Latest posts
Below are the most recent articles or resources I’ve published. If you are looking for help on a specific topics, it would best to look at the topics in my Articles archive as I have grouped my recent and best articles by topic there.
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Spring 2022 Teams Presenter mode options for video position and size beside slides
Microsoft Teams recently introduced new options for the Presenter modes, which are the modes that position your video beside or on top of your slides or other shared content. Starting in April 2022 and rolling out over the next few months are options to change your video from the right side of your content to… Continue reading Spring 2022 Teams Presenter mode options for video position and size beside slides Continue reading
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Virtual Meeting Attendee Guides
When you are attending a Zoom or Teams meeting you want to get the most from the time you invest. The guides below will help you do this. The viewing guides will help you make the most of the view you have whether there is content being shared or not. The participation guides will help… Continue reading
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Share slides and see your notes in Presenter View if Zoom doesn’t show the “Portion of the screen” sharing option
The problem: the Portion of the screen sharing option disappears Many presenters who have only one screen use Zoom’s “portion of the screen” sharing option to share the current slide portion of Presenter View preview so that the audience sees the slides while they see full Presenter View with their speaking notes. (I used to… Continue reading
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Excel Tip: Copy Excel cells to text box table in PowerPoint to animate by row
I often get asked how to copy a table of cells from Excel onto a PowerPoint slide and animate the table by row. The default paste of cells results in a PowerPoint table, which can’t be animated by row. In this video I show you how to paste the cells as a text box table… Continue reading
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Use Edge Picture in picture to display your webcam beside PowerPoint slides in Teams or Zoom
What is Picture in picture (PiP) in Edge? The Edge browser added the ability on Windows and Mac platforms to pop out compatible videos into their own window that has no browser user interface. By default it is available to anyone using the Edge browser on Windows or Mac, there is no plug-in or extension… Continue reading
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Excel Tip: Color conditional formatting of directional indicator symbols in cells
A financial professional in one of my courses asked if it was possible to conditionally format the color of a symbol to indicate good or poor performance. The indicator direction and color needed to be set based on the value of the cell. This video shows you how to achieve this by combining formulas and… Continue reading
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Use a second laptop as a second screen for your primary laptop (Windows or Mac)
A second screen is great for PowerPoint Presenter View or for being more efficient at getting work done. If you don’t have a monitor to plug into your laptop as a second screen but you have a second laptop, you can use a video capture device that costs around $25 to use the second laptop… Continue reading
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No more “next slide please”; Share keyboard and mouse control with other presenters in Teams & Zoom
You are part of a team that is delivering an important presentation to the executive group. Each person will present a few slides in the overall deck sharing the results in their area. When we were in person, you’d just have the next presenter come up to the front of the room and take the… Continue reading
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Presentations at in-person meetings shouldn’t go back to the way they were before
Now that many business professionals are returning to the office, more meetings will have everyone in a meeting room like in the past. I don’t think this should mean that presentations go back to the way they were before: the presenter standing at the front of the room beside the screen. The lessons we learned… Continue reading
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Use Windows Magnifier to zoom in and pan around a slide or other content in a Zoom or Teams meeting
I recently discovered a new way to present complex or dense slides in a Zoom or Teams meeting. The challenge with complex visuals is that the audience gets easily overwhelmed and doesn’t know where to look. You can’t easily use a laser pointer to direct their attention because they get distracted by the movement. If… Continue reading