You're Not Using PowerPoint to It's Full Potential

Posted: September 25, 2013

[caption id="attachment_11574" align="alignright" width="372"]© iQoncept - Fotolia.com[/caption]PowerPoint has some robust hidden capabilities you probably don't know about. Remove images from your background, edit your templates, and more with these tips and tricks.

Ginny Soskey, Hubspot author, gives insight to PowerPoint's full potential.

Five Simple PowerPoint Tricks You Should Have Up Your Sleeve

Seriously, guys -- you'd think PowerPoint would be the easiest platform in the world to use. It's the de-facto presentation software for most businesses, but most of us don't use the program to its full potential.

There are lots of hidden tricks you can do in the platform. Need an easy way to angle a photo? There's a button for that. How about removing the background of an image? Simple as a few clicks.

The problem with these little PowerPoint tricks is that they aren't always easy to discover. This issue becomes even worse because, as a typical Gen Y-er, I hate to read manuals. So, unless I stumble on a new feature or just search for one when it's absolutely necessary, I never discover those tips and tricks that could make my life much, much easier.

To help you make the most of this fairly powerful design tool that's sitting unused on your computer, here are five little PowerPoint tricks that all marketers should have up their sleeves, complete with animated GIF instructions. Try them out for yourself!

Read the full article Five Simple Powerpoint Tricks You Should Have Up Your Sleeve on HubSpot.