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The Developer tab of the Ribbon is chock-a-block of options that let you play with VBA programming, macros, and ActiveX controls — the last option allows you to Insert a Flash movie in PowerPoint 2007. By default, the Developer tab is not visible — and can be turned on (or off) by following the subsequent steps.
Learn how you can enable the Developer tab of the Ribbon in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.
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The Developer tab in PowerPoint 2010 has options that let you work with VBA content and macros. In addition, you also use this tab of the Ribbon to access options that allow you to insert Flash movies through an ActiveX control in PowerPoint 2010. By default, this tab is not visible and has to be turned on. Follow these steps to make the Developer tab visible.
Learn how you can enable the Developer tab of the Ribbon in PowerPoint 2010 in Windows.
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With PowerPoint 2007, you will no longer find the feature available in PowerPoint 2003 and previous versions that let you compare your presentations — which was great if you received a presentation back from a colleague and he or she made changes you were not aware of. You can however place both presentations side by side and compare individual slides in PowerPoint 2007 — not too great a workaround, but it does allow you to compare the slides.
Learn how you can view presentation slides, side by side in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.
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Since PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft removed the feature that let you compare your presentation with another one — that was great if you had send your presentation to a colleague and he or she made changes you were not aware of. You can however place both presentations side by side and compare individual slides — not too great a workaround, but it does allow you to compare the slides.
Learn how you can view presentation slides, side by side in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.
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Once you place an AutoShape on a PowerPoint slide, you may format it by changing its fill or outline — or you may add animation to it. Later if you realize that you used a wrong AutoShape — maybe you used a star in place of a triangle, you may be tempted to delete the original AutoShape altogether and start from scratch by adding a new AutoShape, and change its fill and add animation to it. The good news is that you need not work so hard — you can change any existing AutoShape to another using these steps.
Learn how you can change an existing AutoShape to another in PowerPoint 2003 for Windows.
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PowerPoint 2003
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2003, Shapes, Tutorials
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