Category: MS PowerPoint| Giving the Slide Theme a New Look | | Do you often use the themes in MS PowerPoint 2007? Does it seem like you use the same ones over and over again? Want to get a new look? Then you've got to check out this tip. It's got all the information you need to do just that and more. It's a must read! |
| 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? Then you've got to check out this tip. You won't regret it, I promise! |
| 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? If so, how many times have you accidentally overwritten the original information with the new file? If that sounds like something you do quite often, you need a new way of doing things. And I've got just what you need right here. Read here to learn all about it! |
| Select Them All | | Did you know that in MS PowerPoint, you can select several objects with just one click and drag of your mouse? Well, you surely can! Read here to learn all about it and then start doing it for yourself. It's a huge timesaver and I know you're just going to love it! |
| The Case of the Mysterious Changing Fonts | | Do you ever have trouble with your MS PowerPoint fonts when you're using different computers? You know, you open up your presentation on another computer and everything is just out of whack! Well, there is a way to change that. Just read here for a quick explanation and then you can go on living without that ever happening to you again. Yes! |
| Come On, 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. If so, I've got the easiest way for you to do that. All you have to do is read here to find out how! |
| Two Places At Once | | Have you ever needed to edit two different slides at the same time in your MS PowerPoint presentation? Ever have a little trouble with that? If so, read here and find out how easy it can be to be in two places at once. Check it out right here, right now! |
| Zooming in PowerPoint | | Have you ever had the need to zoom in MS PowerPoint? Ever find it a little difficult to do? Well, no more! Read here and learn how easy it can be! |
| I Didn't Know It Would Look Like That! | | Have you ever wished you could see how your MS PowerPoint presentations would look printed out before you actually print them? If so, this tip's for you. Check it out and make it happen! |
| First, Last, First, Last | | There are many ways to navigate through an MS PowerPoint presentation, but here are a few quick key strokes that can save you some wasted mouse to keyboard time. Read here for all the details! |
| See Them Clearly | | How often do you find yourself squinting while using MS PowerPoint's slide sorter view? Would you like to put a stop to that? If so, read here and find out how you can! |
| Promotion / Demotion | | Have you ever wondered what the difference is between promotion and demotion in MS PowerPoint? Well, I'll give you a hint. It has to do with the bulleted lists you can use within in it. I'll give you another clue. Click here to learn more about it! |
| Shifty Business in PowerPoint | | Are you an MS PowerPoint user who frequently uses the Slide Master or Handout Master? What about the Set Up Show window? If you said yes to any of those, read here to learn how you can optimize them even more! |
| Current Date and Time | | Want some keyboard shortcuts you can use for the current date and time in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel. Then read here. That's all you have to do! |
| Format Copy and Paste | | Do you like the Format Painter in MS Word and MS PowerPoint? If so, isn't it frustrating when you're trying to format the copy and paste within them? If so, read here for a quick fix to that! |
| Emphasize It! | | Need a way to emphasize your work in MS PowerPoint? If so, read here for a very easy way to make that happen! |
| Oh, No You Don't! | | So, you've seen the MS PowerPoint Slide Master tip, right? Are you sorry you did that now? Then read here to find out how you can undo it and get things back the way you want them! |
| The PowerPoint Master | | How does being a Slide Master in MS PowerPoint sound? If that appeals to you, click here and read this tip. You'll learn all about how you can make that happen! |
| Back to the Way it Was | | Ever want to take something back to the way it was in an earlier stage? Ever feel that way when working in MS PowerPoint? If so, read here and find out how you can make that happen! |
| 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 of over and over again, one slide at a time? Of course it would! Well, make that happen with this tip right here, right now! |
| More PowerPoint Undos | | Do you "undo" a lot in MS PowerPoint? Sometimes it's absolutely necessary, but do you ever run out of the undos to do? Wish you had more? Then check out this easy to get more right here, right now! |
| Forward and Back | | Ever wonder about alternative ways to go forward and back through your MS PowerPoint presentations? Learn them all here! |
| A Little Rehearsal | | Need to rehearse the timings of your MS PowerPoint presentations? Learn how you can do just that with this tip! |
| Converting Slides to Screensavers | | Have you ever had a slide in one of your MS PowerPoint presentations that you just loved? Want to make it into your screensaver? Learn how you can do just that with this tip! |
