Change It Up Do you use MS PowerPoint's design templates? You know - the cool backgrounds that PowerPoint offers ready-made that can really help brighten up a presentation. If you're like me, you tend to have a hard time deciding which one to use and often change your mind several times while working on the … Continue reading Change It Up
Leave My Addresses Alone!
Leave My Addresses Alone! Tired of the way your program (Excel, Word or PowerPoint) keeps changing all your web or email addresses into hyperlinks automatically? Looking for a way to get these programs to stop it and behave themselves? If you've been answering with yes responses then here's just the thing for you. What you … Continue reading Leave My Addresses Alone!
3D Extreme
3D Extreme On Monday we had a little fun with our files and went over the 3D button located on the Drawing Toolbar. Well, that was the basics—ready for the rest? Was that a "Yes" I heard? Good. Then lets get back to the fun of 3D objects. When you selected your object and clicked … Continue reading 3D Extreme
The Power of T
The Power of T When you're working in MS PowerPoint do you make multiple changes to the text font… such as font type, size, color, style, shadow effect, etc? Do you prefer to make these changes in a "one-stop" place where all the selections are together instead of spread out among several different buttons, color … Continue reading The Power of T
Fast Save = Bigger File Size?
Fast Save = 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? PowerPoint's Fast Save "speeds up saving by recording only the changes in a presentation". … Continue reading Fast Save = Bigger File Size?
Managing Bulleted Lists
Use a lot of bulleted lists in MS PowerPoint? How about MS Word? Looking for quick ways to move items in your bulleted list without a cut / paste? Or… maybe you'd like a way to promote and/or demote items in the list without all the extra work with the increase and decrease indent buttons. … Continue reading Managing Bulleted Lists
First – Last – First – Last
There are many ways to navigate through an MS PowerPoint presentation but here's a few quick key strokes that can save you some wasted mouse-to-keyboard time. In the Normal View… To move up one slide use the Page Up key. To move down one slide try the Page Down key. To move to the first … Continue reading First – Last – First – Last
MS PowerPoint: Headers and Footers Demystified – Part 3
MS PowerPoint: Headers and Footers Demystified - Part 3 Welcome back to our ongoing header and footer discussion! The previous two issues covered the two big MS Office Suite programs (Word & Excel). Now it's time to wrap up our discussion by addressing PowerPoint. You will get to the header and footer window in the … Continue reading MS PowerPoint: Headers and Footers Demystified – Part 3
Multiple Slide Selections In MS PowerPoint
Multiple Slide Selections In MS PowerPoint Have you ever been working in MS PowerPoint and wished you could select more than one slide at a time? Maybe you have several slides for which you're going to set the slide transition the same. Wouldn't it be nice to set these things all at once instead of … Continue reading Multiple Slide Selections In MS PowerPoint
Give It A Break
Give It A Break You're in the middle of a PowerPoint presentation and you need a break in the show... maybe you've got this great discussion breaking out and it's time to wander from the presentation to explore the new ideas... or maybe it's just plain old coffee break time. Whatever your reason, you need … Continue reading Give It A Break