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What if I asked you, “What do the most successful presentation designers do?” I’ll bet you could give me a list. Successful presentation designers:
…and so on.
Would “ask good questions” be on your list? Perhaps not. But why? Isn’t every aspect of a presentation designer’s success based on their ability to ask good questions?
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Each logged-in user has a default custom dictionary accessible within PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office programs called RoamingCustom.dic. Additionally, you can create and use many more custom dictionaries. Over time, your custom dictionaries may become a very useful resource, especially since any custom dictionary loaded is used by all the Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. To share the dictionary files (.dic), you first need to find out where they are stored on your computer.
Learn how to share custom dictionaries in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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We first bring you an interview with Rick Altman, who talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit in October 2022, which is being held in San Diego, and also virtually. We also bring you an offer for Present to Succeed, the presentations conference being held virtually in 2022.
PowerPoint 365 for Windows users can learn about loading and using custom spelling dictionaries, and editing these dictionaries. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
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Imagine this scenario: you have created a specialized, medical presentation, and you’re troubled to see that all slides are full of squiggly, red, underlined words! These squiggly underlines indicate what PowerPoint considers to be misspelled words. Don’t blame PowerPoint, because its medical terminology is somewhat limited. Yes, all words in your medical presentation are correctly spelled. The solution is to teach PowerPoint to spell those words, and enhance its custom dictionary.
Learn how to edit custom dictionaries in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.
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Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, listened to by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole of the industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery. He is the host of the Presentation Summit, now in its 20th season as the most prominent learning event for the presentation community.
In this conversation, Rick talks about the upcoming Presentation Summit 2022, being held both virtually and on location in San Diego, CA, United States from October 9 to 12, 2022.
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