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Create a map that zooms in to show a particular area [closed]
I want to create a map that zooms in to show a particular area. How can I do it?
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How to move to another slide after bullet appering?
I have a bulletted list with animation. So each time I press enter a new list item appears. The problem is for some items I need to display slides with detailed information. I want to do it the ...
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Excel/Powerpoint found unreadable content
Since I upgraded my office to 2010, I experienced this error. When I try to open an Excel sheet every now and then Excel's telling me that my file is corrupted. When I try to "recover" the file, all ...
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Temporary MS PPT files
I have a copy of a presentation that I was working on and saving via flash drive. The flash drive has since been rendered inoperable (snapped in half). Is there anyway to recover the files saved to ...
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Replacing background graphics of a PowerPoint theme
I'm using this theme (this is my .pptx file).
When I check the "Hide Background Graphics" checkbox, the butterflies' graphics disappear.
I want to replace such buttefly graphic by my own ...
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.ppt file created on a Mac using PowerPoint 12 can't be opened in OpenOffice or NeoOffice
Is it possible to save a file in Microsoft PowerPoint 12 in a format that can be opened by OpenOffice or NeoOffice? I get the error message "Input/output error" when I try to open the file with ...
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Remove powerpoint viewer 2010 status bar when loading a PPS file
I am using Powerpoint Viewer 2010 from a WPF Window.
Does any know a way of starting the Powerpoint Viewer 2010 without showing the status bar at the bottom ?
Cheers Andrew
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Table cell hyperlink without text underline
I have a table in powerpoint 2007.
I have one slide corresponding to each cell of the table in same presentation and I want to create hyperlinks on each cell.
But, I don't want the cell text to go ...
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How do I track changes in Powerpoint?
In Microsoft Word, one can track changes.
How do I do so in Powerpoint?
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What is the best process for creating cross platform movies linked to slides?
I'm need to insert a link to a movie on a powerpoint slide. This is easy enough but it also need to work on Mac and PC in Powerpoint 2007,2008, 2010, 2011. I have been using a wmv file with mixed ...
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MS Powerpoint pdf taking very long to print
I received a few pdf files from my co-workers and I'm trying to print them. The problem is that these files are taking unbelievably long to print (up to 30 min on a 50 pages file). I know that these ...
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Inserted videos don't play in PowerPoint for Mac after file has been closed and reopened
I can successfully load a video clip into a PowerPoint slide, but after I save, close and reopen the file, only the opening image of the video appears with no way to play it.
The Play/pause bar ...
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Converting PPT and XLS to TXT from Linux command line
I want to convert PowerPoint (.ppt) and Excel (.xls) files to a plain text format (.txt) from the command line on a server running Linux. The server does not have xorg or similar libraries installed, ...
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Powerpoint 2007 audio being “overwritten” by a previous slide?
I'm combining multiple powerpoint slides into a single briefing in Powerpoint 2007. Each slide has an associated audio file embedded.
One slide, and only one side, ("Slide A") will revert to a ...
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PowerPoint 2010 not showing slides full screen
Recently I was showing a presentation in PP 2010 when I noticed that the slides were no longer showing full screen (either on my laptop or on the projector), but had wide black margins each side.
It ...
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How can I change the bullet point indentation/nesting level in Microsoft PowerPoint?
I am doing a presentation and I need to customise my bullet points so they are indented in the following manner:
heading 1
....heading 2
....heading 3
.........heading 4
heading 6
....heading 7
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Adding “Read-only” option to PowerPoint Files in Windows Explorer
In Windows XP, I am able to add Read-only explorer right click options for word documents through the control panel folder options "actions" with DDE.
This question shows how to do this for word ...
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Code in Powerpoint presentation [closed]
I am putting together a powerpoint presentation which will contain some JavaScript samples.
Just wondering what tips anyone has to make this easy to read? I am specifically looking for tips on fonts, ...
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How to put Powerpoint viewer full screen on secondary display?
Using Powerpoint viewer (2010), I want to show a Powerpoint show on my secondary display, i.e. the projector, not on my laptop screen. However, Powerpoint viewer always does full screen presentations ...
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How can I get one slide to reference the number of another in powerpoint?
I would like to have a textbox in one of my powerpoint slides say "see slide [x]" where x is another slide. Is there any way to do this cleanly so that it updates dynamically as I move the slides ...
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save as PDF produces blank pages in MS Office Powerpoint
I am using Microsoft PowerPoint to save a file as a PDF. Two weeks ago this stopped working properly. The generated PDF has the proper slide format but contains no content.
How can I fix this?
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PowerPoint slide resolution? (Optimizing video playback)
In PowerPoint 2007, there seems to be no way of changing the resolution slide (only the aspect ratio and the output resolution can be chnaged?).
If this is the case, then how do I optimize an ...
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Best way to export powerpoint slides into pngs with different resoltuions?
I am trying to convert powerpoint slides into a png. I know that there are several ways that allow to do this by allowing for changing the resolution (e.g., within powerpoint by changing the registry, ...
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How do you align text in powerpoint
How do you align all text and bullet points in Microsoft Power point
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How do I remove text formatting in PowerPoint 2008 for Mac?
How do I easily remove text formatting in PowerPoint 2008 for Mac? I read that you can change it in the Styles palette (under "Current style of selected text") however I only see a "Quick Styles and ...
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Video format/codec for PowerPoint 2007?
I would like to add video files to PowerPoint 2007 slides (on PC).
1) Which codec should I use for maximum quality?
