Monthly Archives - April 2017

3 Questions to Answer Before Picking Fonts for Your Presentation

Choosing the Right Fonts for Your Presentation

Back in the day, when a global connectivity system, computers, and all these technological advancements were decades, even centuries, away from being invented, no one had the trouble of choosing what font to use for their works. Everything that people had—some without much choice—were their hands and what amounted to pens. Getting something on paper was all manual labor, and how readable manuscripts were depended not only on the conventions and foundations of the language but also on how [...]

Illustration featuring a keyboard with the text "PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts for Presenters" on the keys. Surrounding items include a smartphone displaying a chart, a pair of glasses, a USB drive, a computer mouse, a cup of coffee, and a monitor showing an engaging PowerPoint slide.

PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts for Presenters

Has it ever happened to you that, when crafting slides for a great presentation, you’ve got multiple objects to select, copy, paste, move, etc. And working with your mouse is slowly but surely becoming tedious, exhausting, and time-consuming? To be fair, it’s not limited to just PowerPoint. In almost every program on desktop, and even the operating systems (Windows and Mac) themselves, there are specific sequences and/or combinations of keyboard presses that correspond to functions and commands, called keyboard shortcuts. Ever [...]

Illustration of a person sitting in a relaxed chair, working on a laptop. The background is green with hanging pendant lights and a shelf with books and a calendar showing April 5th. Bold text reads, "Design Hacks for Designers on a Deadline." Perfect for your next presentation slide on creative efficiency.

Design Hacks for Designers on a Deadline

Graphic design is expanding. Every year, new designers emerge—many of which are equipped with skills that match, if not surpass, that of established professionals. If you don’t want to be replaced, strive to be more valuable. Identify yourself from the crowd by being consistent with the quality of your work. Excellence is important for artists like you since your job entails producing creative outputs that spark the imagination. To be a great designer, you need to make sure that [...]

Cartoon of a person sitting at a desk looking frustrated at a computer screen displaying the PowerPoint slide logo. Text on the image says, "WORKING WITH AN AWFUL-LOOKING POWERPOINT TEMPLATE." The Slidestore logo is at the bottom right corner.

Working with an Awful-Looking PowerPoint Template

Corporate PowerPoint templates are notorious for their impracticality and ineffectiveness. This is because they’re usually created by people with limited knowledge or experience in design. If you are guilty of this sin, then you should hire a slide design professional who can amp up your template’s look and feel. The aesthetics of your presentation can reflect the amount of dedication you put in it, so make sure you create a template that is engaging and attractive. The general goals of [...]

A cartoon character in a red shirt points to a computer monitor displaying a presentation slide with the text "FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF A STRONG POWERPOINT SLIDE." The background features a green, textured pattern, and the SlideStore logo is in the bottom right corner.

Fundamental Elements of a Strong PowerPoint Slide

Have you ever wondered about the makings of a perfect slide? Or if not perfect, at least a strong and impressionable one? Many answers are found online, and for just as many reasons, that you just can’t be sure which is correct. You could say, of course, that there are niche functions for what objects or elements you put on your deck, but does that make your slides strong individually and/or as a whole? Blank slides often bear no weight, [...]