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Microsoft Tips, Productivity

Practical productivity apps that will improve your work-life balance – 2021

I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine who works for a prominent professional services firm about time management. He is constantly amazed by how many hours in his...

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Microsoft Tips, Productivity

How to make beautiful and effective work presentations using transparent images

With your business presentations and SlideDocs, good content that you spent hours creating can easily be ruined by poor images. Articulating information effectively can be challenging, especially if you lack formal design skills...

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Microsoft Tips, Productivity

How to make an image transparent in PowerPoint

I was recently working on demo SlideDoc presentation for Astute Review and found myself wanting to make an image in my file transparent to call out text, which reminded me that this...

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Microsoft Tips, Productivity

Use Unsplash and Pexels to create beautiful PowerPoint slides for work

We’re all not blessed with an eye for design and let’s face it that’s probably partly why you are working in the industry that you’re in. Just because you’re not a designer...

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Microsoft Tips, News, Productivity

Modernize your PowerPoint presentations using the Zoom function

Whether you are working remotely or just looking to modernize your presentations, using Microsoft PowerPoint's new Zoom feature. It's an...

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Engaged at Work
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Mental Health, News, Productivity

Staying Actively Engaged at Work: How to Feel Invested in Your Job Every Day

Feeling checked out at work can happen to anyone. You get distracted in the middle of a project and, the next thing you know, you’re scrolling through your phone, texting with your friends, or...

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Screen time for self improvement
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News, Productivity

How to use screen time for self-improvement and avoiding procrastination

These days, almost everyone has an electronic device on his/her person – and, with it, comes countless distractions. The screen in your pocket can be the source of so much fun,...

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Workplace Meditation
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Mental Health, News

Workplace Meditation: The Surprising Way to Boost Your Professional Productivity

When most people think about how to be a better employee, increase earnings, and get ahead professionally – rarely do they think about slowing down. The narrative has always been the...

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5 common power mistakes to avoid
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Microsoft Tips, News

5 Common mistakes people make when creating a PowerPoint

You have been working tirelessly to get this work done for your client. Now is the time to present that work, how do you do that? Well obviously, with a PowerPoint....

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Creating better slide
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Microsoft Tips, News, Productivity

Creating better slide designs

We get it, when you give a presentation it is about the content. However, the format and design of that presentation goes a long way in showing authority on the subject,...

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