Ransom Note Alphabet
- Concepts 136 – Feedback
- Concepts 141 – Stacked Stairs/Foundations
- Concepts 142 – Chasm, Gap, Pitfall
Tutorials – Data-Driven Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 001- Area Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 002 – Bar Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 003 – Grouped Bar Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 004 – Subdivided Bar Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 005 – Bubble Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 006 – Column Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 007 – Grouped Column Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 008 – Subdivided Column Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 009 – Combination Charts
- Data-driven Charts 010 – Cost Curves
- Data-Driven Charts 011 – Line Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 012 – Pie Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 013 – Range Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 014 – Scatter Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 015 – Waterfall Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 016 – Radar Charts
- Data-Driven Charts 017 – Donut Charts
Tutorials – Design Elements
The tutorials under this topic describe the ways to use the design element category to its best advantage.
- Design Element 012 – Balls with Reflections
- Design Elements 001 and 002 – Round/Oval Drop Shadows
- Design Elements 003 and 004 – Rectangle/Square Drop Shadows
- Design Elements 005 and 006 – Rounded Rectangle/Square Drop Shadows
- Design Elements 007, 008, and 009 – Bevels
- Design Elements 010 – Bar Frames
- Design Elements 011 – Photo/Icon Frame
- Design Elements 015 – Frame Corners
- Design Elements 016 – Sliver Moons
- Design Elements 017 – Rounded Edge Layouts
- Design Elements 019 – Chart Design
- Design Elements 026 – Vertically Sliced Circles
- Design Elements 029 – Photo Designs
- Design Elements 032 – Patterns
- Design Elements 033, 034, 035, 036, 037, and 038
Tutorials – Emphasis
- Emphasis 001 – Stars, and Design Elements 028 – Bursts
- Emphasis 002, 003, 004, 005, and 006 – Callouts
- Emphasis 007 – Swirls
- Emphasis 010 – Explosions
- Emphasis 012 – Fireworks
- Emphasis 013 – Formattable Burst Variations
Tutorials – Flows – Arrow Variations
- Arrow Variation 001 and 002 – Chevron/Arrow Cutout
- Arrow Variation 003 – Segmented Chevron
- Arrow Variation 004 – Many Rectangles to One Arrow
- Arrow Variation 005 – Rectangle/Arrow Fragments
- Arrow Variation 006 – Horizontally Split Arrows
- Arrow Variation 007 – Open-Ended Arrows/Chevrons
- Arrow Variation 008 – Arrows in Perspective
- Arrow Variation 009 – Flows to/from Center
- Arrow Variation 010 – One-Sided Slanting Arrows
- Arrow Variation 011 – Two-Sided Slanting Arrows
- Arrow Variation 012 – Step Arrows
- Arrow Variation 013 – Nesting Arrows
- Arrow Variation 014, 015, 016, and 017 – Ribbon Arrows
- Arrow Variation 018 – Decision Arrows
- Arrow Variation 021 – Graduated Segmented Arrows
- Arrow Variation 022 – Slotted Arrows and Outflows
- Arrow Variation 023 – Ricochet Arrows
- Arrow Variation 024 – Upward Arrow with Feeds
- Arrow Variation 025 and 037 – Converging and Diverging Arrows
- Arrow Variation 026 – Swooping Arrows
- Arrow Variation 034 – Reducing Arrows
- Arrow Variation 036 – Segmented Chevrons
- Arrow Variation 039 – Fast Arrows
Tutorials – Flows – Circular
- Circular Flow 001 – Quadrant with Circular Flow
- Circular Flow 002 – Wheel and Hub
- Circular Flow 056 – Circular Puzzle
- Circular Flow 057 – Flow Design
- Circular Flows 003, 004, 023, 024, 033, 034
- Circular Flows 005 and 006 – 1 Inflow Connects to Last Segment
- Circular Flows 007 and 008 – 2 Inflows Connect to Last Segment
- Circular Flows 009 and 010 – 3 Inflows Connect to Last Segment
- Circular Flows 011 and 012 – 1 Inflow
- Circular Flows 013 and 014 – 2 Inflows
- Circular Flows 015 and 016 – 3 Inflows
- Circular Flows 019 and 020 – Bidirectional
- Circular Flows 021, 022, 037 and 038 – Banded
- Circular Flows 027 and 028 – Expanded Basic
- Circular Flows 031 and 032 – Split
