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PowerPoint and Presenting News: November 26, 2019

A few weeks ago, we talked about Dave Paradi’s Annoying PowerPoint survey, and this week, we bring you, Dave, again, who talks about the survey findings, and also this survey started many years ago. We also have a video interview with Dave. We next bring back Dr. Carmen Taran’s post on counter-intuitive research findings, based on a research study on what makes PowerPoint presentations memorable. We also bring the 4th and the last part of Kevin Lerner’s series on Presentation Procrastinators.

PowerPoint 2019 for Windows users can learn how to Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations. PowerPoint 365 for Windows and Mac users can learn about Adding Commands to Custom Groups. Plus, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates featured in the last week.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 365 for Mac

PowerPoint 365 for Mac allows you to customize the Ribbon in a number of ways. You can add new Ribbon tabs, add Groups within the Ribbon tabs, and populate these Groups with useful commands. And if you think you made a mess and were better off with the defaults, then you can always get back to square one by choosing to reset changes made to one tab of the Ribbon, or even all tabs.

Learn how to reset, export, and import Ribbon customizations in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Customizations, Mac, Office 365, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 365, PowerPoint for Mac, Ribbon, Tutorials

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

PowerPoint 365 for Windows allows you to customize the Ribbon in a number of ways. You can add new Ribbon tabs, add Groups within the Ribbon tabs, and populate these Groups with useful commands. And if you think you made a mess and were better off with the defaults, then you can always get back to square one. On a more positive front, you can share your customizations with friends and colleagues, or also your other computers. And you can export your customizations to a file saved as a backup for a rainy day!

Learn how to reset, export, and import Ribbon customizations in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Customizations, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Ribbon, Tutorials

Reset, Export, and Import Ribbon Customizations in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows

PowerPoint 2019 for Windows allows you to customize the Ribbon in a number of ways. You can add new Ribbon tabs, add Groups within the Ribbon tabs, and populate these Groups with useful commands. And if you think you made a mess and were better off with the defaults, then you can always get back to square one. On a more positive front, you can share your customizations with friends and colleagues, or also your other computers. And you can export your customizations to a file saved as a backup for a rainy day!

Learn how to reset, export, and import Ribbon customizations in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Customizations, Microsoft Windows, Office 2019, PowerPoint 2019, Ribbon, Tutorials

Results of the 2019 Annoying PowerPoint Survey: Conversation with Dave Paradi

  Dave Paradi has over twenty years of experience in delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written nine books on the topic of effective presentations and is one of fifteen people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel and PowerPoint communities. He is NASBA registered to deliver CPE credit courses to CPAs.

In this conversation, Dave talks about the results of his 2019 Annoying PowerPoint Survey.

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Tagged as: Dave Paradi, Interviews, PowerPoint, Survey