Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs Want to learn more? Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise, Storyline, and instructional design. Connect with other users and learn all sorts of tips & tricks. June 6 (Cape Town): Articulate User Roadshow.June 2 (Johannesburg): Articulate User Roadshow.You can also sign up to attend the conference sessions virtually. Delivering a keynote presentation and afternoon e-learning workshop. June 1 (Johannesburg): 2023 Learning Indaba Conference.This is super easy tip and a great way to take advantage of all of the wingdings and other symbol-type fonts available to you. Here is a long form version of the video above with a more detail and context. When done, select all of the shapes and group them.At that point, you can edit and customize the vector as you desire.Again, you’ll need PowerPoint 2013 or newer for this. This converts the font into a bunch of vector shapes. Select both and then go to Format > Merge Shapes > Fragment.Install a dingbat font or use wingdings (which should already be installed).You can watch the video for more detail and nuance.

The first one jumps right into the basics of doing the conversion of the dingbat font to a vector shape and the second one adds a little more detail and context for those not familiar with the feature. Convert Dingbat Fonts to Free Vector Images It’s one I’ve shared in the past when I showed how to create custom shapes in PowerPoint, but today I’m adding a bit more detail. Looking at the free icons reminded me of simple trick we show in our PowerPoint workshops. And they’re great for your courses, so make sure to take advantage of all of those free resources. There’s a lot of variety from which to choose. In the e-learning community, a number of people shared free icons and shapes.

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