PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Smart Dynamic Guides in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

Do you notice that any object you move, resize, or align in PowerPoint actually helps make your task easy! Move it a little closer, resize a wee bit, or even try spacing slide objects and the screen shows all sorts of helpful indicators in the form of dashed lines. The red and grey, dashed lines that show up and then disappear are Dynamic Guides.

Learn about Dynamic Guides in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 9, 2018

We first bring you Jerry Weissman’s post on how to overcome writer’s block. Next, Mitch Haile talks about his add-in for PowerPoint on the Mac called Bit Lasso Reveal, which is a great way to search slides. We also look at various Office 365 Subscriptions.

We learn how you can create PowerPoint Outlines in Microsoft Word 2016. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users will learn about Converting Text to Shape by Intersecting, and Repositioning Text Boxes. 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.

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

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Bit Lasso Reveal: Conversation with Mitch Haile

Mitch Haile has extensive experience designing software for data systems in corporate environments. He was an early engineer at ground-breaking compression company Data Domain. Mitch later co-founded virtual machine backup company Pancetera, which the team sold to Quantum, a respected data backup company. Mitch has served as an executive other start-ups involved with software security, storage, and backup.

In this conversation, Mitch talks about Bit Lasso Reveal, his new program that helps search slides.

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Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Add-in, Digital Asset Management, Interviews, Mitch Haile, PowerPoint for Mac, Presentation Management, Search, Slide Management, Slides

Writer’s Block: How to Break Through

By Jerry Weissman

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

Reposition Text Boxes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

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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Tagged as: Mac, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Reposition, Text Boxes, Tutorials