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Powerpoint notes print does not show slide image
I'm running Powerpoint 2010 and when I choose to print a presentation along with its notes, a few slide images (not ALL) do not print. I can see the notes for said page, and if I were to print the ...
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What is the control name
When creating new slide in powerpoint, it will always have "Click to add title" and "Click to add text" portions.
Sometimes I deleted them, if I wish to add them back, what control should I choose? ...
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PowerPoint: reuse a slide multiple times in a presentation
I'm afraid I already know the answer to this one, but wanted to be sure:
Is there any option to reuse a slide within a presentation? For example: If I have an overview slide containing the ...
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Powerpoint - How to create a custom drawing which animates as if it is drawn
I need to have a pre-created drawing in my slide. On animating, it should be drawn live on the screen. The drawing is not a straight line. It will be a custom drawing, say an apple.
Is there any way ...
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Edit points on text in powerpoint
Years ago, on the older versions of powerpoint it was relatively easy to take a text box with some text in whatever font you wanted, and easily get it to 'break down' into a shape you could 'edit ...
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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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Powerpoint 2010 - Keyboard shortcut to enable text wrapping
I'm working quite a bit in Powerpoint 2010 and I very much need a shortcut-key to activate text wrapping for a chosen shape.
Is there a keyboard shortcut-key?
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Can I change the appearance of a single hyperlink in PowerPoint 2010?
Can I change the appearance of a single hyperlink in PowerPoint 2010? I don't want to change all the theme's hyperlinks.
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PowerPoint: only show the objects belonging to a particular animation step
I am trying to create an animation (in PowerPoint 2010) where I show one chart with some data, and I do some annotations on the chart itself (to highlight several parts of it). If I want to put many ...
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how to save powerpoint presentation as read only recommended
When I save a Word document in Word 2010, I can go to Tools -> General Options on the save dialog to save the document as "read-only recommended" so that other people opening it will be prompted ...
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How do I insert the current year in PowerPoint
I'd like to have the current year appear on the footer of my slides.
I've been doing this by manually typing the year, but every year, I need to update all my slides. Can I insert the year ...
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Any way to style the linked Excel Table in PowerPoint?
I have a linked table in my PPT (PowerPoint 2010), which is from a portion of an Excel 2010 worksheet. When I update the data in Excel, the table updates automatically in PPT, which works fine and as ...
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How can I change the numberes of a numbered list in Power Point?
I'm trying to create a numbered list as the content of a slide in Power Point 2010. Now, my numbering needs to start with 2.1 and go through to 2.6. It should continue with 2.7 on the next slide.
2.1 ...
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How do I edit this interactive PowerPoint workflow?
This presentation allows me to click "yes" or "no" and takes me to a logical path according to my answers.
How do I edit the workflow so I can customize it to my needs
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How do I make a PPT file as small as possible?
Currently I am agonizing over several large presentation files, which I happened to reprint to PDFs...
One thing I wondered: Do PPT's (from Microsoft Powerpoint) always to have to be that big?
And ...
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Query data in Powerpoint
I would like to build an MS PowerPoint 2010 presentation where some of the displayed data would be queried from an external source (I am flexible - the simpler the better, I need to update that ...
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Are files created using PowerPoint 2003 playable and editable in PowerPoint 2010?
I have made many PowerPoint presentations on Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 on Windows XP. I also have a laptop which runs Windows 7.
I am considering upgrading from Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 to 2010. ...
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PowePoint starting but not runinng
I'm running Office 2010. I've installed it and everything worked seamlessly. But yesterday when I've opened the presentation I faced next:
the window has opened but I could't do anything with it - I ...
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How do I change the language of all Powerpoint slides at once?
I want to change the proofing language of all my slides in a Powerpoint. I've tried setting the language via the Language Preferences menu, however this only changes it for new powerpoints.
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How can I prevent echoes from a video inserted into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010?
When I insert a video (WMV) into a PowerPoint 2010 presentation and play the presentation back the video has a bad echo but the rest of my presentation is fine where I do a voice over.
How can I stop ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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PowerPoint save group as picture creates asymmetric edge, how to fix?
I created tons of figures for my thesis in PowerPoint and now I realized that when I try to save the grouped items (= one figure) as a picture (EMF), it somehow asymmetrically adds a border on the ...
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How to inject Audio into specific slides on a PowerPoint demo?
My son is doing a presentation to his class and is working on a PowerPoint file. He asked me something that has me stumped.
He wants 4 things.
He has an audio file that he wants to start playing ...
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How to time slides by narration in PowerPoint 2010 for Mac?
I have integrated audio in each slide that narrates the slide. At the end of the audio, I want the slides to automatically transition to the next slide.
How do I set this up?
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Powerpoint does not play Embedded Audio (voiceover)
I work for a university. Some faculty distribute their lectures as Powerpoint slideshows with embedded audio. The audio works fine for most students, but a few are having issues. All the students have ...
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Avoid Powerpoint(/Word) 2010 creating temporary files in working directory
When opening a temporary file, Powerpoint 2010 usually creates a temporary, hidden file called ~$filename.pptx in the same directory. This is undesirable, since it can cause unnecessary activity with ...
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How can I recover a corrupted PowerPoint 2010 file?
I have a corrupted PowerPoint 2010 file that I need to recover ASAP!
Are there any free recovery tools out there for this?
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Has the shift-key functionality while resizing objects changed in PowerPoint 2010?
In PowerPoint, holding down Shift when resizing an object such as a line should restrict the movement of the end point to be either vertical or horizontal. This is useful for resizing horizontal or ...
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How to extract all images from a PowerPoint presentation?
I have a PowerPoint presentation that is basically a slideshow. How can I extract all the images into a folder?
I've seen articles that direct you to save the presentation as HTML, but this file ...
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Disable animation motion paths “snapping” to other paths
When moving animation motion parts around (the lines that start with a green arrow and end in a red one), they are snapping to each other. Is there a way to disable this?
I have tried disabling ...
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How do make images level in PowerPoint 2010
I need to achieve that 20 images are at the same level in PowerPoint without adjusting each of them. How do I do this?
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Align a PowerPoint presentation (non-standard resolution) to the top of the screen when presenting
I need to display a PowerPoint presentation the covers only the top say, third, of a screen.
The presentation will be used in an assembly where the projector screen is only lowered a small amount to ...
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PowerPoint really slow for A0 size poster; how do I speed up?
I'm making a poster of my physics research project for a conference. I don't have time to learn LaTeX at the moment, and I need to be able to type inline equations within text boxes - the only ...
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How to stretch autoshape during animation in Powerpoint 2010?
I know how to use a custom animation on an autoshape to move it from one part of the screen to the other but what I'm after is that the it animates to the left while the right side of the rectangle ...
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How to insert column break in PowerPoint 2010?
I found a solution for PowerPoint 2007 but it doesn't work for PowerPoint 2010 because there is no such menu. Do you know if it is hidden somewhere or other ways to insert a column break in ...
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PowerPoint 2010 file saved in 2003 format is too large
I working with PowerPoint 2010. When I save my presentation as a 2003 format, my file is too large.
How can I decrease this size?
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Color Temperature in PowerPoint 2010
I'm teaching PowerPoint 2010 and it's got some great new features. Unfortunately, one that I can't wrap my head around is the the new "Color Temperature" feature for pictures. I do understand color ...
