- All right, look,
we need to talk about PowerPoint presentations for a second.
We've all sat or slept through
our share of hard to understand slides
overloaded with bullet points,
generic clip art and confusing data.
However, PowerPoint has released some powerful updates
that you may not be aware of
which can be a real game changer
when working on your next presentation.
What's up, it's Jamal from HubSpot.
Welcome back to the channel.
PowerPoint is a fantastic tool for making visual content.
However, getting good results
can be a time consuming process.
In this video,
I'm gonna walk you through four exciting new features
to help you
create great looking and engaging PowerPoint presentations
without the extra time and frustration.
And to do that,
I've made a PowerPoint.
To help make the most of this presentation,
you're gonna wanna download our free presenter's guide
to nailing your next PowerPoint.
You can find the link in the description below.
Now, let me ask you this.
Have you ever poured all of your energy
into writing a compelling and spot on sales pitch,
but dreaded the next step of turning it into a slide deck?
Well, you can save hours of work
and easily transform that existing Word document
into a great PowerPoint presentation
using the export to PowerPoint command.
Here's how it works.
Open your document in Word for the web.
Make sure that it contains only text.
The heading in the document
will become the slide headings in the presentation.
Go to file, export,
export to PowerPoint presentation.
In the export to presentation window,
choose a design theme for your presentation,
then select export.
Now let PowerPoint's designer AI take it from there.
After the transformation is complete,
select open presentation to review your results.
When you use export to PowerPoint,
Word will create a presentation
based on all the summarized sections of your Word doc.
It also uses AI to add imagery,
icons, videos, themes and fonts for the design you chose.
These suggestions are all editable from within PowerPoint
if it's not quite right.
Just swap out this icon,
adjust the text,
change the color too.
Time and resource Savings on this feature are invaluable.
You can still benefit from this time-saving tech
even when starting from scratch without a Word doc.
Go to a new browser window and type in powerpoint.new
to create a new presentation.
PowerPoint's designer AI features
will recognize the topic of your title slide
and recommend design themes and imagery
for your presentation based on your title.
Yeah, AI's getting pretty good.
All right, so let's go ahead and choose this one.
It costs time and effort
to adjust and position all the various elements
on your slides
to create the perfect visual balance.
With Auto Fix,
you can automatically align, uniformly resize,
straighten and distribute elements in one step.
Just select two or more objects
and either right click or go to shape, arrange, Auto Fix.
Boom, this feature is pretty spot on
when working with icons, shapes and images.
However, don't try this
with smart art or overlapping images.
AI still has its limitations.
It can't do everything for you.
You know what I'm saying?
All right, presentation time is approaching
and your slideshow is looking pretty dang good.
If you're like most people,
presenting in front of an audience often induces fear.
Yet, speaking in front of a crowd
is a necessary skill to make a pitch,
present an idea or to close a deal.
And PowerPoint's Presenter Coach
can provide you with valuable tips, tools and feedback
so you can prepare in private
to give a more effective presentation.
Presenter Coach has been around for a while,
but it keeps getting better.
Recent updates on the web version
have enabled it to recognize and critique body language
using your webcam.
Go to slideshow, rehearse with Coach.
Select get started in the lower right
when you're ready to begin rehearsing.
You'll see here that PowerPoint's AI Coach
is now listening and providing real-time guidance
on my pacing,
if I'm using filler words,
inclusive language, and reading the slide text.
When it's done,
exit full screen view
to receive a dashboard summary
with analytics on your timing, eye contact,
mannerisms, and other ways to improve.
The more you refine this important final step,
the better connection you will have with your audience
and the more comfortable you'll feel doing it.
And now, my favorite feature,
cameo integration in PowerPoint Live.
This feature works directly within Teams
so you can join a meeting
and insert a live video feed directly into your slides
to become an integrated part of your presentation like this.
To test the cameo feature ahead of your presentation,
you'll wanna create a placeholder,
select insert cameo,
and go to the preview icon in the placeholder
to turn on the camera feed.
This behaves like any object in PowerPoint,
and I can apply the same effects to my camera
as I can to a picture or shape,
including formatting, transitions and styles.
You can also copy and paste your camera feed
onto different slides,
and adjust placement and size to fit the layout.
Even the transitions are seamless.
Choose activate, morph for a nice smooth effect
from one slide to the next like this.
And there you have it.
While these PowerPoint productivity tools
are a smart way to get your point across
without putting your audience to sleep,
sometimes there's no substitute
for a template designed by a professional.
That's why HubSpot has created 10 free PowerPoint templates
to make building and editing your presentations
easy and effortless.
There you'll find templates for title slides, data slides,
instructions on making better presentations, and more.
You can download it from the video description below.
If you have any questions
or wanna share your favorite time saving PowerPoint tips,
be sure to leave them in the comments down below.
And while you're down there,
I don't know, maybe consider you know, liking the video,
subscribing to the channel.
You know, ring that notification bell
if you're feeling up to it.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm gonna put myself back in the cameo feature
and try to see how many different presentations
I can just appear in.
Until then, I'll see you next time.
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