In PowerPoint, "visuals can speed learning and express meaning in ways that might be difficult or impossible to convey otherwise," say Dr. Stephen Kosslyn, chair of the Harvard department of ...

Microsoft’s PowerPoint is extremely popular in schools, universities, and the corporate world, but it has never been as popular with home users. Not surprising since it’s all about creating ...

PowerPoint has a great set of special effects, graphics, animations, and template themes. There’s just one problem: Everybody else has the same effects, animations, and template themes that you have.

Too many pictures in a presentation can be overwhelming. Here’s how to turn a busy picture into a focused visual using Merge in PowerPoint. Figure G: Change the transparency setting to expose the ...