Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Microsoft PowerPoint is the most widely used software for creating professional visual presentations. It is used for both business and academic purposes to organize and create a structural ...

If you've ever had to manually combine the contents of separate PowerPoint presentations by typing or copying and pasting slide elements, you know it can be a tedious and unpleasant process. There is ...

This post shows how to create a live countdown timer in your PowerPoint presentation. You can make one natively or use an add-in to add a countdown timer in PowerPoint. Imagine starting your ...

In a study on the efficacy of countdown timers at pedestrian crosswalks, Jacob N. Schmitz of the University of Nebraska determined that pedestrians faced with the countdown walked faster across the ...

Whether you're leading a business meeting, teaching a class, marketing your latest product, or presenting your research findings, PowerPoint is a powerful program that can make your content pop. Here ...

PowerPoint often feels simple until you spend hours trying to get slides to look just right. Dragging shapes into place, hunting for the right font, and making slides look consistent can easily eat up ...