Thread by @jackwshepherd, When I was a restructuring lawyer I used PowerPoint A LOT for [...]

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👨‍🏫" title="Man teacher" aria-label="Emoji: Man teacher">When I was a restructuring lawyer I used PowerPoint A LOT for steps plans + structure charts. Here are some tips I picked up that might be generally helpful for PowerPoint. Sorry if these appear basic, but lots of people still don& #39;t know them! (And it means you avoid Visio..!)

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> It& #39;s things like wonky boxes + grids that help me lose sleep at night...here& #39;s how you can fix them

It& #39;s things like wonky boxes + grids that help me lose sleep at night...here& #39;s how you can fix them" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 1" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 1"> It& #39;s things like wonky boxes + grids that help me lose sleep at night...here& #39;s how you can fix them" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎩" title="Zylinder" aria-label="Emoji: Zylinder"> Highlight the boxes that are out of sorts, go Arrange in the Ribbon > Align Left. All the left edges now snap together. Similarly, you can do Align Top to make all the top edges now snap together...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> Maybe wonky lines are worse than wonky boxes...

Maybe wonky lines are worse than wonky boxes..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 2" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 2"> Maybe wonky lines are worse than wonky boxes..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎩" title="Zylinder" aria-label="Emoji: Zylinder"> You might be able to fix this by using the arrow keys on your keyboard, or using Tip #1. If all else fails, you can rectify this misery by going to Shape Format > change the line& #39;s width (or height if horizontal) to zero - like this...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="3️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 3" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 3"> Sometimes diagrams need to be used more than once. But it is a complete pain if you have to change every single instance...it& #39;s slow and causes errors

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎩" title="Zylinder" aria-label="Emoji: Zylinder"> The trick is to go to View > Slide Master > Insert Layout, and create your diagram there. Go back out of Slide Master view, and every time you want to use it, just change the layout of the page and it will appear. Revise the diagram in Master view, it will update everywhere...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> This isn& #39;t a tip as such, but if you put aside a few minutes to create some template "artefacts" for PowerPoints, you can build all this stuff a lot quicker. Here& #39;s the kind of thing I& #39;m talking about. It saves a lot of time + makes things look consistent

This isn& #39;t a tip as such, but if you put aside a few minutes to create some template "artefacts" for PowerPoints, you can build all this stuff a lot quicker. Here& #39;s the kind of thing I& #39;m talking about. It saves a lot of time + makes things look consistent" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 4" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 4"> This isn& #39;t a tip as such, but if you put aside a few minutes to create some template "artefacts" for PowerPoints, you can build all this stuff a lot quicker. Here& #39;s the kind of thing I& #39;m talking about. It saves a lot of time + makes things look consistent" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="5️⃣" title="Tastenkappe Ziffer 5" aria-label="Emoji: Tastenkappe Ziffer 5"> PowerPoint is a versatile tool to make stuff look better. You can even prepare legal advice notes in it. Or HUGE structure charts. You just need to change the canvas size or orientation. This is often overlooked...time to ditch those horrific Times New Roman legal memoranda...

Always interested in finding out what PowerPoint tips others are using too. V interested to hear thoughts, especially if they are for steps plans / structure chart use cases.

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