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Import text from Word or Notepad

February 8, 2016 by Ellen Finkelstein 9 Comments

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I recommend writing what you will say in Word first, because it’s easier to focus on your message. In another post, “Organize content with an outline,” I provide some more details. Importing an outline You can import then text from Word or even Notepad (or any text editor) to create a new presentation. This is […]

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Filed Under: Content, Text & fonts Tagged With: Notepad, outline, paste text, PowerPoint, presentations, slides, text, Word

Use text as a graphic

September 2, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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Usually, you use text on a slide to tell people your message. I recommend a single line of text when possible. That’s usually the slide title. People read it and immediately know your point. Then you show your point with an image, chart, or diagram. It’s like the boy’s picture book; one side tells the […]

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Filed Under: Animation & transitions, Images, Text & fonts Tagged With: animate text, graphic, graphic text, text

3 changes you should make in the Options dialog box of PowerPoint

November 18, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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I’m starting to use the upcoming PowerPoint 2013 a lot and doing so has reminded me of some of the default PowerPoint settings that I hate. Here are 3 simple changes you can make that I think will make you a happier PowerPoint user. They apply to PowerPoint 2007 and 2010 as well. No, you […]

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Filed Under: Content, Text & fonts Tagged With: autofit, Options dialog box, select entire word, text

Export all presentation text

August 20, 2003 by Ellen Finkelstein 34 Comments

Have you ever wanted to export all of the text in a presentation? There are several reasons for doing this: * To repurpose the text to a report or other document * To give a presentation a makeover, starting with just the text * To use as notes during delivery If all of your text […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery Tagged With: PowerPoint, presentations, text

Export the text in a presentation

December 15, 2002 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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 Application button> Publish> […]

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Filed Under: Delivery Tagged With: graphics, PowerPoint, presentations, text

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