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| Use Space Bar to Stop Actions (PPT 2007) - (Troy) I made reference to this in the previous posts "option 2" solution. A way to stop many editing actions at the exact point you want is to use the space bar.
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| PowerPresenter with PowerPoint - (Greg Shields) Being a regular speaker at IT events and conferences all over the country, I make regular use of Microsoft PowerPoint. In the wrong hands, that presentation tool can be a real snoo... [more]
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| Limiting Slides is Not the Answer - (Dave Paradi) Recently I have heard of more and more organizations that have tried to solve the problem of poor, confusing presentations by restricting the number of slides that a presenter can u... [more]
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| Recolor graphics in PowerPoint 2007 - (Ellen Finkelstein) PowerPoint 2007 introduced the ability to recolor and adjust bitmap graphics. Bitmap files types include GIF, JPG, and PNG. You can recolor both inserted images and background... [more]
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| You Need to Find The Selection Pane! - (Troy) So sometimes the greatest feature is only great if you know it exists. Recently I showed a very talented designer the Selection Pane in PPT 2007 and she could believe she did not know of i... [more]
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| Apply a different layout to an existing slide - If you apply a slide layout to one or more slides in your presentation, and then go back and edit that layout by adding a placeholder or custom prompt text, you must reapply the layout to the sli... [more]
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| Slide Executive Professional - (Geetesh Bajaj) A decade or two ago, users played with PowerPoint around twice a month, made some overhead slides through a service provider and hired expensive equipment to show these at really ... [more]
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| Excel in PowerPoint - (Naresh Nichani and Brian Reilly) Although you can copy and paste an Excel sheet inside a PowerPoint slide, there's so much more you can do to make the entire Excel-in-PowerPoint thing more usefu... [more]
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| How to prevent PowerPoint file corruption - (Echo Swinford) There are a number of ways to help prevent your PowerPoint files from becoming corrupt:
--Never work from removable media.
--Turn off Allow fast saves.
--Save often and sav... [more]
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| Present for the Presentation People... - (Ric Bretschneider) There are a lot of ways to become a better presenter. Really, there are. And some are simple and fun. One of the more fun ones is to watch a really good presenter...
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| Opazity - (Geetesh Bajaj) The new versions of PowerPoint seem to have everything apart from the kitchen sink -- but yet, it's amazing too see vendors create small add-ins that provide an impressive capabil... [more]
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| 3D Perspective to Images and Shapes - (Troy) The ability to add perspective to images, and maintain editability/adjustability adds some great design tools. Here is my sample image with two 3D perspective styles applied.
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| MS - PowerPoint - Saving Bigger File Size - Did you know that MS PowerPoint comes with a Fast Save option? In fact, PowerPoint has probably been using a Fast Save setting the whole time - so what exactly is it doing for you?
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| Insert flv video into PowerPoint - (Shawn Toh) Flash Video, also known as flv, is a file format that is used to deliver video over the Internet. It uses the .flv file extension. Video sharing sites such as YouTube and MySpace make... [more]
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| Creating a Sales Video in PowerPoint - (Dave Paradi) You would love to have a video of your products or services, but creating a video is very costly and once created, it is hard to customize for each client situation. Is there any w... [more]
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| In the Blink of an Eye - (TJ Walker) When you stand up to speak you only have a split second, two to be exact, before your audience makes permanent opinions of you. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “Blink,” he documents a stu... [more]
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| Kitsch and Camp: The PowerPoint Twins - (Laura Bergells) What's Kitsch? Kitsch is a black velvet painting. Garden gnomes, lava lamps, troll dolls, flamingo lawn ornaments, dogs playing poker -- all are classic kitsch. Often of poor qua... [more]
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| Are You Adding the Value of Wisdom? - (TJ Walker) Far too many speakers attempt to look and sound smart by drowning their audience members in a sea of facts. “More is more” is their philosophy. The problem is that no matter how quick... [more]
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| Use Macros and Scripts in PowerPoint - (Geetesh Bajaj) This article is not about creating your own macros or scripts to automate PowerPoint. However, if you just want to run any macros or scripts that a friend shares, or you just got ... [more]
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| PowerPoint Makeover 7: No Bullets Presentation - (Echo Swinford and Geetesh Bajaj) For this makeover, I used an award-winning presentation created by the team of Scott Schwertly and Cheree Moore at Ethos3 Communications (www.ethos3.com). I wish... [more]
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| Using PowerPoint 2007 with Video Online - (Tom Bunzel) If you've followed my updates in the past, you know that my early experience in computers was in the area of video — painful as that was. I've written extensively about using video i... [more]
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| How To Open .ppsx File In PowerPoint 2003 - I received a .ppsx file last night from a friend. I recognize a .pps file as a PowerPoint file but have never seen a .ppsx file before. I had a feeling that it was a PowerPoint file so I proceede... [more]
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| Reduce the size of your PowerPoint 2007 images - (Helen Bradley) When you're emailing PowerPoint presentations or displaying them on a computer screen you don't need or want overly large images. To avoid this, compress the images in your presen... [more]
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| Play multiple sounds simultaneously - (Shawn Toh) During a presentation, you might want to have a music playing in the background, then have additional sound effects. The problem is, when the sound effect starts to play, your backgro... [more]
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| PowerPoint Tip: Visual Slide Definition - (Dave Paradi) This past week I created a new definition of a visual slide that captures where my position is different from some others. Here is my definition:
"A visual slide is not the absen... [more]
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| 3 rules for a great presentation - (Cliff Atkinson) With only a single shot at engaging your audience, you face a challenge in managing the complex mix of elements in a live presentation. Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint and the ... [more]
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| Demo: Enable blocked macros - Not sure what to do when you get a security warning about a macro? What are macro security settings, the Trust Center, and Trusted Locations anyway? Watch this demo to learn how you can enable ma... [more]
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| How to pep up your presentations - Often wonder why most PowerPoint presentations look the same? Text, graphs, figures.... Wish you could make your presentation different. Jazz it up to keep the audience attention alive throughout... [more]
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