PowerPoint

Cheat Sheet
Welcome to Konsus! Describe your task. Set a deadline. Consider it done.

5 Easy Steps To Create Presentations Like a Pro

01 Create a storyline 02 Draw an outline of all

your slides

Create a story for the entire presentation with one bullet Based on the storyline in Step 1, use a pen and paper to
description for each slide. Categorize the bullets based draw a rough outline of the slides as you imagined it to
on parent topic. be.

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03 Draw each slide
with pen and paper 04 Make a quick first
draft in PowerPoint

Another option is to write down the outline for each Quickly replicate the hand-drawn outlines onto
slide to make sure that all the content fits. PowerPoint (this doesn't have to be perfect). Dont
forget to add the details as Yellow stickers.

05 Visually enhance
your work
Use the version in the previous step to get
feedback from your co-workers and bosses. Once
the titles and structure is approved, start working
on beautifying with graphics and icons.

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PowerPoint Tips & Tricks
Press To Press To

Ctrl+N Create a new presentation Ctrl+U Make selected text underlined

Ctrl+M Insert a new slide Ctrl+Shift+ Select one word to the left
Ctrl+D Duplicate Ctrl+Shift+ Select one word to the right
Ctrl+O Open a presentation Shift+ Select one line up
Ctrl+W Close a presentation Shift+ Select one line down
Ctrl+P Print a presentation Alt+Shift+ / Move selected paragraph up/down
Ctrl+S Save a presentation Ctrl+Shift+F Change the font
F5 Run a presentation Ctrl+Shift+P Change the font size
Alt+F4 Quit PowerPoint Ctrl+Shift+. Increase the font size
Ctrl+F Find text Ctrl+Shift+, Decrease the font size
Ctrl+H Replace text Shift+F3 Change the case of letters
F7 Check spelling Ctrl++ Apply subscript
Ctrl+Z Undo an action Ctrl+Shift++ Apply superscript
Ctrl+Y Redo an action Ctrl+E Center align a paragraph
F4 Repeat last action Ctrl+L Left align a paragraph
Alt+S Slide Show options Ctrl+R Right align a paragraph
Ctrl+X Cut selected object Shift+ Select one character to the right
Ctrl+C Copy selected object Shift+ Select one character to the left
Ctrl+V Paste cut or copied object Alt+Shift+/ Make indents (,,)
Ctrl+B Make selected text bold Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+I Make selected text italic

Align: Mark multiple objects and organize (Format
Align)
Lock vertical or horizontal position of objects with
mouse by holding Shift
Select (and deselect) multiple objects by Shift-clicking
(e.g. to apply format on multiple items)
Copy objects with mouse and holding Ctrl
Shift+Alt+arrows to move bullets up and down and to
increase indent level
Alt+arrows to rotate object
Format painter (make multiple objects identical)
Use Present View to see notes/track time/next slide

Windows Error Checklist

Press To 1. Did you use the same font size, font type and color
everywhere?
Alt+Tab Switch to the next program 2. Consistent use of page numbers, sources and footnotes?
Alt+Shift+Tab Switch to the previous program 3. Is the Title style (long action titles vs. short descriptive titles)
Ctrl+Esc Display the Windows Start menu consistent?
Ctrl+W Close the active window 4. Are there any overlapping items?
Ctrl+F9 Minimize the window 5. Is the design consistent with the master template on all slides?
Ctrl+F10 Restore the window
6. Are boxes and lines aligned?
7. Does every slide have a so what?
8. Can elements be deleted without losing the message?
9. Are there any text with a font size below 14? If there is,
consider deleting it.

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A List of 50+ PowerPoint Plugins To Super Charge Your
Presentations

Podium - $25
Charts and Graphs
brightslides.com/

Flevy Tools - Free (Limited Time Offer) STAMP: Subtitling Add-in for PowerPoint Free
flevy.com/powerpoint-plugin sourceforge.net/projects/stamp-addin/

Oomfo - Free PresentationDeck - $5

oomfo.com presentationdeck.com

SlideShark Free
Design
slideshark.com

Office Timeline - Freemium HTML5Point - $4.95

officetimeline.com ppt-to-html5.com

ActivePresentation Designer - $149

pptXTREME Color Picker - $19.95
indezine.com/products/powerpoint/addin/
pptxtreme.com
activepresentationdesigner.html

vMaps - $199 Web Video Player - Free

presentationpro.com/vMaps.aspx http://bit.ly/2sfFmj6

Opazity - $49.95 Advanced Contact Bar - $24.95

presentationpro.com/advanced-contact-bar-powerpoint-plugin.
presentationpro.com/opazity.aspx aspx

MagPointer - $29.95 QuickAnimator - $14.95

presentationpro.com/magpointer.aspx presentationpro.com/quickanimator-powerpoint-plugin.aspx

