PowerPoint & Excel Fusion (+250 PowerPoint Slides)

Master the fundamentals of stunning PowerPoint decks—from flawless design and templates to slide master, grids, fonts, and engaging content—while delivering with transitions and animations.

Three ways to create stunning PowerPoint templates: design with the slide master, use ready-made templates from Graphic River Net, or download a free, multi-slide template.

Explore the PowerPoint ribbon, including home, insert, design, transitions, animations, slideshow, view, and format tab, plus the slide master for global slide formatting.

Prioritize slide ratio by keeping slides in widescreen 16:9 for modern displays. Use the design tab, customize, and slide size to select 16:9 or 4:3, default to widescreen.

Explore how to color your PowerPoint slides by using the slide master, customize colors with RGB codes, and import Adobe color palettes for cohesive themes.

Learn to use the slide master to apply a single design across all slides, create layouts, customize themes, and save time.

Master precise slide alignment using guides, gridlines, and the ruler in PowerPoint; learn to center icons and infographics for a synchronized, polished presentation.

Master five PowerPoint shortcuts to boost efficiency: shift for straight lines, Ctrl to duplicate, Ctrl+plus for subscript and superscript, Ctrl+Enter to add slides, and Alt+arrows to switch objects.

Explore how fonts act as the micro design on every slide. Compare popular fonts like Helvetica, Garamond, and Rockwell, and learn how to install Roboto.

Master the format painter to quickly copy font, size, color, and other formats across text and shapes. Double-click to keep it active for rapid styling.

Master PowerPoint bullet point customization by adjusting size, color, and symbols; align and indent with tab and alt+shift+arrow, and refine defaults using the View tab ruler.

Convert your bullet points into smart art with a single right-click to transform monotony into engaging visuals in PowerPoint, enhancing slide variety and audience engagement.

Learn to animate slide objects with the animation pane, choosing effects and adjusting delays. Set transitions between slides to occur on mouse click, keeping animations straightforward for a live presentation.

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Master Excel fundamentals for data-driven tables and charts, including formatting shortcuts, conditional formatting, and pivot tables to enhance PowerPoint presentations.

Learn to create a new Excel spreadsheet, format it as a clean table, and use shortcuts for formulas, F2 viewing, and paste special to prepare sheets for PowerPoint export.

Create and format Excel tables with headers, enjoy automatic row expansion and formula propagation, and learn to convert a table to a range for flexible use in PowerPoint.

Design and filter Excel tables using the design tab, toggle filters, and apply quick styles for readability; filter by values or numbers and emphasize the header with banded columns.

Apply conditional formatting in Excel to set rules that auto-highlight cells as values change. Highlight top items and targets with color and custom formatting to improve readability in large tables.

Explore data bars and icon sets in conditional formatting to visually differentiate large numbers, using gradient blue data bars and yellow profit bars, plus green/yellow/red icons for thresholds.

Master four essential charts in Excel and PowerPoint—column, line, pie, and combination—using think cell for better visuals and learning to create, customize, and copy charts across PowerPoint and Excel.

Create pivot tables and pivot charts in Excel to analyze data by operating system, age group, and hours online, counting unique user IDs and applying filters.

Link Excel to PowerPoint to create updatable presentations by copying tables and charts with the office clipboard and establishing links, while managing automation risks and sparklines.

Master how to copy Excel tables and charts into PowerPoint, using various paste options and the Office Clipboard to manage multiple items efficiently and link graphs with automatic data refresh.

Link Excel tables and charts to PowerPoint using paste special as links, understand update behavior, and avoid access issues by sharing source files.

Learn how to manage linked excel charts and tables in PowerPoint, switching from automatic to manual updates and refreshing links to prevent errors across large slide decks.

Use spark lines in Excel to visually summarize data evolution with line, bar, and column charts, including selecting ranges and pasting as a link into PowerPoint for automatic updates.

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Explore how Think Cell transforms PowerPoint and Excel visuals with an intuitive, highly customizable interface that clearly shows data relationships, delivering professional, theme-synced presentations.

Install think-cell from think-cell.com by starting a 30-day trial with a corporate email, receive a serial number and download link, then enter the serial to synchronize with PowerPoint and Excel.

Learn to create and link charts from Excel to PowerPoint using think-cell, synchronize data across slides, and update or break the Excel link as needed.

Master customizing secret charts in PowerPoint by aligning table designs to slide master colors, using think cell features such as the wheel, legends, labels, and compound growth arrows.

Explore 15+ ways to customize think-cell charts and tables, from font size, decimal formats, and number scaling, to colors, axis positioning, gaps, and label placement.

Explore eight think-cell chart types and their Excel counterparts, mastering customization, percentages, and visual formatting—from stacked column and line charts to mekko and waterfall for compelling PowerPoint visuals.

Identify the most impactful presentation, assess the value of Think Sell, install, practice, and deliver compelling Excel-powered charts to persuade your manager to buy a corporate subscription.