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Thoughts and impressions of happenings in the world of PowerPoint and presentations, continuously updated since 2003.
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Jamie Garroch is the founder of YOUpresent, a PowerPoint add-in and presentation design agency. YOUpresent provides a suite of off-the-shelf add-ins plus a custom add-in design service for organizations wishing to extend the functionality of PowerPoint or other Office apps. That can be anything from adding a single button to apply a corporate style, to a fully loaded ribbon with custom tools tuned to the organization’s workflow. Known as “extensibility,” Jamie is a passionate evangelist of this relatively unknown productivity feature of Microsoft Office.
In this conversation, Jamie talks about his new PPT2GIFa Lite add-in for PowerPoint.
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Tagged as: Add-in, Animated GIFs, Animation, Export, Interviews, Jamie Garroch
In PowerPoint, and in other Office 2016 programs you typically need to sign in to a Microsoft Account so that you can access saved settings, customizations, and even some files off the cloud. You typically do this by managing your Account, right inside PowerPoint or another Office 2013 program such as Word and Excel. The Account tab in Backstage view allows you to sign in to your Microsoft Account, and automatically connect to your OneDrive account. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to access PowerPoint 2016’s Account options.
Learn about the Account option in Backstage view in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
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Tagged as: Backstage, Microsoft Account, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials
We bring you an amazing giveaway for Wonderfox’s HD Video Converter Factory Pro product that lets you convert normal and HD video to over 150+ formats. Do you want to know how President Obama gave stellar, inspirational speeches? Read more in a guest post by Yousef Abu Ghaidah. We also look at creating slides with countdown timers in PowerPoint 2016 and 2013 for Windows. Plus, Nancy Duarte speaks about her book, Illuminate. And Nancy Ancowitz talks about her book, Self-Promotion for Introverts.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about Motion Path animations, and the basics of getting started. We also explore the Export option in Backstage view. PowerPoint 2013 for Windows users can learn about the Account option in Backstage view, plus you can learn about changing Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac. 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 seven days.
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Microsoft Office programs, such as PowerPoint 2016 connect with an Account. Additionally, they may also integrate with the Account you use to sign in within your Windows-based operating system, such as Windows 10 or Windows 8. Many options within PowerPoint show up or change depending upon which Account you are signed into; these include your Recent Files list, your connected services, and even the interface color for your program.
Learn how to sign out and switch Microsoft Accounts in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
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PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Account, Microsoft Account, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials
PowerPoint’s export options come into play after you have created your slide decks, and are looking for ways to share your slides with others in the most effective way possible. PowerPoint allows you to save your presentation in different forms, that makes it possible for you to view and share on almost any device. Did you know you can create a PDF from your presentation, or export all slides to a video? If you need an old-fashioned way to share, you can burn your slides to a CD. You can also create Word document handouts. Finally, PowerPoint lets you save in so many other file formats.
Learn about the Export options in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.
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Tagged as: Export, Microsoft Windows, Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Share, Tutorials
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