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Sometimes you need to reformat your presentation as a Word document or restructure it for a printed brochure. How do you get just the text out of PowerPoint? If your text is in text placeholders, you can easily accomplish this. In PowerPoint 2003, choose File>Send To>Microsoft Office Word. In PowerPoint 2007, choose [...] Sometimes you may want to edit a diagram or AutoShape in a way that PowerPoint doesn’t allow. For example, you may have created a complex diagram, such as the flowchart you see here (or any combination of shapes and text). a complex diagram Now you need to make the entire diagram smaller [...] Often, resizing your presentation presents no problem. Choose File > Page Setup and choose the new size. But sometimes, especially between 35mm and other settings, your graphics get distorted and misplaced. Here’s how to solve the problem. If you’ve already changed the page size, change the size back to its original setting. Choose File [...] If you have a presentation with many images, you may find that it gets too large to e-mail and may even freeze when you try to deliver. Two causes of this problem are: BMP image files (which are very large) or JPG photos taken at very high resolution Images on backgrounds or the slide [...] By Jim Endicott, Owner/Manager of Distinction Jim Endicott is owner/manager of Distinction, is a nationally recognized consultant, designer, speaker and author specializing in professional presentation messaging, design and delivery. Jim was a Jesse H. Neal award-winning columnist for PRESENTATIONS magazine and has also contributed presentations-related content in magazines like Business Week, Consulting and Selling [...] For PowerPoint 97 & 2002: You can add all of your own clip art to the Microsoft Clip Gallery. Click Insert Clip Art on the Drawing toolbar. In the Gallery, click Import Clips. From the dialog box, find the graphic file, and double click it. Unfortunately, there is no preview feature to let [...] I learned a technique in Adobe Flash that involves cutting a hole in an object. A similar concept is called masks, which creates a transparent area in an object. Then you place something behind the hole and animate the object with the hole (or transparent area), to reveal what’s behind it. Here’s an example [...] A hidden feature in PowerPoint lets you create fluid curves like this. fluid curves You need to draw a curve, freeform, or scribble to use this feature. Follow these steps: Insert a curve, freeform, or scribble by choosing AutoShapes> Lines on the Drawing toolbar. (In 2007, click the Insert tab and choose Shapes> [...] |
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