It's very rough but I spent a chunk of last week making this on Powerpoint and Publisher and felt the need to share it.

Please forgive the double-dipping, but I received some questions about my process on this picture (and why I would subject myself to this kind of workflow). The images below should, I hope illustrate the way I went about this. I look forward to learning that even within the confines of MS office, there were problem easier ways to go about this. In truth, I did about 75% of this in Publisher before realising that Powerpoint has a selection pain (and thus for 75% had no way of selecting and managing layers beyond clicking directly on them).

My basic process was:

• Imported reference image into the software
• Used freeform tool to trace the perimeter of all foreground elements (as a whole). Set the resulting shape to the desired colour and 80% transparency
• Used freeform tool to add all geometry as lines (and for the most part not actual complete polygons). At this stage, I had to devise some geometry and/or go to the location on google streetview to get different angles. I didn't feel like I could get plants or people right, and so had to fill in those blanks. I used lines rather than shapes as with only 4 colours, it was easier to manage layers than it would have been using complete shapes that all occluded each other.
• Once line work was all done, inserted a rectangle as the background and set it to desired colour. I then used shape tools to draw in primary unlit surfaces (ie. walls facing away from the light source). I configured those shapes to have no outlines and to have the same colour as the background with 30% transparency
• I then repeated the process for any shadows cast onto other objects. These last two steps were probably the hardest because I'm was no longer working from a reference. Things such as how long to make the shadows stumped me a fair bit, but I enjoyed the challenge of trying to figure this out.

I've uploaded the following images:

1. finished(ish) project

2. Reference image

3. Finished slide with all objects selected and selection pane visible

4. Example step by step process using basic shape

5. Rough deconstruction of some image elements.

Someone asked me why use MS office to make things like this when vastly better workflows exist, and in truth a lot of it is habit. The challenge of working with less than ideal tools is fun, especially on elements of the project such as relighting it, but I figure if I want to get better at this, i should probably use actual vector software. The other factor is simply availability and the passive familiarity I've gained with MS office over the years.

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback. I was actually super anxious about sharing what I know is a very scrappy piece of work.

Any tips or which channels should I watch

Btw it's an on the spot competition

I just want to get feedback for thise whonpurchased infograpia if it is really working.

I have tried googling around but haven't been able to figure this out.

I have a laptop that I use for teaching (Mac). In my classroom, there is no classroom computer. There is just one big presenter screen that connects via Zoom. So, to teach, I open Zoom on my laptop and click screenshare, and it goes automatically to the classroom screen.

Right now, I can only get it to share exactly what's on my desktop - so when I use presenter mode, it shares presenter mode. I can't seem to get it to act like an extended display or get the Power Point to be in two separate spaces on my Mac so that I can just share one of the spaces.

Is there any way to use presenter mode on my laptop while screen sharing the regular Power Point presentation with this set up? There is no way to plug in directly to anything in the classroom - only screen share via Zoom.

Thank you!

Hello guys, I am beginning a consulting internship and we are using think cell. I am completely new to this and am not staffed for now, so I would like to practice on think cell while I can. Do you know any good online resources ?
Thanks :)

I recently got a new laptop and synced my OneDrive files to my new laptop. Everything was going fine until I tried to open some old files a few days ago. It will NOT let me open any PowerPoints, word docs, etc. and this applies to almost ALL my files. The pop up says “Sorry, PowerPoint can’t read: … blah blah my long Users/OneDrive/etc.” someone PLEASE help me 😭

Hello everyone, I'm on PC and use Powerpoint 2019. Could anyone kindly help me in finding out this font type and it's size? Thank you!

I made this visual for a project a few months ago. It reminded me of how powerful the Merge Shapes tools are so I thought I would share. Looking back before this, I used to create shapes in some "less conventional" ways. haha so fun. Hope this helps someone.

I am a DU student, I need work from home gigs or jobs to start earning money please suggest some decent ones since online jobs are just deadends

Ive the following problem (my dads laptop).
Saving powerpoint files takes a really long time, 10-20+ seconds.

We had a really old laptop (10 years old) so i assumed it was that, but the same issue persists even on a brand new laptop.

Specific matters related to the environment:
- Windows 11 fully updated
- Office 2024 Pro LTSC activated
- The file in question is 7MB large, yes its large but not extremely heavy. I think this doesnt warrant a super long save time?
- The file contains MathType imagery (random but could be an effect, i will inspect with/without imagery effect on saving)
- The drive is brand new, m.2 nvme drive.

I will try to inspect threading or figure out if MathType content makes a difference or not, but any clues would be helpful.

