A vast majority of the population have never been taught or researched on their own what effective PowerPoint design is.  How close is your face to the screen that you can't read a sentence/phrase that fits on a PowerPoint slide.  In that case, with or without PowerPoint, it is still acceptable to bring notes with you.  MORE >>

The code contains a link, usually to a URL. Then you use a QR reader app on a smart phone, which scans the QR code and displays the URL as a link, so you can visit the page. Do you put your website’s URL on your first and last slides? You may have a few options but basically you enter the URL and download the image. MORE >>

Tip: To share a large file that’s too big to e-mail, upload it to SkyDrive, get the URL and e-mail it to the recipient. That person can then click the URL to download the file. don’t recommend creating a PowerPoint file from within Office Web Apps; the features are too limited. of free online storage. MORE >>

This site is run by a great friend of mine, Geetesh Bajaj, and includes a vast amount of information on PowerPoint, presentation tools, and more. Rather than type in the answers repeatedly, I set up Indezine.com and would type in the URL that contained the answer users were looking for. Recently, I interviewed Geetesh about his site. MORE >>

The majority of PowerPoint templates are terrible.  I'm referring to the default templates found within PowerPoint and Keynote, as well as those created by design firms that don't specialize in presentation design.  They are often designed with a color at the top and a color at the bottom, with a logo and URL slapped on every slide.  MORE >>