Tuesday, September 27, 2011

How To Get More With Less With PowerPoint

The true test of how clever a phrase is, is how it stands the test of time. "Less is more", for example, is a perfect illustration of a brilliant turn of phrase. Coined by Robert Browning in a poem he wrote in 1855, it has indeed stood the test in time. The term was adopted in the 1940s by minimalist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and it truly displays his devotion to pure Modernist design. And it's still in constant use today. Less is more can be applied anywhere from ballroom to boardroom. Think of when you create a PowerPoint presentation, for example: Do you really have to have slide after slide with just one image on each? Why not try to use one slide and add elements with effects to create more continuity?

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1998-get-more-with-less-with-powerpoint.html

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The Microsoft Training Blog Team
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