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View Add-ins in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Add-ins are mini-programs that add new capabilities to PowerPoint. Some of these add-ins blend so seamlessly within PowerPoint; they almost appear to be PowerPoint-native options! At other times, you may have installed a new add-in but see no indication of any new, expected abilities within the program interface. Fortunately, PowerPoint provides a listing of all installed add-ins.

Learn how to view add-ins in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Add-in, Microsoft Windows, Office 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

Find Substituted Fonts in PowerPoint

The situation is familiar: you or someone else uses a non-standard font (not a PowerPoint safe font) in your presentation. You then open this same presentation on another computer, and PowerPoint uses another font to display the same text. Why does it do so? The reason is simple enough: the font originally used is not available on the other system. The end user has no idea that PowerPoint substituted one font with another. There is no information provided at all. The font that is used as a substitute cannot be identified. If you have 500 fonts on your system, there’s no way to understand why PowerPoint used a certain font as a substitute.

Learn how you can find out the actual name of the font that PowerPoint used to substitute the original font.

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Filed Under: Fonts
Tagged as: Embed Fonts, Fonts, PowerPoint, Tutorials

Recolor Picture Backgrounds in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Adding a busy, multi-colored picture background to your slides is one of the worst things you can do to your PowerPoint presentation. People do so all the time, and in the process, they compromise the subtlety and contrast of any content on their slides. So why do they do so? As a picture, their chosen content may appear awesome. However, placing the same picture as a backdrop for text, charts, shapes, or other slide objects just work. Fortunately, you can reduce the visual noise in any picture by using the Recolor option within PowerPoint.

Learn how to recolor a picture background in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Background, Color, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

Clichés: Stack of Coins Pictures in PowerPoint

Let’s admit that coins can look beautiful, especially if they are golden! Add an interesting light source and a stack of gold coins does appear warm and secure. However, what was once interesting can soon become boring; and then you may no longer like pictures that contain neat stacks of properly arranged coins.

Are coins synonymous with wealth? Are there other, better options?

Filed Under: Clip Media
Tagged as: Clichés, Design, Graphics, Opinion, Pictures, PowerPoint, Visuals

Resize, Rotate, and Flip Pictures in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

PowerPoint provides various picture enhancement options such as Picture Adjustments, Picture Styles, Picture Effects, and Picture Borders. Beyond these options, there are some very significant yet basic picture editing options that you should consider. These include learning how you can Resize, Rotate, and Flip pictures. All of these options help you to enhance the look of your inserted pictures.

Learn how to resize, rotate, and flip pictures in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Graphics, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials