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If you work in Microsoft Word, you may be familiar with the comments feature. It allows you to add comments throughout a document to alert a reader or author to certain information. For example, an editor can leave comments by certain content in a document to alert the author about specific issues.
You can also […]

Working with objects in any Office application can be frustrating, even for seasoned users. For example, moving an object just a hair to the left can end up taking several minutes.
It is not easy moving an object in a PowerPoint slide a very small distance using your mouse. The object usually ends up […]

PowerPoint lets you write on your slides while doing a presentation. For example, when in Slide Show view you can underline a specific point on a slide for more emphasis. You can do this using the Pen on the Pointer Options.
To use the Pen during your slide show:

Open your PowerPoint presentation.

From the View menu, click […]

PPTminimizer reduces PowerPoint and Word files by up to 98% of their initial size using an intelligent compression technique. The software preserves the original file format so files can be edited without having to unzip them. The optimized files, without any quality loss, are then much smaller, safer, and ideal for sharing. Mailboxes, servers, and […]

When you number your slides, the number one automatically appears on the first slide. There might be instances though where you want to start the numbering at a higher number, such as four. You can easily change the starting slide number in PowerPoint 2007 using the steps described below.

On the Design tab, in the Page […]

When people create PowerPoint presentations, they often include a variety of background colors on the slides. PowerPoint presentations are designed to be shown in color and the colors make them more appealing to an audience. However, when it comes to printing the presentation, they rarely look as great as they do on screen and many […]

One way that you can track when a PowerPoint presentation was created is to add the date and time to the presentation. When the date and time is added, it will appear along the bottom of the slide. You can add the date and time to a single slide or to all slides in a […]

When you create a PowerPoint presentation, you can hide certain slides to customize the presentation for different audiences. For example, you may have a slide containing a high level of detail that you want to hide when presenting to a specific audience.
To hide slides in a PowerPoint 2007 in presentation:

In the pane that contains […]

PowerPoint 2007 lets you reorganize the slides in a presentation. One you create a presentation, you can easily go back and change the order of the slides. Reordering slides is not a new feature as it was also included in previous versions of PowerPoint. In most cases, you could reorganize your slides by selecting the […]

One way you can spice up a presentation is to add a watermark. Watermarks are also a good way of branding presentations. A watermark is simply a very faint image that appears in the background. For example, it may be a company logo or name. You may have seen documents before that have the word […]

PowerPoint comes with many different layouts. This can save you a lot of time and effort when it comes to creating a presentation. Once you find a layout that you like, all you have to do is apply it to your slide using the simple steps listed below.

From the Format menu, click the Slide Layout […]

PowerPoint 2007 (and previous versions of the application) ship with clip art that you can easily insert into your slides. However, with the increasing popularity of digital cameras, scanners, and other photo imaging technology, you an image that you have captured that would be more suited to your presentation than clip art. PowerPoint 2007 has […]

Your first thought after reading the title is likely ‘Why would I want to disable password protection for my presentations?’ Any presentations that have been password protected in PowerPoint 2002, cannot be opened in earlier versions of PowerPoint, even if the user does know the password. This is because PowerPoint 2002 was the first version […]