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Author: Geetesh Bajaj
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April 26, 2013
First a little history -- look at our Stop Underlining Your Descenders! article -- of course, as per that article you can manually remove underlines from all characters such as g, j, p, q, and y that sport descenders. However, the task of individually selecting characters to remove underlines is fine if you need to do so for an important slide title or just your opening slide. What if you want to do the same task for an entire presentation? You can do this task in PowerPoint super-quickly using some simple VBA code, as Steve Rindsberg of PowerPoint FAQ explains.
April 26, 2013
After placing a movie clip on your slide, you can do so much to enhance its look. For example, you may apply corrections, or recolor your movies. Additionally, you can also apply any of the preset Movie Styles available which is a quick and easy way to enhance the look of your movie clip without spending too much time. In addition, there are few more options that PowerPoint 2011 provides -- in this tutorial, we'll explore how to add a frame like effect to your movie by using the Border option.
Learn how to add and edit borders for video (movie) clips in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
April 25, 2013
The new Xara Web Designer 9 Premium is a web design program that includes ready-made webpage and website templates. You just need to select any web design -- these include web graphics, complete pages, and even pre-built multi-page sites.
April 25, 2013
Among the many new features in PowerPoint 2013, probably the most useful yet less obvious ones are the capabilities added to Guides. New for this version are these extra capabilities: Guides can be added through the right-click menu, and you can add new Guides that are offset to your existing Guides. Guides also no longer need to be grey in color -- you can choose from 10 colors. You need not drag a Guide off the slide to remove it -- there's a dedicated Delete option.
Explore new Guide options in PowerPoint 2013.
April 24, 2013
Let us say that you want to share your PowerPoint presentations with others – but you don’t know if they have a version of PowerPoint installed on their computers. Or what if you change your presentation slides, and you want your audience or intended recipients to always have access to your updated content? If either of these scenarios sounds familiar to you, then you will love Microsoft’s new Microsoft Office Web Viewer.
Learn how to share PowerPoint presentations online, using the Microsoft Office Web Viewer.
April 24, 2013
Movie Styles work for movie clips in the same way as Shape Styles work for shapes. PowerPoint provides you with ready to use Movie Styles for your movie (video) clips which add edges, constrain your movie clip to shapes, and also add effects to your movie clip -- and all of this can be applied with just a single click. Your movie clips no longer need to be rectangular -- some of the Movie Styles change the movie clip so that it plays within an oval or a rounded rectangle. Movie Styles also transform the look of your inserted movie clips by applying borders, 3-D effects, shadows, frames, etc. around your movie clip.
Learn how to apply preset Movie Styles to movie clips in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
April 23, 2013
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April 23, 2013
Once you have made Guides visible on your PowerPoint slides, they show up in the same position on all other slides within the presentation. You'll find that only two Guides -- one horizontal and one vertical Guide are visible at first, and these two Guides intersect at the center of the slide. Most of the time, this might work for you, but you can actually add more Guides since these can help in positioning slide objects better across successive slides.
Learn how to add more Guides in PowerPoint 2013.
April 22, 2013
Different PowerPoint versions support a plethora of video file formats - not surprisingly, the new PowerPoint versions support a larger number of file formats for video. This table provides information about video file format compatibility at a quick glance.
Learn about the video file formats that are supported by various PowerPoint versions.
April 22, 2013
PowerPoint 2011 allows you make limited changes to your inserted movie clips. In a previous tutorial, we have already explored how you can correct the brightness and contrast for an inserted movie by using the Corrections option. Additionally, you can also completely recolor your inserted movie -- for example, you can make your full color movie appear grayscale, or even like a duo-toned movie combining grayscale with any one color such as blue, green, etc. Do remember that the movie Recolor options work almost similarly to Picture Recolor options.
Learn about the Recolor options for videos (movies) in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
April 20, 2013
Most applications underline everything you select -- the process is simple: you select a word, a sentence, or even an entire paragraph -- and then press a keyboard shortcut or choose an option so that all the selected text is underlined. PowerPoint behaves the same way -- but there's a difference -- not in the resultant text, but in how the text appears. Let us not forget that PowerPoint is a large format -- more akin to a billboard than a business card -- and text is often projected at large sizes.
Learn how you can selectively remove underlines from descender characters.
April 19, 2013
Making gridlines visible on your slides in PowerPoint 2013 is only a good idea if you use the Grid feature to attain some results. If you are serious about using Grids to position slide objects with more precision, you must first visit the options available for changing Grid settings. Once you have played around with the grid settings, you are better equipped and prepared to explore how the Snap to Grid feature can help you accurately position and move slide objects such as pictures, shapes, or anything else you can select and move on a slide!
Learn how the Snap to Grid option works in PowerPoint 2013.
April 18, 2013
Pushpins can be used to pin a picture, or a note, or a letter to a surface, a notice-board, or a wall. Using our ready-made pushpin graphics, you can create a similar look on your slides that makes a picture, shape, or anything else appear as if it has been pinned! Here's another set of pushpin graphics that look like real pushpins on your slides! These ready-made pushpin graphics are contained within the presentation you will download. You'll see them in five colors. Just copy them and paste them on the edges of pictures in your presentation.
Download and use these pushpins in your slides.
April 18, 2013
Once you insert a movie clip on your slide in PowerPoint 2011, you may find out that the clip is too dark or light in terms of appearance. This is similar to what you may see on your television, especially a new television where you have to make a few adjustments to get the picture just right. Similar corrections can be made in any of the movie clips you insert within your PowerPoint slides. It's very important to understand that such adjustments may not only be necessary for the appearance of the movie clips on your computer, but also for how they show when projected onto a screen or even on a connected TV. Projectors are typically not as bright as computer screens, and some adjustments may help.
Learn about the Correction Adjustment options for videos (movies) in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
April 17, 2013
Flickr does happen to be among the best resources for Creative Commons pictures. Yet how do you know that the Creative Commons licensed picture that you have found on Flickr is indeed an original picture? Even outside of Flickr, there are so many copied pictures serenading as originals -- including some you find on Google's Image Search. There are indeed millions of genuine Creative Commons pictures on Flickr -- and with a little housekeeping, you can certainly filter out the counterfeit stuff from the real. It also pays to be proactive by doing some research.
April 17, 2013
Once you make Gridlines visible on your slide in PowerPoint 2013, you may wonder if there's really any benefit using the Gridlines other than the obvious benefit of possessing a visual grid that lets you place slide objects. The answer is both Yes and No -- Yes because that's all you may believe happens on the surface -- and No because you should know about how the Snap to Grid option works -- this option is not active by default! The Snap to Grid option helps to get the proper position of the slide objects. Other than making this option active, you can change the grid settings -- such as changing the spacing in between the gridlines.
Learn how the gridlines snap and help you position slide objects in PowerPoint 2013.
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