Monday, April 11, 2011

Set text wrap around images and shapes in PowerPoint? Avoid it!

We see a lot of questions about flow as you text in PowerPoint around a picture or shape. And it is not easy (although we article have PowerPoint 2010 and PowerPoint 2007 , which explain, admittedly complicated workarounds to get the wrapping effect).

As difficult and awkward to do it, we would like to see more comments from people who are unhappy as people who say, they find it useful.

But PowerPoint works best if it has less text. Some keywords. Not enough to wrap. This is a problem, the we here on the PowerPoint blog passionate than feel.

If you want to communicate many words, Word is a better bet. Publisher is. You can can create files, read the people at will.

You want to create a presentation, especially when you present the person, less words work so much harder for you especially if you add a picture to.

You need not put everything on a slide, because people who read film be and is not for you to hear. (If you want all available information, when you book the deck or then send it in e-Mail, add it to you. the notes section)

Less on a film set and employs to keep changing films, which often helps the audience. With one or two keywords and a compelling image, the audience gets magic-they find out how these elements want to relate. They hear you. In a presentation, which is a good thing.

I know that nobody likes as you are told with their software. But after a few simple policy-as the entertaining illustrated by Doug Thomas in his Office casual to create better presentationsor Microsoft MVP Stephanie Krieger 12 Tips for creating better presentations - skills to create compelling presentations without ever wrap text in PowerPoint again.

--Erik Jensen


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