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Continuing our exploration of the new Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 for Mac interface that now sports the Ribbon, we now explore the Slides/Outline pane which is relatively similar in its look and feel to the one in older PowerPoint versions for Mac. The Slides/Outline pane is normally placed on the left side of the interface.
Learn about the Slide/Outline pane in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 2011
Tagged as: Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials
Inserting a SmartArt graphic within PowerPoint 2010 or even converting some bulleted text to SmartArt is easy — you can choose from various SmartArt graphics variations available within PowerPoint. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to change any existing SmartArt graphic to any other layout (type).
Learn how to change from one SmartArt graphic layout to another in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
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PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2010, SmartArt, Tutorials
The Status Bar is a thin strip located at the bottom of the PowerPoint 2011 for Mac interface. This area provides information about the active slide, and provides View options. If you have no presentation open in PowerPoint, the entire Status Bar area may be grayed out.
Learn about options available in the Status Bar within PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 2011
Tagged as: Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials
After you have installed the STAMP add-in, you can find captioning options within the Video Tools Playback tab on the Ribbon. Do remember though that the Video Tools Playback tab is a contextual tab which appears only when you have a video clip selected in your presentation. Before adding captions, you need to insert a video clip in PowerPoint.
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Add-ins
Tagged as: Accessibility, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials
The Ribbon along with its tabs makes its debut in Microsoft PowerPoint 2011 for mac. Unlike the PowerPoint versions on Windows though, the Ribbon does not replace all the menus and toolbars that were found in PowerPoint 2008 and older Mac versions.
Learn about the Ribbon and its tabs in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.
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PowerPoint 2011
Tagged as: Office for Mac, PowerPoint 2011, Tutorials
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