PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Although the entire concept behind the Ribbon interface in PowerPoint 2010 was to do away with menus and toolbars, one toolbar still exists, and this entirely customizable toolbar is called the Quick Access Toolbar, or the QAT for short. Even without any customization, this toolbar contains the Save, Undo, and Redo icons. But you can use it to store many more of your often used commands.

Learn about the Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Interface, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

Working With Slide Numbers in PowerPoint 2010, 2007, 2003 and 2002 for Windows

For some reason, Slide Numbers cause more confusion and frustration to PowerPoint users than many other, more complicated features! That’s probably because controls to tweak slide numbers are scattered all over PowerPoint, and while the option you want is available in PowerPoint, it might not be where you expected to find it. In this series of tutorials on slide numbers, learn how you can add slide numbers, work with the Masters and Layouts so that slide numbers show up, and also control the actual numbering as well — for instance, what if you want your slide numbers to start from 31, or if you want your 4th slide to number from 1? That’s covered too.

Learn how to add Slide Numbers on slides and Masters in PowerPoint 2010, 2007, 2003 and 2002 for Windows.

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Tagged as: PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

Open and Close Tabs of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

When you click the File menu and access Backstage view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows, you are presented with several options. The simplest options are those that Open and Close files and Exit the program. Yet even these have abilities that are not visible on the surface. The option for Open instance has 6 variants.

Learn about file opening and closing options within Backstage view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Interface, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

authorSTREAM Million Members: Conversation with Harman Singh

Harman Singh is the Founder and CEO of two Internet platforms – authorSTREAM and WiZiQ. authorSTREAM is a PowerPoint sharing platform striving to make your presentations shareable on the Web, whether they are viewed from desktops, mobile phones, or tablets like iPad.

authorSTREAM recently surpassed the million marks in its membership. Harman discusses the million-members celebrations and more exclusively in this conversation.

Geetesh: authorSTREAM just crossed the landmark figure of a million registered members – how does that make you feel, and how prepared are you to welcome the next million?

Harman: Yes, we just crossed the million members milestone and look forward to the next million. We highly value our users and thank them for helping us get there. Although authorSTREAM is now three years old, we added the bulk of users only in the last few months. This is thanks to our growing popularity and a few new features that we added recently, such as support for presentations on iPad, relaunch of our Facebook app, and a bigger view of the presentations for a better viewing experience.

The groundwork is done, and we are hoping to reach the next million by the middle of 2011. We already have a series of upcoming features connected with our marketing strategy and will be releasing them accordingly. I am sure we will get a wider acceptance of those features from our audience as usual.

Geetesh: Tell us about the Million Members Celebration Contest, and the chance to win an iPad each week.

Harman: We have announced a month-long contest as a part of the festivities. An iPad to be won each week for four weeks till September 19th. We have asked our members to simply sign in and upload good-quality presentations and tweet them to be included in the draw of lots to be held every week, resulting in one lucky member winning an iPad. There is no limit to the number of presentations you can upload during the contest, but they should be of good content, and the authors need to follow the rules. We decided to celebrate this occasion with authorSTREAM members so that they can showcase their creativity through PowerPoint presentations and get a chance to win an iPad. More details on the contest and the rules can be found at the Million Members Celebration Contest page.

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Tagged as: authorSTREAM, Harman Singh, Interviews, Online Presentations, PowerPoint

File Types That Can be Opened in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

We already created a tutorial on the file types that PowerPoint can save and open, but when you go and look at the file types that PowerPoint can open, you’ll find that the list of file types is not exactly the same. Several file types may be common, but there are some surprises that you should explore. When you access the Open dialog in PowerPoint, you can choose the file type you want to open.

Learn about various file types that can open and work in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Interface, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials