Create beautiful numbered lists in PowerPoint
- Start with a list. Start with a simple list, like this one.
- Convert to SmartArt.
- Add the numbers.
- Format the SmartArt.
- Ungroup the SmartArt.
- Adjust the size and spacing of the numbers.
- Have fun with a new shape and colors.
- Change the background and shape color.
5 steps to effective Powerpoint Presentations
- Plan your presentation on paper first. Keep away from the computer.
- Put one statement on each slide. Take each main point of your presentation and express it as a short and succinct statement.
- Add a relevant visual to each slide.
- Pay attention to design.
- Dance with your slides.
One of the easiest ways to make a boring slide more interesting is to replace bullet points with clean, simple icons. Using icons helps anchor the content while making it more quickly digestible and visually appealing.
Bullets do the opposite in most cases.
- 3 alternatives to bullet points: Grab a slide of bullets from your last presentation and give these ideas a go.
- Turn into a Jobs-style list. Steve Jobs would often use a list in his slides, almost always following these rules:
- Simple text visuals.
- A bit of design.
Insert a bulleted or numbered list
- On the View tab, click Normal.
- Click in the text box or placeholder where you want to add bulleted or numbered text.
- On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Bullets or Numbering. , and begin typing your list. Press Return to create a new list item.
Use SmartArt to create a more interesting bulleted list in Word
- With the insertion point positioned where you want the list to appear, click the Insert tab.
- Click SmartArt in the Illustrations group.
- Choose list in the left pane.
- Select one of the list options by selecting it and clicking OK.
Click the Insert tab and then click SmartArt in the Illustrations group. In the resulting dialog, select Vertical Picture List, and click OK.
In order to leverage the power of a great list, it's important to remember a few key design principles.
- Lead with a clear hierarchy. A list will be clear and easy to scan if the hierarchy is well established.
- Give your lists room to breathe.
- Don't overuse them.
- Devia.
- JoyentCloud.
- Virb.
- Eight Hour Day.
- Hey Indy.
In-sentence lists
- Use a colon to introduce the list items only if a complete sentence precedes the list.
- Use both opening and closing parentheses on the list item numbers or letters: (a) item, (b) item, etc.
- Use either regular Arabic numbers or lowercase letters within the parentheses, but use them consistently.
To show your talking points one bullet at a time, do this:
- Select the bulleted list.
- On the Animations tab, under Entrance Effects, choose an animation effect.
- Select On Click if you want your bullets to appear one at a time.
- Preview your animation by clicking Play from the Animations tab.
Some design ideas on how to avoid bullets
- Control the flow of your content by using simple animation.
- Reduce the text to a few key words instead of a whole sentence.
- Don't actually arrange your bullets in a list: use a grid format instead.
- You can go one step further and not use any text at all!
Lists made with bullets are called bulleted lists. The HTML element name for a bulleted list is "unordered list", because the list items are not arranged in numerical order (as they would be in a numbered list). Usually, bullet points are used to list things.
Choose a new bullet or numbering format
- Click a bullet or number in the list that you want to change.
- On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click the arrow next to Bullets or Numbering.
- Click the bullet or numbering list format that you want in the Bullet Library or the Numbering Library.
Click the “Home†tab located on the ribbon at the top of PowerPoint 2010. Highlight the text that you wish to hide and select the “Font Color†icon from the Font section of the Ribbon. Change the color to the same color as the background of your slide. Your text will now be hidden.
Open the Animation Pane
- Select the object on the slide that you want to animate.
- On the Animations tab, click Animation Pane.
- Click Add Animation, and pick an animation effect.
- To apply additional animation effects to the same object, select it, click Add Animation and pick another animation effect.
You can easily insert a check mark (also known as a "tick mark") in Word, Outlook, Excel, or PowerPoint. These marks are static symbols. If you're looking for an interactive check box that you can click to check or uncheck, see: Add a check box or option button (Excel) or Make a checklist in Word.
- Click the "File" tab and select "Options" to open the PowerPoint Options dialog box.
- Click "Customize Ribbon," click the check box next to "Developer," then click "OK."
- Click the "Combo Box" icon in the Developer tab's Controls group, then drag and drop it over the slide to add the drop-down box.
To insert a check mark symbol on a PowerPoint slide using Alt:
- Display the slide on which you want to insert a check mark.
- Position the cursor in a text box, placeholder, table cell or shape where you want to insert a check mark symbol.
- Press Alt + 0252 or Alt + 0254 on the numeric keypad.
The Developer tab is the place to go when you want to do or use the following: Write macros. Run macros that you previously recorded.Use XML commands.
With PowerPoint you can easily integrate videos into your presentation and use the PowerPoint Animations to create elegant pauses, additional effects, and transitions. Insert the video into a slide. Click "Insert" and select "Video". Click on the video and align it to the desired position and size.
