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Insert Picture from Flickr in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Friday, February 24, 2017, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 3:45 am

There are many, many options as far as inserting pictures from online sources within PowerPoint are concerned. Other than using the Bing Image Search options, you can also access Flickr. Flickr is probably the greatest online resource for pictures uploaded by photographers and enthusiasts all over the world. However, unlike with the Bing option, PowerPoint does not allow you to simply go and insert anyone’s Creative Commons licensed pictures from Flickr.

Learn how to insert pictures from Flickr in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Flickr, Graphics, Insert, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

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Identify Your Version and License of Microsoft PowerPoint and Office on Windows

Thursday, February 23, 2017, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 10:00 am

If you use PowerPoint or any other Microsoft Office program on Windows, then here’s a quick question for you. Do you know which version you are using? And if the version question seemed easy, do you know what sort of license you have for Microsoft Office?

If you know the answers to both these questions, or even if you don’t, this post is for you. Let us explore easy ways to identify version and license details for Microsoft Office on your Windows system.

Broadly speaking, new versions come with new features. For example, PowerPoint 2013 for Windows introduced the Eyedropper tool, Enhanced Presenter View, and other niceties. However, the introduction of new features is no longer dependent upon the release of a new version—your license type may provide you with new features even a new version is not released yet! Yes, we are talking about Office 365 Subscription licenses that bring you new features every few months. That’s the reason why it is important to find out whether you have a Subscription (Office 365) or a Perpetual (Retail) product license installed!

We have used PowerPoint for all the screenshots. However, the same process should also work with Word, Excel, and other Office programs. Follow these steps:

Run PowerPoint. If you see the Presentation Gallery, opt to create a new presentation, or alternatively open any existing presentation. Yes, you do not want to create or edit presentations now—but PowerPoint will not let you identify it under the hood unless you open a presentation first! We just created a new presentation, as shown in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows interface
Next choose the File | Account menu option, as shown in Figure 2 below.
Figure 2: About PowerPoint
You will see an updated screen, as shown in Figure 3, below. Do notice that you can see that no information about any subscription is shown. Note that you can read the Product Activated and Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 indications, as highlighted in red.
Figure 3: Office Retail License
The same dialog from a subscribed version will show a different license type: Subscription Product and Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, as you can see highlighted in red within Figure 4 below (compare with Figure 3).
Figure 4: Office 365 Subscription License
Do you want to see the actual version number of the product? To do so, click the About PowerPoint button, highlighted in blue in both Figures 3 and 4. This will load up the dialog boxes shown in Figures 5 and 6 below.
Figure 5: Office Retail License Details
Figure 6: Office Subscription License Details
Although Microsoft names their releases with nomenclature such as Office 2016, Office 2013, etc., they follow a different nomenclature internally.
Any version number that begins with “16” in the About dialog box indicates that you are running Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows.
Similarly, any version number that begins with “15” indicates that you are running Microsoft Office 2013 for Windows, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 7, below.
Figure 7: PowerPoint 2013 for Windows
And any version number that begins with “14” indicates that you are running Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows
Additionally, there may be other numbers after the 16, 15, or 14. Those other numbers indicate updates released after the initial first release.

Thank you so much, Anneliese Wirth, at Microsoft who helped me create this post.

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Tagged as: Anneliese Wirth, License, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, Tutorials, Version

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Insert Picture from Bing in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Thursday, February 23, 2017, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

Although you can search for pictures on Google Images or Bing, these pictures show in web browsers, and even then you cannot use most pictures in your slides since that would be a copyright violation. Fortunately, PowerPoint provides an option to search for pictures on Bing, which makes sure that you find Creative Common pictures so that you don’t end up being on the wrong side of the law. Even better, this Bing option shows picture search results directly within PowerPoint.

Learn how to insert pictures from Bing in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Bing, Graphics, Insert, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

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Wondershare Filmora

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 10:00 am

Video is the most powerful, pervasive, and performance-oriented media these days. No wonder then that everyone wants to upload videos to share on their sites, or on social media, or even upload via YouTube. In fact, many videos end up on your phone these days as attachments for WhatsApp and other social chat platforms. The problem though is the actual creation. Video creation is a time-consuming process and is not typically very easy to achieve when you want high-quality results. Our review product, Wondershare Filmora can help.

Let us explore Filmora, a quick video creation tool from Wondershare.

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Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

A line (outline) in PowerPoint contains both points and segments. It is easy to understand the relationship between points and segments using a connect-the-dots analogy. The points represent the dots whereas the segments represent the lines you draw between the dots. Among points and segments, we have already explored the types of points in PowerPoint 2016. We now explore the two types of Segments in PowerPoint 2016: Straight and Curved. Segments can be edited, and you can also convert a straight segment to a curved segment and vice versa, as you will learn in this tutorial.

Learn about Curved and Straight line segments within PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Drawing, Lines, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Points, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

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