5 Microsoft Updates That Will Improve Your Presentations

With new presentation tools constantly emerging – such as emaze and Myo – all presenters have their fair share of presentation updates and advancements to research and potentially integrate into their workflow.

If you are a professional with a hefty load of presentations to create and manage, this blog post is for you. I want to lighten your workload by sharing 5 Microsoft updates that I recently discovered.

Why? Well, if you can spend less time researching presentation technology, you can spend more time creating successful presentations – and that will make me happy.

While every update might not apply to you, it is likely that most of these announcements will at least interest you, and hopefully most of these announcements will also provide you with insight you need to create professional presentations more quickly and easily. 


#1. Control PowerPoint for iOS from an Apple Watch

>> Get the scoop here. <<

Article highlight: With an Apple Watch, you can navigate between slides, see the elapsed time for your presentation, and also view the total number of slides in a deck.

#2. PowerPoint hits Android phones in beta

>> Get the scoop here. <<

Article highlight: According to the Office Blogs, you can get started with the Office for Android phone Preview in 3 easy steps.

1. Join the Office for Android community.
2. Once you join the community, become a tester by clicking the links to the Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
3. Wait for Google Play to replicate permissions (this may take ~up to four hours), click the above mentioned links and then follow the download links to install apps using Google play store.

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#3. The Benefits of Office Mix Slide Notes and Closed Captioning

>> Get the scoop here. <<

Article highlight: According to the Office Blogs, you should think of Slide Notes as a teleprompter for recording a mix—so you can focus on connecting with your audience, rather than worrying about memorizing your delivery. 

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#4. Sway Updates: Interactive Charts, Image Focus Points, and More

>> Get the scoop here. <<

Article highlight: Thanks to the Office Blogs, you can check out an example interactive chart in this Sway, where you can tap or click “sales” or “profits” to filter the chart accordingly!

interactive charts in sway

#5. Sway Is Now Collaborative

>> Get the scoop here. <<

Article highlight: According to the Office Blogs, you can start collaborating with these 2 steps:

1. In the top right, tap or click Share and select the new add an author icon to generate an edit link.
2. Then copy the URL and share it via email, social media, or however else you wish—with however many people you want to work with.

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Conclusion: Delivering presentations is a tough job. Hopefully these 5 updates save you some precious time so you can relax and smell the roses, or perhaps practice your presentation one more time so your delivery is flawless.





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