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John Hamilton McWhorter V thinks that the pervasive and prolific insertion of the word “like” into daily conversations by teenagers—and increasingly by adults—is a positive contribution to spoken communication. Although Mr. McWhorter is an unimpeachable authority on language (Columbia University faculty and countless articles, papers, and books), I disagree with him; not with conversational usage, but in presentations. Given his estimable credentials, I cannot challenge his turf, only mine.
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In this issue, we show you how you can use PowerPoint’s drawing and animation capabilities together to create an animate a car–with moving wheels!
For PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users, we feature tutorials on Duplicating Slides, and Changing the Numbered List Style. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can learn about Types of Shapes and Resizing Shapes. 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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Shape fills in PowerPoint indicate something that is contained within the confines of the shape. Similarly, shapes have another attribute known as the “line” or the “outline”. A line is the perimeter surrounding a closed shape or the line itself within an open shape. We will explore more about lines in this tutorial.
Make changes to the appearance of shape outlines in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
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PowerPoint allows you to choose from several styles for your numbered lists. There are variations in digits, alphabets, and Roman numerical styles. By default, PowerPoint 2016 for Windows uses the 1, 2, 3 style for numbered lists. And since you can change bulleted list styles, it is only natural that you expect some changes to be allowed for numbered list styles too.
Learn how to change the numbered list style in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
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Once you insert shapes on a slide, you may realize that it’s not the perfect size. Did you want it larger, or a wee bit smaller? However you want your shapes resized, it’s easy to make the size change in a jiffy, right inside PowerPoint 2016 for Mac. Like most Microsoft Office programs, PowerPoint follows the concept of selection, then action. So, the first thing you may need to do to a shape that you want to be resized is to select it! Any shape that is selected shows several handles.
Learn how to resize shapes in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.
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