Free graphics aren’t written on stone in Microsoft PowerPoint. Many will allow you to ungroup all the pieces, use what you want and delete what you don’t. Graphics can be a huge part of your ...

You can buck the stereotype of PowerPoint presentations as bullet-pointed snoozefest. PowerPoint has a wealth of new graphics, layout, and animation features to liven up your deck. We’ll focus on how ...

The Change Shape feature changes your graphic to a different graphic, preserving its formatting and size. Insert an icon into the slide and click the Graphics Format tab. Click the Change Graphic ...

If you don’t want the same rectangular pictures for your Microsoft PowerPoint slide show, create a custom-shaped picture placeholder and make it available to the presentation via a layout slide.

Anyone who’s sat through a freshman college lecture knows that PowerPoint presentations can be a real bore. But we’re all busy people, and no one has time to design the most engaging slideshow ...