Any aspiring PowerPoint ninja needs to be familiar with a subset of important features within PowerPoint. Through a series of PowerPoint Ninja “toolbox” articles, I will cover some of these key features. Whether you’re using PowerPoint 2003 or 2007, one of my all-time favorites is the Format Painter feature. Continue reading “PowerPoint Ninja Toolbox: Format Painter”
Sep 25 2008
PowerPoint Templates: Beware of the Footers!
If you’ve recently upgraded from PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 at your company, you may have noticed something annoying with your corporate template. In some cases, corporate presentations need to have the same text added to all presentation slides. For example, many corporate templates are designed so that copyright and confidentiality statements such as “©2008 PowerPoint Ninja – Confidential and Proprietary” appear at the bottom of each slide. Continue reading “PowerPoint Templates: Beware of the Footers!”
Tags: footers, placeholder, PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2007, slide master, Templates, text boxes
Sep 13 2008
Ribbon Relief: Quick Access Toolbar
As you transition from using PowerPoint 2003 or an earlier version to PowerPoint 2007, one of the most challenging adjustments is learning the new ribbon menu structure. The contextual nature of the new ribbon can make it frustrating to accomplish a simple task which only took seconds in a previous version of PowerPoint. In order to ease the transition, I’ve found the Quick Access Toolbar to be very helpful. Continue reading “Ribbon Relief: Quick Access Toolbar”
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