| Just Taking a Scroll | | Do you give a lot of MS PowerPoint presentations? If so, do you ever get tired of having to click each time you want to change your slide? Then find out a different way to do that. It's all in the scroll! |
| Quickly Display That Info | | Ever need to add such information as the date, time and slide number into your MS PowerPoint presentation? Find out how you can quickly and easily do that with this tip! |
| A "Polished" Finish | | Want a better, more professional way to end your MS PowerPoint presentations? Then give this tip a try! |
| Give It a Break | | Ever have an awkward pause in your MS PowerPoint presentation? Then give your slides a break and ease up the tension a little. Learn how here! |
| A New Order | | Have you ever wanted to change the order of your slides in MS PowerPoint? Learn about an easy way to do that right here! |
| The Simultaneous Edit and Preview | | I don't know about you, but I find that sometimes I need to see exactly how a slide will appear while I'm still working on a PowerPoint presentation. It sure would be nice to see how the finished product will appear right next to my editing screen. If you agree, keep reading to learn more! |
| Partial Word Selections | | While highlighting parts of more than one word in either MS Word or PowerPoint, have you ever noticed that the program will automatically highlight all affected words completely? I mean, it's a good thing if you actually want complete words highlighted, but what if you don't? What if you truly wanted to highlight a strange segment? Now what? Find an answer here. |
| One Click Insert | | Check out a quicker and easier way to use the Insert menu in MS PowerPoint. |
| One Task Pane, Many Uses | | Have you ever used the task pane feature in MS PowerPoint? Well, you should definitely check it out here! |
| Drop Cap | | What is a drop cap? Well, it is that ever so small, yet beautiful addition to a document. You may be amazed at how easy it is to put such a great touch on your documents. |
| Snap to It | | Start using the "Snap To" feature in different MS Office programs today! |
| Slides From Files | | Learn how to get use out of your old slides in PowerPoint by using them for new projects |
| Headings Using The Keyboard | | A tip for everyone who likes the headings but hates using the mouse, here are a few keyboard shortcuts to help you apply the most common styles. |
| Change It Up | | Quick access into the PowerPoint design template list |
| 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? |
| The Power of T | | Make text changes in a "one-stop" place where all the selections are together instead of spread out among several different buttons, color palettes and lists |
| 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? |
| Agenda Slides In MS PowerPoint | | Have you ever found yourself creating an agenda slide for a presentation you've just completed? Want to save a lot of time? |
| Spiffy PowerPoint Handouts | | Have you ever given a presentation in MS PowerPoint and found yourself wishing that you had an easy way to put together a handout for your audience to follow? Make beautiful handouts of your own. |
| PowerPoint Key Combinations | | For all my keyboard enthusiasts I thought I'd include a short list of key combinations that are for MS PowerPoint. |
| Input, Input — Too Much Input | | It seems to me that more often than not PowerPoint presentations are created and / or presented by many people. While one person may have done most of the actual computer time, the content and presentation are often a shared responsibility. |
| One Slide Show—Many Uses | | What do you do when you have to take an MS PowerPoint presentation tailored for one audience and alter it for a slightly different audience? Learn what to do in this tip! |
| Link It Up | | Got a slide that needs a link? Learn how to do it here! |
| Time For A Font Change-Up | | You just happen to be looking it over and realize that maybe your choice of font wasn't the best decision. |
| From One to the Other | | Want to know how to have PowerPoint simply copy the complete slide from one presentation to another in one swift move? |
| A "Polished" Finish | | Learn how to end a PowerPoint presentation with a black slide instead of the computer desktop. |
| Give It A Break | | You need a break in your PowerPoint presentation—what do you do? Learn what you do here! |
| Rearranging PowerPoint Slides | | Have you ever finished a PowerPoint presentation and realized that the slide order needs to be redone? Learn how to rearrange them in just a few clicks! |
| Slide Hunting Simplified | | Here's the situation... you're in the middle of your PowerPoint presentation and suddenly there's a question regarding a different slide. |
| AutoFit in MS PowerPoint XP | | OK, so we're all here for the same reason—to learn to control PowerPoint's AutoFit feature. With that in mind, let's get right down to business. |
| Next Text Please | | Ever find yourself frustrated while working in MS PowerPoint as you jump back and forth between the keyboard and the mouse to move from text box to text box? |
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