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.

Microsoft PowerPoint offers options for formatting a slideshow's objects. Shapes can receive a solid color, a pattern or a gradient whose color changes gradually. The gradient option includes a series ...

If you insert a shape in PowerPoint and you want to change it into another different shape without having to delete it or insert another shape into the slide, you can use the Change Shape feature that ...

With the release of the Visual Studio 11 beta comes a new tool for designing screens: PowerPoint Storyboarding. It's an add-on for PowerPoint that might at first seem a little underwhelming, but the ...

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 ...

How to change the axis of rotation (sort of) for a shape in PowerPoint Your email has been sent Illustration: Lisa Hornung, Getty Images/iStockPhoto Must-read Windows coverage CrowdStrike Outage ...

Love it or hate it, PowerPoint isn’t going away any time soon; it remains the professional tool of choice for presentations. Features that were already in PowerPoint just became easier to discover and ...

You can create a Mind Map in PowerPoint using a Pre-designed Template or use the Shapes tool to create a Mind Map from scratch in PowerPoint. Let us discuss these methods in detail! 1] Create a Mind ...