When you transition from PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007, you might come across an annoying issue when you try to resize a shape. For some reason, the shape or object cannot be resized by dragging one of the corner or side points. Instead of holding the new size, it snaps back to a smaller height. You can manually format the size of each shape by specifying the exact height, but that can be a tedious process after a few shapes. Continue reading “Shape Resizing Issue in PowerPoint 2007”
Nov 26 2008
Line Spacing Tips for PowerPoint 2007
How to access the line spacing options in PowerPoint 2007.
If you used PowerPoint 2003 and recently upgraded to PowerPoint 2007, you probably noticed a significant change in how PowerPoint 2007 handles the line spacing of text within your slides. Line spacing in PowerPoint 2007 and Word 2007 are now almost exactly the same. Microsoft obviously wanted to create a unified approach to line spacing across its Microsoft Office suite. However, the simple and straightforward approach in previous versions of PowerPoint is now a little more tricky. Continue reading “Line Spacing Tips for PowerPoint 2007”
Nov 08 2008
Editing Drawing Shapes in PowerPoint 2007
You can find the Convert to Freeform option under the Edit Shape dropdown.
A nice addition to PowerPoint 2007 is the ability to edit its built-in drawing shapes. Rather than having to draw an object from scratch using the Freeform shape tool, you can now take one of the built-in shapes and convert it into a Freeform shape. Once it is in Freeform shape, the points are editable, allowing you to add, delete, or convert points within the shape. Continue reading “Editing Drawing Shapes in PowerPoint 2007”
Oct 25 2008
PowerPoint 2007 “Save As PDF” Add-in
If you have PowerPoint 2007, you may not realize that you can download a free add-in from Microsoft that allows you to export and save your business presentations as PDF files. This feature is not included in a standard installation of Office 2007. Over the years, I’ve used several third-party tools that provided this functionality; however, the translation of the PowerPoint presentations into PDF files usually exhibited some small flaws (e.g., poor conversion of images, objects with gradients, and shadows). Continue reading “PowerPoint 2007 “Save As PDF” Add-in”
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