Book Home Page Bloglines 1906 CelebrateStadium 2006 OfficeZealot Scobleizer TechRepublic AskWoody SpyJournal Computers Software Microsoft Windows Excel FrontPage PowerPoint Outlook Word ![]() Use your pdf converter to make your pdf files easy! You can now buy software that makes converting pdf to doc possible! Did you know you can even convert pdf to word? ![]() Host your Web site with PureHost! ![]() |
![]() ![]() Thursday, March 04, 2010 – Permalink – Layout ControlUnique designsHow a slide is laid out can be captured as a custom template.You are not restricted to the schems that come out of the box. Custom Layout See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 3:57 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Monday, July 13, 2009 – Permalink – Simple ShowsIn brevity is successBlogger/entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki is in league with the minimalist branch of the PowerPoint society. Tired of sitting through mind and body numbing presentations by people more interested in technique than content, he is evangelizing the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. "A PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points." If "thirty points," is too dogmatic, the I offer you an algorithm: find out the age of the oldest person in your audience and divide it by two. That's your optimal font size. 10/20/30 Rule See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Formats, General, Presentation, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 6:29 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Monday, July 06, 2009 – Permalink – Re-color TransparentChange clip artRe-color Select a piece of clip art in WMF (Windows Meta File) format . The Picture toolbar should appear. (If the bar does not pop up, go to View>Toolbars and click on "Picture".) Move the mouse pointer over the toolbar icons until you find "Recolor Picture". Click on the icon. (In 2007, it is located under Format in the Adjust group on the left."Recolor>Set Transparent Color") You can now change any of the fill or line colors in the image. Transparent If the graphic is in BMP (Bitmap) format, there is an icon on the Picture toolbar to "Set Transparent Color". Click the icon then click on the color in the image that you would like to make transparent. Also: Indezine: Recolor Clip Art in PowerPoint by Geetesh Bajaj Semi-Transparent Images By Glen Millar PPTWorkbech.com You can produce various levels of semi-transparent images for applications right within PowerPoint, save them, and keep them for reuse. AwesomeBackgrounds.com: Tutorial about the transparency options in PowerPoint See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 3:32 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Sunday, April 05, 2009 – Permalink – Photo MélangeColorize without AdobePhotoshop is a great program, but sometimes you just want to add a little pizzazz without the hassle. Geetesh Bajaj has once again come up with a "Why didn't I think of that!" technique. " Have you ever wanted to fill a picture with a gradient - or another picture in PowerPoint? Have you wanted to blend two pictures in PowerPoint to create a montage? ![]() Transparent montages in PowerPoint See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 3:23 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – Permalink – Frame that SlideMore PP blingFace it; we've seen every graphic in ClipArt and every background color combination. Putting a frame around an ordinary object can make it pop. Here is a link to instructions about how to frame your pictures. There is also a download for extra frames. ![]() ComputerCompanion.com: Create Picture Frames in PowerPoint by Geetesh Bajaj See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 3:31 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Saturday, February 07, 2009 – Permalink – Can We Serve Multiple Masters?Dual Masters and more schemesEarlier versions of PowerPoint were restricted to only one master design scheme per show. We strained to get around that by linking shows and pasting backgrounds over the designs. PowerPoint 2002+ changed that by allowing more than one design scheme. A PowerPoint master with the first name of "Echo", runs a nice tutorial site named EchosVoice.com. She has written a step-by-step tutorial to create Multiple Masters for PPT 2002 and beyond. Makes you want to dance. (Echo's own image) ![]() See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 3:29 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 – Permalink – Too Many SlicesMore data than the pie will holdA pie chart displays the per cent of the whole is represented by the component elements. Four salesmen, four slices of pie. The problem arises when there are 10 or so components that vary in size. The labels begin to overlap and the chart is difficult to read: ![]() One suggestion that Chris Weber offers is to rearrange the order of the slices: ![]() The article uses MS Graph in Access, but the techniques are applicable in all the other applications that can use