When you create a Powerpoint file you have the ability to add speaker notes to your slides. These notes can be useful to you when you are presenting your slideshow, or they can be beneficial to others with whom you share a copy of the presentation file. Powerpoint has a couple of different ways that … Read more
If you’ve ever seen a Powerpoint presentation at a trade show or a retail store you might have noticed that it seemed to be on an endless repeat. This isn’t happening because the presentation creator simply manually repeated the slideshow in their file. They have likely enabled a setting to let this happen. You can … Read more
As you give Powerpoint presentations you will discover that there are certain aspects of it that you don’t like and want to change. One of these items is how Powerpoint will end with a black screen instead of the last screen of the presentation. You can end Powerpoint on the last slide instead of a … Read more
When you are creating a document in Microsoft Word or a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel you will inevitably need to delete some content or data that you have added. You might even need to delete an entire page or an entire worksheet if something changes from your original plans. The same principle holds true with … Read more
The slideshow format that is used for Powerpoint presentations is ideal for giving presentations to a group. But occasionally you may need to present that information in a different way, or you need to make it accessible to people that need to view it in a different environment. Showing a video is a comparable alternative … Read more
Many of the productivity applications that you use every day include some elements that you might want to hide. In Microsoft Excel, you can hide rows, columns, or entire worksheets. In Microsoft Word, you can hide words, paragraphs, or entire pages. You can even hide slides in a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation. But if you have … Read more
Microsoft Powerpoint has an “Advance Slide” section on its ribbon that allows you to configure a slide time after which the presentation will advance automatically to the next slide. This includes a duration box where you set the transition time for one slide in the presentation. This can also be applied to every slide in … Read more
Creating a document or file that meets a minimum number of words or pages is a common task for people in school or at a job. Most word processing applications like Microsoft Office’s Word or Google Apps’ Docs have ways for you to quickly see the number of words in your documents. But you might … Read more
You can spend a lot of time customizing an individual slide in your Powerpoint presentation, and a specific slide with a lot of useful information may require some added time for your audience. By adding page numbers in Powerpoint you make it easier for your audience to identify a slide that they would like to … Read more
Since Powerpoint presentations are by nature a visual medium, it’s helpful to include digital objects that are eye-catching. This could be a picture or a table, but it can also include a video, such as one that you have uploaded to or found on YouTube. You may need to know how to insert a YouTube … Read more