PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Spell Check in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

For presentations that contain slides with too much text, or even little text, there are always chances of spelling mistakes showing up! However, you don’t necessarily have to search for these mistakes by skimming all your slides one by one since PowerPoint lets you do a spell check of the entire presentation, and make corrections as well. However there are some caveats associated with spell checking, and this does not have anything to do with PowerPoint.

Learn how to run a spell check on your entire presentation in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Proofing, Spelling, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 13, 2017

We begin our series exploring all fonts that have been included with Microsoft Office installations. The first feature of this series looks at Agency FB. We then explore changes at Pickit, an online vendor of clip media with an investment from Microsoft. For those of you who are not aware, Pickit provides free images that you can insert in your PowerPoint slides.

In the Tutorials section, PowerPoint 2016 users can learn how you can manage and remove connected services such as Flickr, OneDrive, Facebook, etc. This process can be useful if you want to remove one of these accounts and add another one instead. We also look under the hood at various preferences available within PowerPoint 2016 for Windows; we explore both General and Advanced options. We also look at setting Spellcheck options. Further, you can learn how you can add more shapes to your existing SmartArt graphics. Finally, do not miss the new press releases and templates of this week.

Be informed about updated tutorials and happenings.

Filed Under: Ezine
Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Microsoft Invests in Image Service Pickit: Conversation with Mathias Björkholm

Stock vendor and tech startup Pickit received an investment from Microsoft Ventures. This investment will propel Pickit into the next phase of its mission to make it simpler for everyday Office users to increase productivity and improve the quality of their work.

Four years ago, the founders of Pickit approached Microsoft with a big idea–to create an integrated image service that worked seamlessly with PowerPoint and Word. Since then, Pickit has developed the technology and sourced the content to service worldwide Office users.

  We asked Mathias Björkholm, the Co-CEO and Founder of Pickit: What does the Microsoft investment mean for Pickit, and what will its impact be on Microsoft Office users?

His response: With this latest round of financing, we truly get the chance to expand our business model and create a dedicated image bank for modern Microsoft Office users.

We’re already adding value and functionality to the Microsoft Office applications that people use on a daily basis by putting our Pickit Business service into PowerPoint and Word and we look forward to working with Microsoft Ventures and our other partners as we continue to increase productivity.

Excited to welcome image service, @Pickit to the #MSVentures family! #startups https://t.co/eXd2oGfct2 pic.twitter.com/UP6YmkBNya— Microsoft Ventures (@MicrosoftVC) March 1, 2017

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Clip Media, Mathias Bjorkholm, Microsoft, Pickit

Adding Shapes to Existing SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Once you insert a SmartArt graphic within PowerPoint (or convert some bulleted text to SmartArt), you may want to add more shapes to your SmartArt graphic. Fortunately, you can make these additions and later edit them too. You can add more shapes to your existing SmartArt graphics either from within the SmartArt graphic itself or through the Text Pane. Note that adding a new shape to a SmartArt graphic entirely depends on the SmartArt variant that you are using; some variants offer more options than the others.

Learn how you can add more shapes to existing SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Shapes, SmartArt, Tutorials

Setting Spell Check Options in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Has it ever happened that you know that a particular word is misspelled, but PowerPoint’s spell check doesn’t seem to think so! That may be because your word may be in all CAPS, or it may contain some numbers. In these cases, and in several other instances, PowerPoint just ignores any misspellings. Fortunately, you can turn off the options that instruct PowerPoint to ignore these misspellings. Remember though that changing these options will apply to all Microsoft Office 2016 applications you have installed on your computer including Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Learn how to set spell check options in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Proofing, Spelling, Tutorials