DigiTip 46: Match colours on your PowerPoint slides with the Eyedropper tool 🎨

3 December 20247 January 2025 WordPress User [sil12] DigiTips, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Support Leave a comment

When creating a PowerPoint presentation, there may be occasions when you want to match the colour of the background or an object to a very specific shade. While the colour options available are extensive, there’s an incredibly useful tool called the eyedropper, which allows you to match a colour perfectly!

Follow the video below to learn how to use this feature. In the video, we’ll show you how to change the colour of a shape, but the same steps apply to changing the colour of your background, a border, and much more.

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DigiTip 39: Practice makes Perfect: Rehearse Timings in PowerPoint 🥇

15 October 20247 January 2025 Shân Saunders DigiTips, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Support Leave a comment

If you need to deliver a presentation within a strict time limit, you may want to practice to get your timings perfect. With DigiTip 39, you can learn how to practice your presentation and receive the timings you used per slide. View the short clip below to learn how to rehearse:

Please note that you will need to turn off slide timings before you present in order to change the slides manually, you can learn how to do this here: Rehearse and time the delivery of a presentation – Microsoft Support

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DigiTip 9 – Record your screen directly in PowerPoint 🎥

31 October 20237 January 2025 WordPress User [sil12] Digital creation, problem-solving and innovation, Digital proficiency and productivity, DigiTips, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Support Leave a comment

If you need to include a screen-recording in your PowerPoint presentation, you can do this directly in PowerPoint without having to use any other software! Open PowerPoint and then watch the video below or follow these instructions:

Select Record
Select Screen Recording
Open the page that you want to record
Click on Select Area and choose the exact part of the screen that you want to record
Select Audio if you want to record audio with your video
Select Record (you should see a countdown before your recording starts) and complete your recording
Once you’ve finished your recording, hover your mouse over the top of the screen and select Stop
Your screen-recording will be automatically pasted into your PowerPoint presentation
You can edit your recording by clicking on your recording and selecting Playback

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Microsoft PowerPoint Tips and Tricks 💡

19 June 20237 January 2025 WordPress User [sil12] Digital communication, collaboration and participation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Support, Student Digital Champions, Students Leave a comment

Blogpost by Jeffrey Clark (Student Digital Champion)

Like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint is another Microsoft application you’ve probably used before. Planning for delivering a presentation can be daunting and even a frightening task for some, as not only do you have to speak in front of your fellow students, but your PowerPoint presentation will also be on full display. But, have no fear as this blogpost will give you some valuable tips and tricks to help turn a good presentation into a GREAT presentation!

Tip 1: Inserting Excel data into PowerPoint

If your presentation requires you to show data from an existing Microsoft Excel document, there is an easy way to display it within PowerPoint.

On the slide you want your data to appear on, go to Insert > Object
From the Insert Object window, select Create from file > Browse > then select the Microsoft Excel file where the chart you want to include is located > OK
This will automatically insert both the data and chart from your Microsoft Excel document
You can edit this data directly within your PowerPoint document by double-clicking on the chart on your slide
Click outside of the chart when you are finished, and PowerPoint will produce a chart with your Excel data!

Tip 2: Inserting a YouTube video in PowerPoint