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Use Dingbats and Other Characters as Bullets in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

PowerPoint provides you with umpteen options to change the appearance of your bullet points. You can change bullet styles, format the bullet size and its color, and use pictures as bullets. In addition, you can use a character from any font, including dingbats as a bullet. So what are dingbats? Dingbats are fonts which contain decorative symbols rather than alphabets and numbers. Wingdings is a good example of a dingbats font since it is installed by default on all computers.

Learn how to use dingbats and other characters as bullets in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Dingbats, Fonts, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: July 24, 2018

We first explore differences between bitmap and vector graphics. We also feature Gil Segal of ToolsToo in an interview where he talks about v7.2 of his PowerPoint add-in. Bess Gallanis looks at SOCO, that stands for single, overriding communications objective to make your stories stand apart.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can explore Guide Options, Hierarchical Guide Options, and Picture Bullets. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can learn about Shape Combine and Shape Union commands. 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

Shape Fragment Command in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

PowerPoint 2016 for Mac provides five options within the Merge Shapes gallery. While four of the five options either remove or retain something, the fifth option known as Fragment finds common ground by keeping everything. Yes, it discards nothing at all. In fact, it “fragments” each possible division caused by overlapping shapes and turns them into many small shapes.

Create new shapes that overlap or surround each other using the Fragment command in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Mac, Merge Shapes, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Tutorials

Shape Union Command in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac

The Union command is part of Merge Shapes commands in PowerPoint that lets you unite two or more shapes with each other. The benefit of the Shape Union option is that you can quickly create complex shapes that may not have been easy to accomplish otherwise within PowerPoint. The Union command combines all overlapping and non-overlapping areas of shapes, subtracts nothing, and retains formatting of first selected shape.

Learn how you can unite shapes together in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac.

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Tagged as: Mac, Merge Shapes, Office 2016, Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint for Mac, Shapes, Tutorials

ToolsToo 7.2: Conversation with Gil Segal

  Gil Segal is the creator of ToolsToo and a senior software consultant. Gil is always on the lookout for ways to automate manual tasks in any software he uses and has been a PowerPoint power-user since the mid-90s.

In this interview, Gil talks about the new ToolsToo v7.2 add-in for PowerPoint.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Gil Segal, Interviews, PowerPoint, ToolsToo