- Circular Flows 051 and 052 – Parallel Processes
- Circular Flows 055 – Teardrops
Tutorials – Flows – Horizontal
- Flows – Horizontal 055 – Parallel and Succession Flow
- Horizontal Flows 001 and 002 – Rounded Ends
- Horizontal Flows 003 and 004 – Basic
- Horizontal Flows 005 and 006 – Left-Side Cut
- Horizontal Flows 007 and 008 – Side Bar
- Horizontal Flows 009 through 014 – Side Bar with Horizontal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 015 and 019 – Horizontal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 016 and 020 – Horizontal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 017 and 021 – Horizontal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 018 and 022 – Horizontal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 023, 027, and 031 – Horizontal Split with Diagnoal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 024, 028, and 032 – Horizontal Split with Diagonal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 025, 029, and 033 – Horizontal Split with Diagonal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 026, 030, and 034 – Horizontal Split with Diagonal Splits
- Horizontal Flows 035, 036, 037, and 038 – Top Split
- Horizontal Flows 039 and 040 – Elongated Bottom
- Horizontal Flows 041 and 042 – Bidirectional
- Horizontal Flows 045 and 046 – Puzzle Flows
- Horizontal Flows 047 and 048 – Top Split
- Horizontal Flows 053 and 054 – Diagonally Cut 1
- Horizontal Flows 057 and 058 – Fast Track
Tutorials – Flows – Process
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Tutorials – Flows – Rectangular
- Rectangular Flows 001 and 002 – Thin Frame
- Rectangular Flows 003 and 004 – Thick Frame
- Rectangular Flows 005 and 006 – Bidirectional
Tutorials – Flows – Ribbon
- Bullet Alternative 002 and Ribbon Flows 027, 028, 029, 037
- Ribbon Flows 001 and 002 – Hurdle
- Ribbon Flows 003 and 004 – Arc
- Ribbon Flows 005, 006 – U-Turn and 007, 008 S-Curve
- Ribbon Flows 009 and 010 – Slant
- Ribbon Flows 013, 014, 025, and 026
- Ribbon Flows 015 and 016 – Intersections
Tutorials – Flows – Spiral
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Tutorials – Flows – Vertical
- Flows – Vertical – Multiflows
- Flows – Vertical 009 – Boxes to Arrow
- Vertical Flows 001 and 002 – Straight Sides
- Vertical Flows 003 and 004 – Slanted Sides
- Vertical Flows 005 – Slanted Sides with Straight Segments
- Vertical Flows 006 – Funnel Flow
Tutorials – Forces
- Forces 001 – Horizontally Segmented Funnels
- Forces 002 – Conveyors
- Forces 003 – Interlocking Arrows – Halves
- Forces 004 – Inward Flow
- Forces 005 – Outward Flows
- Forces 006 – Screens
- Forces 007 and 046 – Loops and Loop Backs
- Forces 008 – Interlocking Boxes – Multi
- Forces 009 – Gears and Cog Variations
- Forces 010 – Horizontally and Vertically Segmented Funnels
- Forces 011 – Converge
- Forces 012 – Interactivity with One Object
- Forces 019 – Vice
- Forces 020 – Vortex
- Forces 022 – Segmented Pipeline
- Forces 024 – Star and Arrows
- Forces 025 – Swirl Atmosphere
- Forces 026 and 027 – Swirl Out and Swirl In
- Forces 030 – Predator
- Forces 033 – Conveyors
- Forces 036 – Shrink/Expand
- Forces 038 – Eruption/Launch
- Forces 039 and 052 – Pressure/Influence
- Forces 040 – Pipeline
- Forces 041 and 042 – Trajectory Redirect
- Forces 044 – Intertwined Segments
- Forces 047 – Converge/Diverge
- Forces 048 – Transparent Funnels
- Forces 049 – Interruption
- Forces 051 – Breakthrough
- Forces 053 – Bounce
- Forces 055 – Wedge
- Forces 056 – Pass-Through/Penetration
- Forces 058 – Sphere of Influence
Tutorials – Hierarchies
- Hierarchies 021 – Triangles and Bars
- Hierarchy 001 – Building Exterior
- Hierarchy 002 – Building Interior
- Hierarchy 003 – Organization Charts
- Hierarchy 004 – Organization Charts
- Hierarchy 005 – Organization Charts
- Hierarchy 006 – Stacked Blocks
- Hierarchy 007 through 017 – Horizontally and Vertically Split Pyramids
- Hierarchy 020 – Building with Compartments
- Hierarchy 020 – Spiral Stairs
- Hierarchy 027 – Flow Hierarchy
Tutorials – Icons
Learn here how to work select, modify, and use PowerFrameworks icons.
