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Changing pictures or text box saved in Office 2010 and opened in Office 2007

I have two computers: Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2010. Windows XP service pack 3 and Microsoft Office 2007 I worked on the first computer on Office 2010 and I saved in the format .pptx on ...
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Moving Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 files to usb

I am trying to attach all my files used in a presentation with the .ppt file so I can get it working on a different PC. I tried to follow this tutorial which said that I should click on File option, ...
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Pixelated and smooth text in Microsoft Powerpoint using same font/size/etc

I'm using the "Title and Content" layout for one of my pages, and somehow the Title content becomes very smooth and looks good, but the content is very pixelated. I'm running powerpoint 2007. Any ...
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PowerPoint 2007 - how to play movies simultaneously within a slide?

I have six small clips (.wmv) inside a PowerPoint 2007 slide (for Windows). If I set all the videos to play automatically only the first one starts playing. Any ideas how to make them play ...
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Reuse Powerpoint 2003 keyboard shortcut sequence in Powerpoint 2007

I've been using PPT 07 for a while now and I am losing time and productivity because the keyboard shortcuts from PPT 03 are not available anymore for some basic actions. I don't know if this is due ...
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How can I convert hundreds of varied PowerPoint-format files into a single format of PowerPoint files?

I have a client who has 15 Mac desktops and 10 Windows desktops, all using different versions of Office to work with their files. The only solution I can think of to prevent any compatibility issues ...
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Powerpoint - Resize image by different step

In powerpoint i want to get two images to be the same height without loosing their aspect ratio. However powerpoint only lets me resize an image in steps (eg when i drag the bottom left anchor of the ...
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How to move bullet closer to text in Powerpoint

How can I move the bullet closer to the text in Powerpoint 2007? I want the gap to be half of what it is by default.
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How to change straight quotes to curly quotes in MS Office PowerPoint with autocorrect turned off

I do not want to use MS Office autocorrect option that is changing automatically straigh quotes to curly quotes ("smart quotes"). Most of the time I prefere straight quotes, but sometimes, in a ...
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Playing sound automatically when transitioning to a slide in Powerpoint 2007

How do I make a sound play when I transition to a certain slide?
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Selecting which object to align to in Powerpoint 2007

When doing an alignment in Powerpoint 2007 (say, Align Center), is there any way to select which object will be aligned to? It seems to pick one of the objects, but I'm not sure how it decides which ...
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How to add a 'second elbow' to an 'elbow arrow connector' in Powerpoint 2007?

I'm trying to put together a relatively complex flow-chart thing -as part of a University assignment (health-related, and gosh, does my university love all things Microsoft Office...). Because of ...
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Is it possible to make Microsoft Office grid snapping less “smart”?

The problem In MS Office 2007, drawing objects snap to the grid differently depending on whether I move the object up or down. Steps to reproduce Create a new PowerPoint document. Click the ...