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Slide masters and title masters

Monday, January 5th, 2009

How do you prevent changes to the slide master from overriding my previous changes to the title master?

SmartArt in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 has a great new feature.  Smart Art helps dress up the drab into dramatic, flashy and memorable presentations.  Click on the graphic to learn more.

PowerPoint 2007 – SmartArt

Friday, September 5th, 2008

You can convert bulleted text into a diagram called SmartArt.  This will make even the most uncreative person look creative!Â
Select bulleted text on the slide, then on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the SmartArt button.  Select More SmartArt Graphics from the bottom of the menu.  Select a desired category and type, then click [...]

PowerPoint 2007 – Inserting Text from a Word Document

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

You can quickly create the content for your PowerPoint presentation if you already have the content outlined in a Word document.  Simply insert the Word document directly into PowerPoint to create your slides. 

Click on the Outline tab (located in the upper left above the thumbnail slide pane)
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click [...]

PowerPoint 2007 – Inserting Text From a File

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

You can add pre-outlined text from a word document into the Outline tab of a presentation.  This will allow you to quickly add content to your presentation without typing.

Click on the Outline tab
On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the drop-down arrow under the New Slide button and select Slides from Outline
Select the [...]