1b) Does this depend on computer-specific installed plugins/codecs?
2) Is there ...
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Remove tooltips from PDFs exported from PowerPoint
When exporting a PDF from PowerPoint (I use PowerPoint 2010), each image that was inserted into the PowerPoint document from a file will have a tooltip showing the file name in the PDF. I didn't ...
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PowerPoint 2010 is contacting who?
I just upgraded to PowerPoint 2010, and have noticed that when I copy an image (right-click) from Google Chrome and try to paste it into a PPT, there is a short delay and the PowerPoint status bar ...
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How to automatically force white background when saving a PowerPoint presentation as PDF handouts?
I would like that PowerPoint would do this automatically, without me having to change the design every time by myself.
In the handout master, there is a "Design" section on the ribbon, but for some ...
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Can I close a pdf completely after viewing it in fullscreen?
I would like to know if it is possible to make a PDF viewer close completely when hitting ESC on the keyboard?
My problem is that I made a PowerPoint presentation and then link to some PDF that I ...
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Is it possible to embed RSS feeds in PowerPoint slides?
I have a user asking if it's possible to embed an RSS feed inside a PowerPoint slide.
I said "yes", but now I doubt this, and I have yet to find a way to do it. Is it possible or not?
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How to set all text in all slides to the same font?
I'm making a presentation that's looking a lot like the Frankenstein monster right now. There are 4 different fonts being used throughout all the slides, and I'd like to normalize this. I want to set ...
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How to analyze whether a PDF file is valid?
I have been running into problems with Office2007-generated PDF files. You can read all about it here.
TL;DR: Some PDFs generated from PPTX files using
the "Save as PDF/XPS..." add-in are ...
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Free .ppt/.pptx compressor? [closed]
I recall back years ago having a good free PowerPoint compressor tool. It would shrink down file sizes, even convert .png embedded images to lesser file formats (i.e. gif at the cost of quality). ...
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why doesn't the pptplex tab appear in the powerpoint ribbon?
I've installed pptPlex but it doesn't appear in the powerpoint ribbon.
I tried reviewing the security settings, but maybe I've missed something. I have windows-7 and powerpoint 2007
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prezi like presentations in powerpoint
I'd like to get tips on how to embed prezi like transitions in a powerpoint presentation.
Specifically, is there a way to create an animation that zooms out of one slide into another? Is there a way ...
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PowerPoint 2010 Developer Tab - “Code” Group Disabled
The "Code" group on my Developer tab in PowerPoint 2010 is entirely disabled. For clarity, the "Visual Basic", "Macros", and "Macro Security" buttons are greyed/grayed out. I am also unable to open VB ...
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Powerpoint 2003 automatically changes slide layout when pasting items
In Powerpoint 2003, when I copy and paste items, Powerpoint sometimes automatically changes the slide layout to something it considers more appropriate. This is very irritating because it will also ...
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How can I change the default font size that is set on charts in a PowerPoint template?
As the title says I'm interested in knowing how I can change the default font size that is set on charts in a specific PowerPoint template.
I'm not interested in using chart-templates for this, since ...
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How to have sub-points in a powerpoint presentation
This is likely very simple. In a powerpoint presentation, it's easy to have a bulleted list of items. How do you get a sub-bulleted list under a single bullet?
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How to auto advance a PowerPoint slide after an exit animation is over?
PowerPoint entrance animation set up with "Start: With Previous" starts right when a new slide is advanced. However, if you set up an exit animation in the same way, it doesn't start with a slide ...
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Convert ppt to jpg
I am using an Ubuntu system. I want to convert ppt or pptx to jpg using terminal commands.
I have libreOffice and ImageMagick installed in my system. I am successfully converting pdf to jpgs using ...
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Remotely control Powerpoint/OpenOffice Impress over network
I need to remotely control a Microsoft Powerpoint or OpenOffice.org Impress presentation over the network. I am having a presentation running and I won't have physical access (and I cannot use an IR ...
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View a powerpoint created on a Mac with TIFF images on Windows
I have a few powerpoint lectures that contain TIFF files that cannot be displayed on Windows. The images are blank except for the words "Quicktime and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to ...
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How can I prevent Powerpoint from dropping the anchor text in my links?
Powerpoint 2010 loses the anchor portion of links to external web sites.
Select an object or text
Insert -> Hyperlink
Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint#Criticism
ok
Save
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Disable scrolling to next slide in Powerpoint Edit Mode
When editing in PowerPoint lately (using 2010, but occurs in other versions I believe), I have often pasted in large images that are larger than the screen. I'll then scroll down (with my trackpad) to ...
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When exporting from PowerPoint to PDF, how do I prevent image compression?
It seems Powerpoint is compressing the images in my slides (each slide in my powerpoint is 1 large image). I have turned off image compression in the advanced settings.
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How can I run a macro whenever I enter a new slide?
I'd like to have a simple macro run whenever I enter a new slide, whether I got there by normal click-to-advance or by following a link within the slideshow. Is this possible? I've searched for some ...
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PowerPoint: Stop Auto-Updating Time/Date Fields
Is it possible to make MS-PowerPoint 2010 stop auto-updating time/date fields in a presentation when it opens?
I want to print a bunch of PPTX files with the command-line (see ...
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Unattented conversion of PowerPoint presentations to video files
I want to be able to convert ppt to video files automatically, without user interaction on Windows. Like convert_ppt_to_video qqq.pptx --screen-size 1024x768 -o qqq.mkv.
How it's better to attain ...
