Tables as grids for logo pages

Organizing a messy page full of logos into an neat grid can be a pain. Most of the time, I use a simple PowerPoint table to do this. Figure out the required number of rows and columns, draw a table, reformat to a white background with very thin grey separator lines. Now you…

Videos in PowerPoint / Keynote

Here is the easy way to embed a video in PowerPoint or Keynote:

1. Simply drag the file into your slide, done.
2. Resize the video so that it fits neatly on the slide.
3. Play the video until you hit the…

Uncover versus popup

I am not a big fan of animation, spectacular effects do not support a serious business message and documents with animations do not convert well to PDF for emailing.



Sometimes there is no escaping though, especially when you need to explain components of a complex system. The best way to…

Endless permutations

Here is a nice way to visualize an unlimited amount of possible combinations. The sanitized example below was designed for a client with a new digital media technology. You could create a similar concept with a suitcase combination lock, or maybe a slot machine.

PowerPoint for Mac color rendering

If you cannot get excited about color rendering in software, please skip this post.



There is something weird in the color rendering of Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. First, text and shapes get treated differently. If you make the text and the background the same…

Liberated from the email attachment

Clients that run conservative IT infrastructures (usually the larger enterprises) still have a cap of around 10MB on the size of an email attachment. As presentations contain more images, file sizes are getting increasingly larger. Over the past years I have been…

iPad: Keynote tipping point?

I am continuing my research in mobile presentation platforms, with very useful input from you guys.



Until now, the Keynote versus PowerPoint battle has been a feature debate. While Keynote has some better features in some instances, they are unlikely to be enough to switch…