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PowerPoint(TM) Tricks

A Sound Solution: Playing Music on HTML Presentations

    Provides a solution for playing music across slides after they are converted to HTML

Creating Depth within a Slide Presentation

    Looking to add some extra punch to your presentations?

Creating & Running an Opening Loop

    Looking for a great way to up the impact of your presentations?

Using PowerPoint in Dual Monitor/Projector

    Need to display your presentations on multiple screens in two different views?

Features and basics

Boom - Blowing things up

    Blown up any pictures lately? Read here to learn how to blow things up and apart using PowerPoint animations!

Black and White Printing Solution

    Information on a new add-in that lets you choose which objects on a slide print and which don't when printing in black and white or grayscale.

PowerPoint Animations: Starting Things Going

    Learn about the basics of animation timing in PPT 2002 and 2003

Quick Trigger Tips

    Information on avoiding problems with triggers

Making and Preserving a Second Master

    Using multiple masters, but they keep disappearing? Read here for the steps to create and keep the all the masters in your presentation

Find fabulous fonts to dress up your deck
(Written by Kathy Jacobs, published by Microsoft in the PowerPoint section of Office Online)

    Fonts set the tone of a presentation. Whether it's for the company shareholders or a third-grade science project, the right font at the right time makes all the difference. Note: This article will open in a new window since it resides on the Microsoft site

Ten PowerPoint FAQ Entries You Don't Know You Need to Read

    When asked where to go for help on PowerPoint, one of my standard answers is the PPT FAQ. Since I know the hundreds of entries can be daunting, check out this list for 10 that everyone should know about

PowerPoint Presentations for Multiple Machines

    Need to build a presentation that is going to run on more than one machine? Check here for 7 handy tips!

PowerPoint 2003 - the other changes

    Learn about Smart Tags, inking, and font handling in PPT 2003.

Custom Show Extras

    Looking for some real life information on using custom shows? Check out this article!

Trigger Happy Animations in PowerPoint

    Learn to use animation triggers in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003

PowerPoint 2003: The Other Changes

    This article focuses in on the research tools and the template changes added with PowerPoint 2003

Great News for PowerPoint Users!

    Microsoft released a new Viewer with PowerPoint 2003. Learn how to use it and Package for CD from this article

Preventing and Fixing PowerPoint File Corruption

    One of the most common PowerPoint problems, file corruption is easily preventable. Read here for how to prevent your files from corrupting and what to do if they get corrupted

Four Quick PowerPoint Hints

    Learn about animating your masters, turning on the outline toolbar, creating a summary slide, and turning your slide into desktop wallpaper.

One Object - Two Animations: A Quick PowerPoint How-To

    Do you have an object which you need to automate more than once within the same slide? You can do it in both PowerPoint 2002 and 2003, with just a little ingenuity and careful clicking

Some Quick Sound Reminders

    Sound not working on your presentations? Check out these quick tips!

OLE Links vs. Servers

    Confused about OLE objects and OLE Servers? Check here for some quick information on the two.

Places to Get PowerPoint Help

    10 great places to look for more help with your PowerPoint problems.

Creating a Complete PowerPoint Template - Part 1

    Ready to create your own templates? This two part tutorial will walk you through the steps to create a fully enabled template from a blank presentation.

Creating a Complete PowerPoint Template - Part 2

    Ready to finish creating your own templates? Here is the second half of the process!

Wide-Screen Presentations in PowerPoint
by Moore Anderson

    Make your next meeting leading edge by making your PowerPoint speaker support visuals in the 16:9 "widescreen" format. Includes a link to a sample wide screen presentation with even more hints!

The New Photo Album Feature is a Huge Time Saver
by Moore Anderson

    Moore offers a short tip for using one of PPT 2002's great features, the Photo Album

Animating Text in Your Presentation

    Ready to add some style and flash to your text entrances? Curious about the differences between text boxes and placeholders? Read on to learn more!

Information Hiding with PowerPoint

    Learn how to use PowerPoint's hidden slides feature to create FAQ slides for your presentations.

Need a Trade Show Loop? Here's How!
by Moore Anderson

    Looking to create a great attention getter for your next trade show presentation? Moore offers great tips on creating a looping PowerPoint show just for that purpose!

Building the Content of Your Presentation

    Having problems getting started on your presentation? This article provides a process for getting it started. You might look at it as a pre-cursor to the Basics articles!

