
Goetting says that you can think of Zoom as a visual table of contents. This is where the new Zoom feature comes into play.

Sure, the slides are in a row-but, it’s easy to lose sight of how all of that information fits together. You start with one slide, and then you click to the next, and then the next, and so on and so forth. If you think of a standard PowerPoint presentation, you likely think of something that moves pretty linearly. Note: This feature is only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers and PowerPoint 2019 users. So, if that “whoosh” sound effect isn’t going to cut it when it comes to impressing your audience, what will? Goetting gave us the lowdown on all of those new, need-to-know PowerPoint features that will turn your presentation up a few notches. “Many of the negative connotations surrounding PowerPoint are less about the tool and more about what its use most commonly represents in business settings: One person reading from a prepared script while audience members sit around reading along as if their presence is simply a check-the-box requirement,” explains Luke Goetting, Director at Puffingston, an award-winning presentation agency based in Austin.

With some recent additions available for Microsoft 365 subscribers who have PowerPoint 2016 or beyond, it’s far easier than ever to make your presentations look sleek. Groundbreaking stuff, right?īut, if you think all PowerPoint presentations are destined to look dated and dry, think again.

For many, the name alone is enough to inspire visions of dull presentations filled with text in generic fonts, cheesy clip art, and the occasional swooping animation for an extra dose of creativity.
