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report, the process of creating a presentation can be stressful
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and time consuming. Most of us tend to spend significant
time designing the slides, instead of focusing on using
PowerPoint for its primary purpose as a storytelling tool.

Is there a magic wand that you can wave and design a In conversation with…
creative and sophisticated PowerPoint presentation in a jiffy? Irina Ghose, COO,
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PowerPoint that will help you do just that.

Never start from scratch again with PowerPoint Designer

theme ideas

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You might be ready with your content but that’s just half the
battle won. Getting the right theme for your content is the
most time-consuming part that usually involved scrolling
through dozens of themes and crossing your fingers that it
fits your entire presentation.

If that sounds familiar, it’s time to meet theme ideas in

Designer. Now getting a presentation started is easier than
ever. When you open a blank presentation and enter words
onto the slide, Designer’s AI chooses the most suitable
layouts for the content, intelligently crops images, and
automatically recommends relevant icons and high quality
photographs fully licensed for commercial use that reflect the
slide text, along with theme styles and complementary colors.

If your organization has a brand template, Designer for

branded templates will ensure that the Design ideas you see
are created directly from the layouts in slide master, so your
slides always retain the brand guidelines.

Designer theme ideas is rolling out now in PowerPoint for

Windows, Mac, and on the web for Office 365 subscribers.
Designer for branded templates is currently available
to Office 365 Insiders subscribers for Windows 10 and Mac.

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Land your message with Designer Perspectives

Now that you have zeroed in on your theme and have your
slides ready, it’s time to hone your messaging. Studies
published by Microsoft Research have shown that adding
relatable references for large numerical values makes
information easier to understand and increases retention.

PowerPoint’s Designer Perspective, which is fueled by

Microsoft Research’s Perspective Engine, will automatically
suggest text that makes it easier for your audience to
comprehend complicated numerical values.

For instance, “Commercial planes fly at 30,000 feet” is hard to

interpret. But adding “about the height of Mount Everest”
makes it easier to understand – thus offering a great way for
everyone to effectively convey information.

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Practice your presentation delivery with Presenter Coach

With the slides finalized, it is time to practice your delivery,

but you don’t have anyone to give you feedback. How about
getting an AI coach?

With Presenter Coach in PowerPoint for the web, you can

easily rehearse your presentation and get intelligent tips to
improve your presentation skills.

Presenter Coach will help you pace your presentation, warn

you about using filler words like “umm” or “basically”, or if
you are just reading off your slides with on-screen guidance.
The AI-powered tool will also alert you against culturally
insensitive phrases, swear words and promotes the usage of
gender-inclusive language – like ‘police officer’ instead of
‘policeman’.

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At the end of every session it will also give you a summary of

how you performed along with suggestions on how you can
improve. Presenter Coach will be available on PowerPoint for
the web later this summer.

Make inclusive presentations with live captions, subtitles,

and alt-text

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Ultimately, your presentation’s success depends on how well

the audience can understand you. However, everyone’s
experience of your presentation can be different. There might
be people in the audience who are deaf or hard of hearing; or
those who might have difficulty following your accent; or
even those who don’t understand your language. This can be
often the case if you are presenting to a large audience.

With PowerPoint’s live captioning and sub-title features, you

can deliver inclusive presentations that can be better
understood by everyone. Powered by Microsoft AI, the
feature enables everyone to understand and participate in
the presentation, by producing live captions.

You can also opt to display subtitles in a different language,

to allow non-native speakers to get a translation of your
presentation on their smartphone. Currently, on-screen
caption and subtitle availability is supported in over 60
languages, while live captions and subtitles can be displayed
in 12 languages.

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If you are planning to share your presentation, the AI-

powered alt-text suggestion feature will ensure all images
have alternate text to make them inclusive for people who are
blind or have low vision.

Hopefully, the next time you have to make a presentation,

these AI features will spark a joy and not fill you with dread!

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