Powerpoint save and publishing options
There’s lots more ways to use Powerpoint without standing in front of an audience.It’s easy to think of Powerpoint as only useful for people who have to give a speech, but there’s actually many other choices for saving slides and presentations that let you use Powerpoint in many other situations. In PowerPoint 2007 there are […]
Photo Albums in PowerPoint
Make great personal photo albums with Powerpoint. Creating a photo album in PowerPoint 2007 has become very interesting and convenient. The themes, layouts and Quick Styles make formatting the albums a cakewalk. PowerPoint slideshows aren’t just for projecting on a big screen in front of an audience. You can use PPT to make a great […]
PowerPoint Handouts – making and printing
PPT Handouts are a special rendering of your slides to be printed out for your audience. PowerPoint Handouts are a special rendering of your slides to be printed out for your audience. It’s one of the ‘PowerPoint support materials‘ including Notes. In this article we show how to make and print PowerPoint handouts. Printing Handouts […]
Maps of Europe for PowerPoint
Some useful maps of Europe and some European countries as free PPT slides. Presentation Helper has some useful maps of Europe and some European countries as PowerPoint slides. The free download has: Map of Europe with pins Four example maps showing how to apply pins, lines, outlines and image fills to each country Germany Iceland […]
PowerPoint patches for May
All Windows versions get security patches, Mac users have to wait. PowerPoint is the only program needing security patches in May 2009 but only the Windows versions of the presentation software are updated, for Office for Mac users will have to just wait. Here’s a list of the affected programs and the security patch link. […]
PowerPoint security patch next week
A threat to PPT 2000 thru PPT 2007 will be patched next Tuesday Microsoft has given advance notice of a security patch for many versions of PowerPoint, which will be released on Tuesday 12 May 2009. This may be a fix for the security hole in Powerpoint first mentioned by Office Watch in early April, […]
PowerPoint – Notes options and views
Speaker notes can have images and charts as well as printing options. In PowerPoint, Notes Pages show thumbnail images of the slide along with an area below for notes which would help the presenter during the presentation or it can be given to the audience as well. In PowerPoint 2003 and before Notes were called […]
More Office 2007 patches
Even after Service Pack 2, there are more fixes for Office 2007. Service Pack 2 has been out less than a week and already there are more fixes for Office 2007. These ‘hotfixes’ are temporary and ‘ not fully tested’ updates. Most are dated 30 April 2009 – only a few days after Service Pack […]
Office 2003 hotfixes galore
Six new patches for Office 2003, Word 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint 2003. The update ‘fun’ this week users isn’t limited to Office 2007 – there are also several ‘hotfixes’ for Office 2003. These ‘hotfixes’ are temporary and ‘ not fully tested’ updates. Only install them if you have the specific problem mentioned and you […]
PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 2 – the official fix list
Official fix list for PowerPoint 2007 SP2 both the summary and the complete list Here’s the official fix list for PowerPoint 2007 SP2 both the summary and the complete list. We’ve published it here for easy reference instead of hunting around Microsoft’s web site and an Excel worksheet. This list does NOT include details of […]
Powerpoint – beyond slides
Printed support materials that make your presentations better PowerPoint support materials come to the rescue of both the presenter and the attendees. PowerPoint has greatly advanced from being just a tool to prepare slides and organize it. It has come up with various support materials like handouts, notes which can be created and printed to […]
Printing a selection in Office
A trick for quickly printing part of a document, worksheet or slides plus when it does NOT work. Sometimes you just want to print part of a document, maybe a few paragraphs or many pages. One option available is to print the current selection. The basics are simple. In Word, select any block of text […]
Powerpoint security warning
New threat for PPT 2003, 2002 and 2000 Microsoft has advised a new security threat involving .PPT .POT and .PPS files. It is possible for one of those file types to be infected with a new virus which takes advantage of an unpatched security hole in PowerPoint. You can get an infected file in any […]
A humble submission to their Lordships
Even after two years, the Lords and Members of Parliament in the UK can’t easily open Office 2007 documents. We explain the simple options available to the honorable members. Silicon.com is reporting that the UK’s Members of Parliament and the House of Lords are having trouble opening documents that are delivered in the Office 2007 […]
Of Rand()om text, old text and Lorem ipsum
New wrinkles on an old Microsoft Office =rand() ‘random’ or filler text trick Old Word hands know there’s a quick way to enter text into a document as a placeholder for testing or to help formatting while you’re waiting for the real content to arrive. Type =rand() and some text will appear. There are NO […]
New Office 2007 help files
Microsoft has released a series of updated help files for Office 2007 programs. Microsoft has released a series of updated help files for Office 2007 programs. Each program has a separate download. In most cases the download includes updates for both the main user help file and the developers help file. There are no details […]
