Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 slides with the same old bullets, images and text is getting boring, so Microsoft introduced the SmartArt graphics, starting with PowerPoint 2007. These objects, as ...

A SmartArt Style combines several effects, such as line style or a 3D style. You can apply these effects to the shapes of your SmartArt graphic to give a professional and unique look to your graphics.

If your slide contains bulleted lists you can easily convert them (including the text) to a SmartArt graphic. This article will show you how. In the slide, click the placeholder containing the text ...

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 ...

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 ...

Death by PowerPoint. We’ve all been there: forced to sit through one slide after another crammed with text, all those awful bullet points and no visuals for relief. B-O-R-I-N-G. If that sounds bad, ...

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 ...