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Writer’s block is the proverbial stuff of legend and literature. The latest variation on the theme is Limitless, the Hollywood film starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. In it, Mr. Cooper plays a down-and-out writer who beats his severe case of writer’s block with a new drug that not only jump-starts his creative output, but gives him many other advanced mental capabilities. Of course, the story is fictional—A.O. Scott’s review of the film in the New York Times called it, “an energetic, enjoyably preposterous compound… a paranoid thriller blended with pseudo-neuro-science fiction and catalyzed by a jolting dose of satire”—but the situation is very real: writers do run dry.
Mr. Scott went on to list the many real attempts tortured writers have made to get past their paralysis: “Sharpen 10 pencils. Eat a sandwich. Pretend that the first chapter of your long-overdue opus is a casual letter to your grandmother. Weep quietly. Have another drink.”
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Tagged as: Creativity, Guest Post, Jerry Weissman, PowerPoint, Writer's Block
Sometimes you want your Text Box to be placed in an exact position on your slide. Yes, you can select a Text Box and move it around by dragging it with your mouse, and then let it go wherever you want it placed. However, for all practical reasons this process is just visual and not accurate enough. Thankfully, PowerPoint provides a way to accurately position any Text Box just where you want it located.
Reposition text boxes accurately in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Reposition, Text Boxes, Tutorials
We first explore some simple animation effects that work in all versions of PowerPoint. We then interview Mike Power of Neuxpower, who tells more about the new NXPowerLite Desktop 8 for Mac. Learn how you can get a cheaper or free copy of Microsoft PowerPoint.
PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can learn how to Duplicate Shapes by Dragging, and how to Flip Shapes. PowerPoint Online users can learn about Resetting Pictures, Duplicating Slides, and Changing Presentation Aspect Ratio from Widescreen to Standard (and Vice Versa). And if that wasn’t enough for this week, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates released in the last week.
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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint
PowerPoint has several features that may amaze you, but there’s nothing quite like what we will explore on this page: an option to convert regular text into a shape. First of all, this is an undocumented feature. And then, this is such an utterly useful option. For example, you can now easily create logos in PowerPoint without using any other application. Or use a fancy font and then share that presentation with others in the knowledge that recipients can see the font exactly as intended, even if it’s not installed on their computers.
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PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Intersect, Mac, Merge Shapes, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Text, Tutorials
PowerPoint for the Web defaults to widescreen slides in all new presentations. However, you can change your presentation’s aspect ratio from Widescreen (16:9) to Standard (4:3), and also do the reverse. PowerPoint Online has some features up its sleeve that make these changes of aspect ratios easier to understand, and some quirks too! This tutorial will help you understand both scenarios better.
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PowerPoint for the Web
Tagged as: Aspect Ratio, PowerPoint for the Web, Standard, Tutorials, Widescreen
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