Use Slides From Other Files: PowerPoint 2007 Today, we'll work with PowerPoint 2007's ability to reuse slides from another presentation, saving you time and energy. Let's get right down to business! First, in order to bring slides from another presentation into the presentation currently open, you need the bottom half of the New Slide button … Continue reading Use Slides From Other Files: PowerPoint 2007
Giving the Slide Theme a New Look
Giving the Slide Theme a New Look Do you have a favorite design theme in MS PowerPoint 2007? Perhaps you even have a couple of favorites. Even so, are you starting to feel like they've been overused? Looking for an easy way to give them a quick "face lift" without losing all the cool elements … Continue reading Giving the Slide Theme a New Look
Numbered My Way
Numbered My Way Ever give a presentation that involved a couple of different PowerPoint files? Was it confusing to have the slide numbers of all the different files start over at 1? Looking for a quick fix to avoid duplicates? No, I'm not proposing something so drastic as to merge the two presentations together; it's … Continue reading Numbered My Way
No Accidental Replacement Saves
No Accidental Replacement Saves Do you have an MS Word, Excel or PowerPoint file you frequently open, make changes to and then save under a new name? Is it important for you not to lose the original information? How many times have you accidentally overwritten the original information with the new file? I bet the … Continue reading No Accidental Replacement Saves
Select Them All
Select Them All Did you know that in MS PowerPoint, you can select several objects with just one click and drag of your mouse? By replacing the old "Shift + mouse click (repeated over and over on each individual object) routine," we have the lovely and wonderful one click and drag option instead! Most people … Continue reading Select Them All
The Case of the Mysterious Changing Fonts
The Case of the Mysterious Changing Fonts Have you ever given a presentation on a computer different from the one you used to create it? When you opened the file, did you face the basic nightmare of all your fonts being different and just a huge mess on each slide? Text that used to fit … Continue reading The Case of the Mysterious Changing Fonts
Come On, Give Me a Break!
Give Me a Break! Have you ever had a bulleted or numbered list in either MS Word or MS PowerPoint that really needed a blank line half way through it? You know, maybe for a visual break. Maybe your list contains subsets and it would just make more sense if there was a break in … Continue reading Come On, Give Me a Break!
Two Places At Once
Two Places At Once Have a large MS PowerPoint presentation? Do you find yourself trying to work in two places at once? For example, maybe you're trying to copy/paste items from several slides onto another. How does that routine go? You work on slide A and then move to slide B (either scrolling, using the … Continue reading Two Places At Once
Zooming in PowerPoint
Zooming in PowerPoint A quick way to use the zoom feature in MS PowerPoint can be found right within your mouse. If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you're in luck! Just hold down the Ctrl key and spin the wheel. You'll find yourself zooming in and out with just the flip of … Continue reading Zooming in PowerPoint
I Didn't Know It Would Look Like That!
I Didn't Know It Would Look Like That! Ever print out your MS PowerPoint presentation handouts with a black and white printer? If so, did you find yourself standing at the printer, completely disappointed with the way the beautiful color slides you've created turned out, when converted to the printer's grayscale capabilities? So, how are … Continue reading I Didn't Know It Would Look Like That!