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Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint
June 30, 2017
Apply video editing options such as recoloring, corrections, preset video styles, video borders, video effects, resizing/flipping, etc. to your video clip, and the resultant video may appear to be entirely different from your source The fact that you can make your videos look so different in PowerPoint with customizations galore can sometimes prove to be a disadvantage, especially if you want to get rid of all customizations and get back original state of your video clip. Fortunately, the Reset Design option is just what you need at this point!
Learn how to reset your video clips in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
June 29, 2017
You can position or reposition pictures and shapes, but did you know that you can make changes to any inserted video in PowerPoint 2016? Play around with options to adjust correction for videos, recoloring video, video styles, video effects, video shapes, and video borders that can help you enhance the look of your video. These options not only make your video clips look better and focused but also provide you with ideas to make your video clips stand apart.
Learn how you can Resize, Rotate, and Flip video clips in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
June 28, 2017
In today’s fast-paced marketing environment, presentation management strategies typically fall into one of three categories: Presentation Guru, Spray and Pray, and Lone Wolf. To effectively differentiate your company from the competition, it is incumbent upon marketing professionals to resist these trends, as they are more aptly described as “non-strategies.”
Read more in this post by AlexAnndra Ontra.
June 28, 2017
If you want your inserted video clip to play from a certain point within the video clip, you can actually trim the video so that it only plays the parts you want. However, there is another elegant solution that lets you achieve the same results, and do even more. This feature is called a Bookmark. It is similar to the conventional bookmarks you place within the pages of a book you are reading. Just like how you can easily go to that particular page with the help of a bookmark, the Bookmark you add to a video clip becomes an indicator of the time position you want to access.
Learn how to add Bookmarks to video clips in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
June 27, 2017
We first look at Bauhaus, one of the fonts included with most versions of Microsoft Office. We then feature Dr. Sue Mitchell who talks about her new book, The Authority Guide to Engaging Your People. She also speaks about techniques that create better presenters and communicators. PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users will learn about encrypting presentations with passwords--and also how you can remove and change passwords. We also explore PowerPoint 2016's Accessibility and Compatibility Checkers. We also explore Presentation properties. Finally, do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates of this week.
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June 27, 2017
PowerPoint animation makes slide objects move. These slide objects can be anything you can select such as text, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, shapes, and even video clips. But did you know that you can combine multiple animations to happen at the same time for the same slide object, creating a custom animation effect? Imagine, an object fading and zooming at the same time! Although you can combine fade and zoom entrance animations, you really cannot combine a fade entrance with a zoom exit. PowerPoint has four types of animation, and you will learn what can be combined or not in this tutorial.
Apply multiple animations to one slide object, and make all animations play together.
June 26, 2017
If you’re setting up a large business meeting you’ll know it can be tricky to find a date, time, location and venue that suits everyone and ensures the right people attend. Ideally, to save yourself a lot of grief, you want to suggest the plan that works for everyone the first time. But, that’s easier said than done.
June 26, 2017
PowerPoint saves all Property fields as metadata. This metadata can be very useful in the cataloging and search of presentations and individual slides. In addition to editing or adding the Property content in Backstage view, you can also bring up more Properties with the Advanced Properties option.
Learn how to view and edit advanced presentation properties in PowerPoint 2016.
June 26, 2017
At times, you may want to change your default version of PowerPoint. This decision can be important for you if you have multiple versions of PowerPoint installed on your system. Typically the last version installed is the default version, but there are other ways to change the defaults, and all of them do not work all the time! Let us explore some options if you want to set PowerPoint 2007 as your default version.
June 23, 2017
Presentation properties are the details about a presentation such as title, author name, subject, and keywords that identify the document's topic or contents etc. It's important to specify relevant values for the presentation's Property attributes, because they help to identify the presentation. Populating the fields for various Properties also helps you search for particular slides more efficiently later.
Learn how to view and edit current presentation properties in PowerPoint 2016.
June 22, 2017
Dr. Sue Mitchell works with organizations, leaders, managers, business owners and private clients to inspire them to achieve results, make a difference and change their world for the better. Clients come from organizations of all types and size from start-ups, sole practitioners, and SMEs to multinational corporates, the public sector, and third sector. In this conversation, Sue discusses her book, The Authority Guide to Engaging Your People.
June 22, 2017
You might have experienced this scenario: you have created a presentation within PowerPoint 2016, but you are not sure whether your client, boss, friend, or colleague, who has an earlier version of PowerPoint will be able to view and edit this presentation using the same options that you have used? And, if you save this presentation as a file compatible with an earlier version of PowerPoint, there are chances that you could lose some attributes of the presentation that are not available in previous versions. Or worse, your editable content could just change to flat, non-editable pictures!
Learn to check compatibility with other PowerPoint versions in PowerPoint 2016.
June 21, 2017
Bauhaus 93 is a typeface originally owned by font foundry, URW, which stood for Unternehmensberatung Rubow Weber, representing the names of the foundry’s founders. It is now owned by URW++, the successor of the original company. Although there are many other versions of Bauhaus available, we are exploring Bauhaus 93 since this is the version included in many versions of Microsoft Office.
Learn about Bauhaus 93, a decorative font included with some versions of Microsoft Office.
June 21, 2017
An understanding has grown over the years to make all kinds of computer-generated content available to people with disabilities. PowerPoint is no stranger to this accessibility concept and has many options up its sleeve that help your slides be more relevant to those with accessibility impairments. PowerPoint's built-in Accessibility Checker works similar to the spell checker. It highlights potential accessibility issues in your presentation so that you can fix these potential problems and make your content accessible to everyone.
Check accessibility options in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.
June 20, 2017
There's a new fear in the air about being infected by a PowerPoint file. Fortunately, this is not as fearful as it seems--although it is best to be careful. We talk about the new PowerPoint mouseover scare. We then look at Kasper Langmann's post on Pivot Tables in PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users will learn video compression options, and inserting videos from OneDrive, Facebook, YouTube and embed codes. Finally, do not miss the press releases and templates of this week.
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June 20, 2017
There are various reasons why you would want to encrypt your PowerPoint file with a password. There are two password levels you can implement within a PowerPoint file: a password to open and a password to edit. However, even if you add a password to your presentation, there may come a time when you want to remove it. Or, you may want to change the password.
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