Adding images to your Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentations keeps your audience focused and helps people better understand the presentation. There are times when you need to add a special effect to ...

If you don’t want the same rectangular pictures for your Microsoft PowerPoint slide show, create a custom-shaped picture placeholder and make it available to the presentation via a layout slide.

PowerPoint has a great set of special effects, graphics, animations, and template themes. There’s just one problem: Everybody else has the same effects, animations, and template themes that you have.

Create this neat collage effect with one picture and a few line shapes. Creating an effective slide doesn’t require a degree in design or a ton of Microsoft PowerPoint skills. Although those factors ...