I am using the PowerPoint app on my iPad Pro and every time I try to change the font colour or highlight something the app crashes. The other features seem to be working ok. The PowerPoint app is up to date but my iPad will not update, it is currently running OS 16.6.1. iPad is around 5-6 years old. Other things I have tried:
- restarting my iPad
- Uninstalling and installing the ppt app
- deleting downloaded fonts

Anything else I could try??

I wondered if anyone knew how to do this; I want to insert a map of a country (Scotland in this case). Which is broken down by county (States if you're American). And be able to colour specific counties in different colours.

Is this possible, and if so, how would I do?

It's for an interview presentation, and I really, really want this job. Please help. I just have an image of the country at this point, which is fine. But if I could colour in the specific territory I'd be covering, I feel like that would be pretty impressive.

I feel I can't be alone these days that the majority of my presentations involve GIFs and memes. I feel like Powerpoint could really make my life easier by including a shortcut to giphy or something similar the way iMessage and Whatsapp do on this menu here:

My question to this subreddit is where can I suggest product feedback in an official way? Thanks!

Help keep r/PowerPoint from descending into chaos (there's a separate subreddit for that. Of COURSE there is. Because Reddit, right?)

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У меня есть версия(офис 365) на ноутбуке с безграничным доступом. А мне нужно на ПК, сработает ли это если я просто перенесу файл на флешку, а затем уже на ПК?

I'm an ops coordinator, not a designer, but somehow I became the person every team dumps their deck on. Fully self-taught, mostly by making ugly slides in front of people and slowly fixing them.

The stuff that actually moved my decks from "clearly made by ops" to "oh, that looks decent":

Pick one left margin and start every title, bullet, and image on it. Boring, and the single biggest upgrade.

Cut the deck to one point per slide. If I'm cramming, I split it. Nobody pays me by the slide.

Learn exactly one nice thing well instead of ten badly. For me that's the morph transition. Used once or twice in a deck to move between a big picture and a detail, it looks intentional. Used on every slide, it looks like a screensaver.

Make the title state the takeaway, not the topic. "Q3 numbers" became "Q3 came in over plan," and suddenly people follow along.

None of this is real design training, it's just the four things that stopped my team decks looking amateur. For the self-taught crowd, what's the one trick that made the biggest jump for you?

Fine ! here's a image of my creation:

This is my mascott ! pico ! a robot-battery hybrid robot !

In my first video of my rebranding called Voldund Studio, i used PowerPoint 2013 in my laptop and then i was chosing a thunder as my mascott !

I uploaded it on YouTube around march 2026. Soon after, i relized that my mascott is too similar to bfdi character. So i deleted and i start over again. Months of rewroking my mascott, i finally designed it as blue robot who is curious, energic and dynamic !

i used transition morph to move a rotation of pico's arm to made it look like it is a modern PowerPoint animation ! Later, i uploaded it on YouTube and then it didn't get much views !

And anyone who commented in my post, i am very sorry for promoting a link of my youtube video, i didn't mean to do that. I relized that i can be banned from reddit. For now on, i am going to only post image to show my works. I hope you will accept my apology.

I'm really interested in this community and see lots of tips that I love but some that mystify me.

I predominantly use PPT to create decks to deliver training courses (5x8hr sessions, or 30-60 webinars).

I use lots of things that some people have said to not use - such as points revealing themselves one at a time, animations, etc.

These really suit a long deck, and if you are teaching, people concentrate on the last thing revealed rather than read ahead.

A huge component of these tips is to think about what works for you and your speaking style.

I get people clap at the end of 8 hours of data protection training - so much of this is on the speaker - a great deck will never compensate for a speaker that is poor. But a great deck can help a good presenter become great.

Prior to previous OS announcement - OnysmOS, I am glad to announce completely new OS - AvenoirOS! 🪐

It's more reliable, smart, advanced, visually appealing and very fun to explore around!

✅ OS is completely free to download and it comes along with OnysmOS;
☁️ Download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/md6g6krnnru6kpd/OnysmOS_%252B_AvenoirOS_%255BFull_Release%255D.pptx/file

It has custom browser along with Websites, built-in Al Chatbot, Music player, Video Player, Sound effects, Games and so much more! I'm sure many of you will like this project :) even if it won't be apparent with voting system, lol.

ℹ️ I'm open to suggestions, constructive criticism and appreciation. Every word counts.
❓ Lastly, this might be the last PowerPoint Project from me, because I don't have any motivation to keep going.

📷 Here's the sneak peeks from AvenoirOS!