Editing Flat Icons & Shapes in PowerPoint

Slide Content

The slide focuses on how to customize the appearances of flat icons and shapes within PowerPoint, particularly emphasizing the simplicity of changing the fill color. It illustrates this with a screenshot of PowerPoint's "Shape Fill" dropdown menu, displaying various color options one can apply to shapes and icons. These options include theme and standard colors, as well as more advanced selections like gradients and textures, indicating a diverse range of customization features available for presentation elements.

Graphical Look

• The background of the slide is clean and white, creating a neutral canvas for the content.
• At the top, the title is presented in large, bold text, making it immediately noticeable.
• A grey rectangle with a white border contains the text instruction, "You can change fill color easily," providing a clear action for the user.
• To the left, there's a large screenshot graphic of the PowerPoint "Shape Fill" color selection menu, which looks realistic and shows the interface in detail.
• Two flat icon illustrations of handshakes are displayed to the right; the one on the left is in teal and the right one in orange, showcasing examples of icon color variation.
• The entire slide features a drop shadow effect, giving a sense of depth to the elements on the slide.

The slide has an organized, professional look with a strong visual hierarchy that leads the viewer from the title to the instructional content and then to the demonstrative images. The minimalistic design ensures that attention is not diverted from the essential information about editing flat icons and shapes.

Use Cases

• Training sessions on how to use PowerPoint effectively, teaching attendees about customizing presentation elements.
• In a workshop for graphic design where the basics of visual adjustments in common presentation tools are covered.
• During corporate presentations to demonstrate brand compatibility by showing how icons can be tailored to match company colors.
• As a slide in a tutorial video for beginners learning about PowerPoint's features and how to personalize their presentations.