Font Fixing: Using Replace Fonts in PowerPoint

    A quick introduction to one of the most fun "toys" in PowerPoint(TM)

Color Scheming

    Ever wondered how PowerPoint decides what color to use for i...

Back to Basics: Starting From Scratch, Part 1

    Introducing a new series on the basics of presentations and ...

Back to Basics: Starting From Scratch, Part 2

    Introducing a new series on the basics of presentations and ...

Multiple Shows from One file? No Problem!

    Boss just ask you to give a five minute executive overview o...

10 Common PowerPoint Problems and Their Solutions

    Looking for quick answers to 10 common PowerPoint questions?

Shaping Up Your Presentations

    Ever wanted to insert a fairly basic shape into a presentati...

PowerPoint From A to Z

    Autoshapes to ZZZ's - This article presents quick tips for y..

Issues and Opinions

Linda's Soapbox: People Who Think the World Owes Them Everything
by Linda Johnson

    Guest author Linda Johnson offers these tips on how to ask for help. When I first read this piece, originally published in Vol. 36 of All 'Bout Computers, I knew that I needed to run it here on my site as well. Follow these ideas and you are much more likely to get help for free.

Anti-Alias Problems? Where?

    There has been a large amount of discussion on the PowerPoint newsgroup lately about the anti-aliasing problems with PowerPoint 2002 animated text on some backgrounds. This editorial presents the authors viewpoint on the issue.

PowerPoint 2002 "Upgrade"

    Own a copy of Office 2002 called the "Small Business Edition"? It doesn't have PowerPoint, does it? Well, read here to learn why, and what you can do about it.

An Opinion:Why You Need PowerPoint XP/2002
by Moore Anderson

    Moore offers his reasons why you should buy PowerPoint XP/2002

PowerPoint & Internet Explorer: A Shift In Thought?

    You've created that fantastic presentation in PowerPoint 2000

How the Cavemen and Cavewomen Developed PowerPoint

    Have you ever wondered how PowerPoint came to be? Well, Micr...

Should I get PowerPoint 2002?

    One of the questions I get asked most often lately is "How d...

Reviews

Turning Point 2006 Reviewed

    Looking for audience response software to use with PowerPoint - check out this review of Turning Point 2006.

Make your presentations talk back to you

    Read about my first experiences upsing RightSeat's VoxProxy.

The Best Shows on the Web

    Looking for PowerPoint show samples? Here are the links to the best!

PowerFinish: Templates and Backgrounds for Every Use

    Review of a great template source: PowerFinish!

E-Learners - Resources for Learning PowerPoint On-Line! 

    Ever wanted to take an online class, but not sure how to start?

Kai's Power Show Adds High-Quality Effects to Presentations

    You might think presentation software that costs under $20US...

Website Review: www.BrainyBetty.com

    Looking for a new set of templates? Check out www.BrainyBetty

Tools

     Tools to enhance PowerPoint (to be done)

PowerPoint Templates

PowerFinish: Templates and Backgrounds for Every Use

    Review of a great template source: PowerFinish!

Powerbacks by Blue Worx

    Over 2000 Powerpoint templates and graphics for just US$50

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds

    Looking for information on TAJ Simmon's PowerPoint templates? Check out this recently revised article

Help - I need to find a template!

    Looking for places to find the best templates?

Missing PowerPoint(TM) Features

What you think PowerPoint is missing!

    Here are your choices for the Missing Features

Top Ten Missing PowerPoint Features

    While I love PowerPoint and can make it do almost anything I...

A Sound Solution: Playing Music on HTML Presentations

    Ever wondered why the music won't continue when you convert ...

Sharing Presentations

7 tips to cleanly creating presentations to share

    Creating a presentation you plan to share? Check out these t...

Sharing Presentations

    Need to create a presentation to share? This article contain...

Tips on Public Speaking

Presentation Disasters: Conference Style
by Glenn Millar

    Glenn offers his take on avoiding presentation disasters when using PowerPoint for large audiences

Merging Presentations From Multiple PowerPoint Versions? Watch Out For These Traps

    Information on avoiding the pitfalls of last minute merging of multiple presentations.

How Attention Works for Audiences
by Robert Bacal

    Robert Bacal offers these great hints for understanding how to get and keep your audience's attention.

The "Big Show" - On-Site Checklist

    You're setting up for the big conference; the projectors are...

Writer S. Block

    Need a new way to develop content for your presentation? Che...