{"id":9701,"date":"2011-12-19T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/2011\/12\/19\/storyboarding-with-powerpoint-short-videos-to-get-you-started\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:04:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T15:04:56","slug":"storyboarding-with-powerpoint-short-videos-to-get-you-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/storyboarding-with-powerpoint-short-videos-to-get-you-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Storyboarding with PowerPoint &#8211; Short Videos to Get You Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';font-size: 12pt\">We\u2019ve created a few videos to help you quickly get started with PowerPoint Storyboarding. Each video lasts between 1 and 2 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';font-size: 10.5pt\"> <strong>Note<\/strong>: We\u2019ve made a few updates to the Storyboarding tool since these videos were made (specifically we\u2019ve removed the <strong>Animation<\/strong> section on the Storyboarding tab. To do animation, go to the Animation tab). That said the flow still remains the same. Enjoy!<\/span>*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Getting Started<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have Office PowerPoint 2007 or later,<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/controlpanel\/blogs\/posteditor.aspx\/&nbsp;[install it][1]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0install it.<\/li>\n<li>If you haven&#8217;t installed Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2013, in stall it. You&#8217;ll need to install one of these edititions: Premium, Ultimate,or Test Professional<\/li>\n<li>Open PowerPoint Storyboarding from the <strong>Start<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Storyboarding<\/strong> tab on the PowerPoint\u00a0ribbon.<\/li>\n<li>Create a new slide with your desired layout.<\/li>\n<li>Open <strong>Storyboard Shapes<\/strong> and start dragging and dropping shapes onto your storyboard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To see this in action:<\/p>\n<p>[View:http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-45-92\/4263.GettingStarted.wmv]<\/p>\n<h3>Add and Share Custom Shapes Using MyShapes<\/h3>\n<p>When you can\u2019t find the shape you\u2019re looking for in your <strong>Storyboard Shapes<\/strong> pane, you\u00a0can create a custom shape and share shapes with other team members. We\u2019ve added functionality to create, import, and export <strong>MyShapes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[View:http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-45-92\/7266.MyShapes.wmv]<\/p>\n<h3>Link a Storyboard to a Work Item<\/h3>\n<p>When you\u2019re finished creating your storyboard, you can link the storyboard to a TFS work item &#8211;\u00a0such as a backlog item, user story, or requirement &#8211;\u00a0to share with other team members. This video shows you how.<\/p>\n<p>[View:http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-45-92\/8836.Link-a-Storyboard.wmv]<\/p>\n<h3>Add Backgrounds and Custom Shapes to Layouts<\/h3>\n<p>PowerPoint has a handy feature known as layouts where you can add text or object placeholders. You\u2019ve probably used these when you added a new slide with a specific text format.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/12\/3286.layout_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can use the storyboarding tool to quickly create layouts from commonly used shapes to reuse on your slides. This also comes in handy when there\u2019s a selectable shape (such as a web browser background shape) in the foreground that you reuse often and don\u2019t want it to be selectable when you add other shapes.<\/p>\n<p>[View:http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-45-92\/2335.Layouts.wmv]<\/p>\n<p>You can also use layouts for presenting. <a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/what-is-a-slide-layout-HA010338412.aspx?CTT=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about PowerPoint layouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Slide Master makes it easy to edit multiple layouts. We\u2019ve added a button on the Storyboarding ribbon called \u201cEdit Layout\u201d which opens the Slide Master (as seen in the video). Here\u2019s a link to learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/what-is-a-slide-master-HA010280572.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PowerPoint Slide Master<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Useful Features and Quick Tips<\/h3>\n<p>For those of you who are new to using PowerPoint, this next video provides a few more quick tips.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[View:http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/cfs-file.ashx\/__key\/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles\/00-00-00-45-92\/6710.Quick-Tips.wmv]<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Resources<\/h3>\n<p>PowerPoint articles from Office.com:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/animation-basics-for-your-presentation-HA010338377.aspx?CTT=1\">Animation\u00a0basics for your presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/group-or-ungroup-shapes-pictures-or-other-objects-in-powerpoint-2007-HA010201377.aspx?CTT=1\">Group or ungroup shapes, pictures, or other objects in PowerPoint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/office.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerpoint-help\/insert-a-screenshot-or-screen-clipping-HA010355185.aspx?CTT=1\">Insert a screenshot or screen clipping<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MSDN topic: <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh409276(VS.110).aspx\">Storyboard a User Story or Requirement Using PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Suggestions?<\/h2>\n<p>Feel free to post suggestions to our <a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudio.uservoice.com\/forums\/121579-visual-studio\/category\/30925-team-foundation-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visual Studio (TFS category) User Voice site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Wilson<br \/>\nTFS-PM<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Elliott<br \/>\nVisual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Developer Content<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve created a few videos to help you quickly get started with PowerPoint Storyboarding. 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