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PowerPoint: 2014 Animated Holiday Greeting Card

Merry Christmas

Here is my holiday gift to you. This year’s Animated Holiday Greeting card features a calming, retro design with a traditional seasonal music track. Feel free to customize the signature and pass it on to your family, friends and business colleagues.

This year’s card comes in 2 versions, so you can choose between a Christmas or Holiday greeting. To preview each card in a video format and hear the music track, click on either image below.

To download the PowerPoint file for “Merry Christmas”, click here. To download the PowerPoint file for “Happy Holiday’s” click here. Make a note that you will not be able to hear the music track until you download the file.

Enjoy!

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You can replace Sandy’s Signature by following these step (instructions are for PowerPoint 2010 and 2013):

1. Remove Sandy’s Signature by selecting it and hitting the Delete key.
2. Type in your personal signature. If you are going to send this as a PowerPoint presentation you’ll need to make sure that you use a Safe Font like those found here: “Safe Fonts” *
3. Now animate your personal signature. With the signature selected, navigate to the Animation Tab in the Ribbon. Give your animation the following setting: Wipe | From Left + Duration: 4 seconds + Delay 40:90 seconds.

If you plan on using a Font that is not standard to Windows or Mac, you’ll need to either save it as an image (Cut > Paste Special > PNG) or convert the text to a shape. You can do that by following steps in this tutorial.

To enhance the viewing experience for your recipients, save the file as a PowerPoint Show or a Video before sending it.

 

 

Create an Editable, Stylized Line Chart in PowerPoint

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a stylized line chart like the one below for your presentations. Better yet, you’ll learn how to create an editable version of this chart in PowerPoint, making it easy for you to make data changes in the future.

This tutorial features PowerPoint 2013 (running Windows 8 on a Mac).

Step 1: Insert a line chart.
In the Ribbon at the top of the screen, go to  Insert > Illustrations > Chart

Insert Chart

In the Insert Chart dialog box, choose Line > Line with Markers

Step 1: Insert a Line Chart

Step 2: Create Smooth Line
Once the line chart is inserted, double click on one of the lines to reveal the Format Data Series Task Pane at the right of your slide.

Click on the Fill & Line icon to open the Series Options dialog in the Task Pane. At the bottom of this dialog box, check the Smoothed Line option

Check the Smoothed Line option

Step 3: Format Markers
Near the top of the Format Data Series Task Pane, click on the Marker icon > Marker Options to open all Marker editing options.

Choose Marker

Under the Marker Option header, choose Built-in, then select the circle as the Type. Type in 13 for the Size.

Marker Options

Under the Fill header, choose Solid fill. For the color, choose the same color as your background. If you have a complex background, you may want to choose No fill.

Choose a White Fill

Under the Border header, choose Solid line. For the color, choose the same color as your line. Make the width of your circle the same width as the line in your graph. In this case, the line width should be 2.25.

Choose Border Color and Width

Step 4: Repeat Steps 1 – 3 for all the lines in your graph

Coming Soon!
Save this chart as a template.

 

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