graphs. SmartAccess: Easy as Pie. . . "Chris Weber provides you with a generic method to control the data for pie charts that are actually readable." (A downloadable example file is also provided See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 3:42 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Monday, February 25, 2008 – Permalink – Legacy files from 2007Go backRead this article closely. If you work in a situation where you need to work with legacy (pre-2007) files, it may be handy. If you do most of your work in 2007, I wouldn't bother. "When you use Windows Explorer or the desktop to create a new 2007 Microsoft Office file, a new Office file is created in an XML file format (.dox or .xlsx). For example, this behavior occurs when you right-click the desktop, you point to New, and then you click Microsoft Office Word Document. By default, files that you create in the 2007 Office system are in XML file formats. Knowledgebase 935787 See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Formats <Doug Klippert@ 7:54 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Sunday, January 13, 2008 – Permalink – Match Format PasteCopy/Paste formatting in Word, PowerPoint or ExcelWhen you copy information from a Web page or another document, the formatting will also be copied. To match the formatting of the target document, copy the text and place the cursor where you want to insert the copy. Then, go to Edit>Paste Special, and select the Unformatted Text option. (Click the arrow under Paste in the Clipboard group on the Home tab in 2007) The clipboard text will be pasted to match the target. Another way when using Word 2002 + is to click on the "Smart icon" that appears at the lower right corner of the pasted text. You can then choose to keep the original formatting, match the destination formatting, keep text only, or apply a new style. An additional way to transfer just the formatting between documents is to highlight the text with the formatting you wish to copy and then hold down the Ctrl key and the Shift key and press the C key (Ctrl+Shift+C). Release the keys. Select the text you want to have formatted. Hold down the Ctrl key and the Shift key and press the V key (Ctrl+Shift+V). Only the formatting is copied, not the text. In Excel use Edit>Paste Special and select the "Formats" option. TechTrax: What's So Special About "Paste Special"? by Linda Johnson, MOS Paste Special can also be used with graphics. You can change Word's default behavior; choose whether to paste Inline or Floating. Microsoft Word MVPS FAQ [Edited entry from 10/31/2004] See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 6:48 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Thursday, November 22, 2007 – Permalink – New Tables in TownBigger and better (?)Pre '07 versions of PowerPoint limited tables to a maximum of 25 rows and columns. You were able to ungroup the table cells before, but that has been taken away. "In this release, we have increased that maximum to 75x75 within the UI.
microsoft.public.powerpoint See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 6:53 AM
Comments:
That still doesn't break all the components down as all the bars in one category will be stuck together with no way to split them up/animate the separately. Do you know if any way to accomplish that?
Post a Comment
Monday, October 29, 2007 – Permalink – Handy Master ViewIt's mouse and keyboard quick!With PowerPoint 2007, View>Presentation Views>Slide Master will take you to the Slide Master View. The same location shows Handout and Notes Masters. A shortcut involves using the Shift key. "At the bottom left hand corner of PowerPoint (bottom right for PowerPoint 2007), you will see 3 mini buttons. They are: Normal View, Slide Sorter View, and Slide Show. Now here's a quick trick:
<Doug Klippert@ 6:57 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 – Permalink – Annotation PreservationHold that noteRemember the old days. You did your John Madden thing. You've scribbled notes all over the slide and would like to keep them. That old-fashioned 2002 version of PowerPoint couldn't help, but 2003+ will!
See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Formats, Presentation <Doug Klippert@ 7:39 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 – Permalink – Open 2007 in 2003-2000Not everyone is going to jump at onceHow to open and to save Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007 files in earlier versions of Office Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint versions 2000 through 2003 cannot natively open documents that are stored in the Office Open XML Formats in 2007 Microsoft Office programs.
After you install the Compatibility Pack, you can use your existing version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to open, edit, and save the file formats that are new to Word 2007, Excel 2007, or PowerPoint 2007. For example:
Word 2000 Compatibility Pack Functions Compatibility Pack Download See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 7:31 AM
Comments:
Post a Comment
|