MS PowerPoint

Back to the Way it Was Do you use one of the newer versions of MS PowerPoint? How do you like the new version of the Normal View? I'm sure some people love all the little panes that automatically surround your slide. I mean, a place for notes right at the bottom and a visual … Continue reading Back to the Way it Was

Selecting Multiples Have you ever been working in MS PowerPoint and wished you could select more than one of the slides at a time? Maybe you have several slides for which you're going to set the slide transition the same. In that case, wouldn't it be nice to set these things all at once, instead … Continue reading Selecting Multiples

More PowerPoint Undos Do you "undo" a lot in MS PowerPoint? Ever run out of undo steps and wish for more? If your response was yes, here's what you need to know about PowerPoint to get a few more undo steps added to your list. To change the undo number, you first need to go … Continue reading More PowerPoint Undos

Forward and Back Give a lot of MS PowerPoint presentations? If you do, then I'm sure you know to click the left mouse button to advance your presentation, right? You probably even know that you can spin the mouse wheel down to advance the show or up to retrace your steps. But, did you know … Continue reading Forward and Back

A Little Rehearsal Do you use MS PowerPoint presentations that are set to advance automatically? Ever find yourself frustrated as you try to guess just how many seconds to display each slide? I mean, if you are sitting there looking at this... ...and wondering how many seconds to enter into the field (found with Slide … Continue reading A Little Rehearsal

Just Taking a Scroll Give a lot of PowerPoint presentations? Tired of all the click, click, click required to give your presentation? What about the hassle to move back a step, once you've made that extra click? Do you have a scroll wheel on your mouse? Yes? Well, good, because I just might have a … Continue reading Just Taking a Scroll

Quickly Display That Info Do you have MS PowerPoint set up to put the date, time, slide number or footer information on your presentation slides? I'm sure you know how to access them through the Insert menu, but how about a quick key combination to get you to the same place? Yes? I thought so. … Continue reading Quickly Display That Info

A "Polished" Finish You've seen it hundreds of times. You're in a workshop or meeting and the presenter, who's using MS PowerPoint, gets to the end of their slide show. What happens? They click on the last slide and poof! On the screen is the PowerPoint program window, the file menu, the standard toolbar and … Continue reading A "Polished" Finish

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 new ideas or maybe it's just plain old coffee break time. Whatever your reason, if you need … Continue reading Give It a Break

A New Order Do you use MS PowerPoint's Slide Sorter view to rearrange your presentations? Ever find yourself wishing that you didn't have to switch from the Normal view to accomplish this task? Do you have PowerPoint XP or 2003? If you answered yes to all three questions, then I have some good news for … Continue reading A New Order