Would you like some music to play before your PowerPoint ‘show’ begins? Most people do this by playing music separately from PowerPoint then clumsily switching over when they start speaking. There’s a better way. The more elegant method is adding repeating music to an opening slide. Add the audio file then change these options on the ribbon at […]
Audio on a PowerPoint slide can be played when you click on the audio icon on a slide. Choose the audio icon then on the Playback pane, choose Start: when clicked on. You can have multiple audio tracks on a slide, each one plays when you click. This slide has two sound effects for either a correct or […]
How to insert the Approx Equal or the image of symbol ≒ into Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Both in Office for Windows and Office for Mac. Approximately Equal To or the Image Of ≒ symbol is commonly used Japan, Korea and Taiwan to indicate two values are approximately equal, but not exactly equal. How Approximately Equal ≒ looks in different fonts. Here are some examples […]
Sometimes when you are filling out the cells in an Excel worksheet, the same thing must be written repeatedly. There’s a fast way to do it using a surprising Excel shortcut. Luckily, there’s an easier shortcut around it. Previously we have spoken about Auto Fill hidden tricks in Excel, but you might not be aware of this simple trick. Firstly, […]
A PowerPoint presentation sometimes needs that extra oomph, such as an occasional sound effect. Here are a few common ones that you’ve heard from movies and TV shows. You can use them as a trigger sound, or novel background noise. It’s all about the sounds: Wilhelm Scream – stock sound effect used in several TV shows and movies, originally from the […]
