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PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 11, 2014

This week we bring you another exclusive interview with renowned author Nancy Duarte, who discusses her new book, Slidedocs. We then explore the mystery behind the missing “Video from Web Site” option in PowerPoint.

Old time PowerPoint 2003 users can learn about Slide Layouts. And PowerPoint Touch users can explore how they can add and select shapes. PowerPoint 2013 for Windows users can learn about tables, lines, and inserting Excel spreadsheets.

And finally, do not miss the new discussions and templates of this week!

Read Indezine’s PowerPoint and Presenting News.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Populate Tables with Content

Once you insert a new table on your PowerPoint slide, probably the very next task you would want to do is to fill the cells with required content. There are more than one of ways in which you can populate your table with content in PowerPoint 2013. In this tutorial we’ll explore these ways — let us start with exploring the ways to navigate from cell to cell within a table.

Learn how to populate table cells with content you type or paste from the Clipboard.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Drawing Scribble Lines

Drawing with the Scribble line tool is almost the same as drawing with the Freeform line tool — but there is one vital difference. You don’t need to double click to create an end point for your line with the Scribble tool. Also, once you start drawing with the Scribble tool, you can’t release the mouse button until you finish drawing. So, you can’t draw a perfect straight line as you would do with the Freeform line tool. The point where you release the mouse button will be the end point for the drawing. In many ways thus, the Scribble tool mimics real life usage as you draw with a pencil on a piece of paper. Your line stops drawing the minute you stop drawing it without having to double-click.

Learn how to draw with the Scribble line tool in PowerPoint 2013 for Window.

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Learn PowerPoint 2013 for Windows: Insert Excel Spreadsheet

Many times, you can manage with a table within PowerPoint instead of an actual Excel spreadsheet. This is especially true when you want your table content to have a consistent look and feel with the rest of your slide. However, tables are dumb — they cannot work with formulas or even do the most basic functions that Excel provides. So there may be times when you would want a real Excel spreadsheet within your slides rather than a table.

Learn how to insert an Excel spreadsheet in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Missing “Video from Web Site” Option

Until some time ago, you could insert a video clip from a web site such as YouTube into your PowerPoint slide. Within PowerPoint 2010, this Insert Online Videos option lets you easily achieve an acceptable result. Within the Insert tab of the Ribbon, you would find a Video button. Click the button, and there would be three options in the resultant menu. This included the Video from Web Site option. But magically, it may seem – this option may have disappeared from the Video drop-down gallery within PowerPoint 2010!

Learn why the Video from Web Site option is missing in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

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