PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint and Presenting News: June 27, 2017

We first look at Bauhaus, one of the fonts included with most versions of Microsoft Office. We then feature Dr. Sue Mitchell who talks about her new book, The Authority Guide to Engaging Your People. She also speaks about techniques that create better presenters and communicators.

PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users will learn about encrypting presentations with passwords–and also how you can remove and change passwords. We also explore PowerPoint 2016’s Accessibility and Compatibility Checkers. We also explore Presentation properties. Finally, do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates of this week.

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Tagged as: Ezine, PowerPoint

Apply Two or More Animations to One Object at the Same Time in PowerPoint

PowerPoint animation makes slide objects move. These slide objects can be anything you can select such as text, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and even video clips. But did you know that you can combine multiple animations to happen at the same time for the same slide object, creating a custom animation effect? Imagine, an object fading and zooming at the same time! Although you can combine fade and zoom entrance animations, you really cannot combine a fade entrance with a zoom exit. PowerPoint has four types of animation, and you will learn what can be combined or not in this tutorial.

Apply multiple animations to one slide object, and make all animations play together.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Animation, Tutorials

Set PowerPoint 2007 for Windows as the Default Version

At times, you may want to change your default version of PowerPoint. This decision can be important for you if you have multiple versions of PowerPoint installed on your system. Typically the last version installed is the default version, but there are other ways to change the defaults, and all of them do not work all the time! Let us explore some options if you want to set PowerPoint 2007 as your default version.

Learn how you can set PowerPoint 2007 for Windows as the default version if you have more than one version of PowerPoint installed.

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Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Tutorials

Advanced Presentation Properties in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

PowerPoint saves all Property fields as metadata. This metadata can be very useful in the cataloging and search of presentations and individual slides. In addition to editing or adding the Property content in Backstage view, you can also bring up more Properties with the Advanced Properties option.

Learn how to view and edit advanced presentation properties in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Properties, Tutorials

Properties of a Presentation in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Presentation properties are the details about a presentation such as title, author name, subject, and keywords that identify the document’s topic or contents etc. It’s important to specify relevant values for the presentation’s Property attributes, because they help to identify the presentation. Populating the fields for various Properties also helps you search for particular slides more efficiently later.

Learn how to view and edit current presentation properties in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Properties, Tutorials