Project Timeline Free Slide Show Duo - $49.95

projecttimeline.net presentationpro.com/slideshowduo.aspx

PowerMockup - $59.99 PresentationManager - $199

powermockup.com presentationpro.com/presentation_manager.aspx

PowerPlugs PowerSuite - $149 VisualBee - $39.90

presentationpro.com/powerplugs.aspx visualbee.com

PowerTOC - $29.95 YawnBuster Connect - $99

momsoftco.com/powertoc.htm yawnbuster.com/audience-response-system.html

Logobot - $50 vIcons - $99

logobot.co.uk presentationpro.com/vicons.aspx

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pptXTREME Photoshop Import - $179.95 Empower - Free

pptxtreme.com/product/pptxtreme-photoshop-import/ made-in-office.com/empower/en/#standardpoors

pptXTREME Import and Export - $49.95 Power-User - Free

pptxtreme.com/product/pptxtreme-importexport/ powerusersoftwares.com

Circilify - $49 Participoll - $99

presentationpro.com/Circlify.aspx presentationpro.com/participoll-audience-polling.aspx

Perspector Free NXPowerLite Desktop - $50

perspector.com neuxpower.com/nxpowerlite-desktop

Think-Cell - $247.50 Slide Dynamic - $49

presentationpro.com/slidedynamic.
think-cell.com
aaspxactivepresentationdesigner.html

ShapeChef - $39.99 TeamSlide - $12.50

shapechef.com teamsli.de

Aploris - $300 Office Tabs - Free

office-tabs.com/index.htm
aploris.com

Pexels - Free Mind-O-Mapper - $2.99

pexels.com http://bit.ly/2smM4pR

pptXTREME Effects Library - $149.95 Todo List Pro - Free

pptxtreme.com/product/pptxtreme-effects-library/ http://bit.ly/2rppg9w

pptXTREME Edit - $49.95 G-Tools Advanced PowerPoint Toolbar - $79

pptxtreme.com/product/pptxtreme-edit/ presentationpro.com/g-tools-advanced-powerpoint-ribbon.aspx

ActivePrez - $99
Internet presentationpro.com/activeprez.aspx

QuickSlide - $249
ShowTime Free quickslide-powerpoint.com/en#slide-uniform-design
zoho.com/showtime/powerpoint-plugin.html

Efficient Elements - $105.65

iSpring-Suite - $670
efficient-elements.com/powerpoint/
http://ispringsolutions.com/ispring-suite

INPRES (Interactive Presentation Service) Free

LiveWeb Free bit.ly/2s8YPlm
skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm

pptXTREME More Edit - $39.95

Beamium Free
pptxtreme.com/product/pptxtreme-moreedit/
beamium.com/slideflight-web-based

Office Mix - Free

mix.office.com/en-us/Home

E-Learning Brothers Free

bit.ly/2s9dj57

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 Icons

Icon Store Flat Icons

50+ Free Tools That Will iconstore.co flaticons.net

Take Your PowerPoint Map Box Maki

mapbox.com/maki-icons
Kameleon
kameleon.pics
Presentations To The Next Endless Icons Endless Icons
Level endlessicons.com
Ego Icons
thenounproject.com
The Noun Project
ego-icons.com ego-icons.com
Icons 8
icons8.com

Stock Images

All The Free Stock Stock Snap

allthefreestock.com stocksnap.io
Public Domain Archive Visual Hunt
publicdomainarchive.com visualhunt.com
Find A Photo Death To The Stock
finda.photo Photo
FreePhotos deathtothestockphoto.com
freephotos.cc

Fonts

Font Squirrel FontFlame

fontsquirrel.com fontflame.com
Google Fonts Calligraphr
fonts.google.com calligraphr.com
Fontea
fontea.madebysource.com

Backgrounds

Backgroundifier Beautiful Earth

backgroundifier.archagon.net beautifulearth.io
Unique Gradient
Generator
gradient.quasi.ink

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Inspiration Videos

Design Inspiration LOLColors Pexels DISTILL

designspiration.net webdesignrankings.com/ videos.pexels.com wedistill.io
Inspiration UI resources/lolcolors/ XStockVideo Vidra
inspirationui.com Material UI xstockvideo.com tentouchapps.com/vidra/
Twibfy materialui.co/socialcolors
twibfy.com/discover/ Brand Colors
Muzli brandcolors.net
muz.li Cosmic Mind
Duarte cosmicmind.com Image Editing
duarte.com/book/ Culture Colors
slideology/ culturecolors.xyz
Vecteezy Photofy
Designbase vecteezy.com photofy.com
designbase.us
Vectr Union App
vectr.com unionapp.co

Charts
Others
Visme Tiny Charts
visme.co tinychart.co
Live Slides Noisli
Any Chart Plotly
liveslides.com noisli.com
anychart.com/chartopedia/ plot.ly
Keynotopia
Infogr.am Zanifesto
keynotopia.com
infogr.am zanifesto.com

Graphics / Illustrations

Kuvva Freebies Jedi

kuvva.com freebiesjedi.com
Freepik
freepik.com

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