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Once you insert a SmartArt graphic within PowerPoint 2010, you might realize that the colors of the shapes comprising the SmartArt graphic are not exactly what you wanted — and while it is possible to change colors of individual shapes within the SmartArt graphic, PowerPoint lets you change the colors of everything within the SmartArt graphic at one go — not only does it save your time, but this also ensures that the different colors chosen are coordinated to look good together.
Learn how to change colors for a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
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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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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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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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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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