To all the PowerPoint wizards who can churn out gorgeous decks quickly:
What resources did you use to learn shortcuts, become better at designing layouts and improve overall efficiency in PowerPoint? Do you have any tips/advice for custom shortcuts or any other efficiency hacks ?
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1) The macros MBB firms have increases speed to output. 2) If you don't have macros there are certain routine shortcuts like Excel (google) 3) Slide writing is an art and it'll take time--you'll not be able to make beautiful slides on day one.
You need to invest time reviewing prior decks created, learn the art of storytelling--there is so much to unpack there . Some people are also naturally gifted--as it requires some degree of artistic skills
Most important thing **: Create a deck library to store templates--any interesting, fascinating, new way of data depiction you come across--once you have a collection of about 50-100 pages **ALWAYS use a premade template to populate a slide. You'll never have a writers block
FMVA programm from the Corporate Finance Institute has a great Power Point and pitchbooking course which I took and it really helped. Definitely recommended.
Lots of practice. Open up ppts that have designs you like and see how they made them. Try recreating similar designs and you'll start picking up neat things you can do in ppt.
It's a lot more robust that just a presentation platform and the design potential is limitless.
lastly, print your slides for a final review. There are many inconsistencies you would otherwise struggle to see on a screen.
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