The ask, combine PowerPoint slide Transitions and sequenced Animations to create a follow-along focus effect. Simply, the asking trainer wants something unique added to their presentation. So, for today's steps, darken the slide with a transparent rectangle, introduce an oval, then combine the two shapes into a freeform shape and animate that shape along several … Continue reading PowerPoint: Animations + Transitions | Map Highlighting
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PowerPoint: Animations + Animations | Gear Shifting
The ask, help a trainer add some animations to their presentation. Following the Power Platform Community Conference, the keynote's main takeaway was that "Low-code (as we know it) is dead," highlighting that low-code is shifting into another gear. Taking that as inspiration, the trainer wants to animate an element shifting between gears: Figure 1 - … Continue reading PowerPoint: Animations + Animations | Gear Shifting
PowerPoint: Morph + Highlight
The ask, figure out a way to "highlight" PowerPoint slide elements. A technical trainer, in their more content-heavy sessions, would like to "highlight" lines of code. The suggestion today, use the Morph transition in PowerPoint, but instead of using morph to zoom, add transparent rectangles to "highlight" code snippets. Figure 1 - PowerPoint presentation with … Continue reading PowerPoint: Morph + Highlight
PowerPoint: Morph + Transitions
The ask, add some animation to a technical trainer's PowerPoint deck. Their content is solid, but they're looking for help drawing attendee attention to specific elements of their presentation. The recommendation, add morph transitions to a few of their slides: Figure 1 - PowerPoint slides with morph transitions. An often-overlooked feature of PowerPoint, Morph is … Continue reading PowerPoint: Morph + Transitions
Xamarin: Mockup w/ PowerPoint
Android and iOS apps are bountiful, but there's a toolset difference... Android apps are typically built using Java while iOS apps are typically written using Swift (or Objective-C). Because of this, two apps often have to be written for an app to be available in both app stores. Unless the app is written using Xamarin, … Continue reading Xamarin: Mockup w/ PowerPoint
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