TopTutorials – Maps
- Maps 001-008 – World and Continent Maps
- Maps 009-011 – North American Countries
- Maps 012-014, 19, 21, 24 – European Countries
- Maps 015, 016, 18, 25 – Asian Countries
- Maps 017 – Oceana Countries
- Maps 020 – South American Countries
- Maps 022 – African Countries
Tutorials – Relationships
- Relationship 078 – Plugins
- Relationships 001 – Network
- Relationships 002 – Overlapping Venn
- Relationships 003 – Honeycomb
- Relationships 004 – Half Wheel with Halos on Foundations
- Relationships 005 and 006 – Matrices
- Relationships 007 and 008 – Segmented Ovals
- Relationships 009 – Layered Cylinder
- Relationships 010 – Layered Sphere
- Relationships 011 – Broadcast Ovals
- Relationships 012 – Container Set
- Relationships 013 – Wheel and Spokes
- Relationships 014 – Cubes
- Relationships 015 – Container Set
- Relationships 018 – Explosion
- Relationships 021 – Triads
- Relationships 027 – Matrix
- Relationships 031 – Stylized Quadrants
- Relationships 033 – Nested Spheres
- Relationships 035 – Sliced Spheres
- Relationships 036 – Flowers
- Relationships 037 – Segmented Arc
- Relationships 042 – Nested Spheres
- Relationships 044 – Radar Screen
- Relationships 046 – Revolve
- Relationships 050 – Cut Venns
- Relationships 058 – Alignments, Forced Splits, and Fractures
- Relationships 064 – Expanded Honeycomb
- Relationships 072 – Webs
- Relationships 073 – Rectangle Segments
- Relationships 074 – Network (Expanded)
- Relationships 075 – Pathways
- Relationships 076 – Object-Centric Connectivity
- Relationships 077 – Overlapping Circles
- Relationships 079 – In the Loop
Tutorials – Segments
- Segments 001, 002, and 003 – Puzzle Variations
- Segments 004 – Segmented Wheel with Hub and Halo
- Segments 005 – Segmented Wheel with Halos
- Segments 006 through 020 – Segmented Wheel with Hub and Segmented Halos
- Segments 021 – Slots
- Segments 022 – Layered Concentric Circles
- Segments 023 – Platforms for Circles
- Segments 024 – Segmented Stars
- Segments 025 – Interchangeable Puzzle Pieces – Vertical
- Segments 026 and 027 – Expandable Puzzles
- Segments 028 – Puzzle Layout
- Segments 029 – Segmented Capsules
- Segments 030 – Interchangeable Puzzle Pieces – Horizontal
- Segments 031 – Broadcast Arcs
- Segments 032 – Rectangle Spectrum
- Segments 033 – Non-Data-Driven Pies
- Segments 034 – Cut Concentric Circles
- Segments 036 – Angled Segments
Tutorials – Silhouettes
These silhouettes are fully customizable: both line and fill colors can be applied, as well as gradients and other fill effects
TopTutorials – Text Tables
- Text Tables 001 – Qualitative Values
- Text Tables 002 – Table with Underlying Flow
- Text Tables 003 – Side-Heading Tables
- Text Tables 004 – Numbered Lists
- Text Tables 005 – Decimal Point
- Text Tables 007 and 009 – Schedules
- Text Tables 008 – Horizontal Flow
- Text Tables 010 – Comparisons
Tutorials – Timing
- Timing 001 – Gantts
- Timing 002 – Timelines
- Timing 003 – Clocks
- Timing 004 and 010 – Diagonal Trend Columns
- Timing 006, 011, 014, 015, 016, 017 – Calendars
- Timing 007 – Break Timers
- Timing 008 – Timeline for Few Items
- Timing 009 – Diagonal Arrow Trend Timeline
- Timing 012 – Roll Out
- Timing 018 – Fishbone
Tutorials – Tools
- Tools 001 – Gauges
- Tools 002 – Thermometer
- Tools 003 – Scale/Axis Breaks
- Tools 004 – Qualifiers
- Tools 005 – Moons
- Tools 006 – Non-Data-Driven Axes and Tick Marks
- Tools 007 – Quotation Marks
- Tools 008 – Gauge
- Tools 009 – Legends
- Tools 010 – Checks, Xes, and Symbols
- Tools 011 – Rulers
- Tools 012 – Dial Gauges
- Tools 013 – Volume Controls
- Tools 014 – Rulers
- Tools 017 – Heartbeats
- Tools 019 – Segmented Dial Gauges
- Tools 020 – Stackable Gauges
- Tools 021 – Line Bridges
- Tools 023 – Questions
- Tools 025 – Evaluation Ruler
- Tools 027 – Thank You
- Tools 029 – Broadcast lines
- Tools 030 – Radiating Arcs
- Tools 031 – Hand-Drawn Shapes
- Tools 032 – Polygons
- Tools 036 – Fill-In Alphabet
- Tools 037 – Rating Stars
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