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Working with Slides: Rulers in PowerPoint

Thursday, March 1, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 4:06 pm

When working with multiple slide objects, you should have a visual cue about where you are placing slide objects. You can get exact coordinates of your slide objects using the positioning options in PowerPoint, but most of the time, you just need an approximate idea of where your objects are placed, and this can be easily obtained by using the Rulers option available in PowerPoint. Turning on this option shows you the rulers in PowerPoint. These rulers are located on the top and left parts of the active slide.

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File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View: File Types that Can be Opened in PowerPoint

Monday, February 26, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 12:54 pm

Programs such as PowerPoint are a very significant part of our workflows not just because of their vast abilities but also because they can understand content from so many file formats. These include file types that PowerPoint can save and open. When you go and look at the file types that PowerPoint can open, you’ll find that the list of file types is not exactly the same as the ones that you save to. There are several omissions and additions compared to that list.

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Working with Other Programs: Link to Excel Cells and Ranges in PowerPoint

Thursday, February 22, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 9:18 pm

Do you want to link to an Excel file from within PowerPoint? You can then use the typical hyperlink technique. However, click on the link, and you will end up opening your Excel file at the last saved location. What if you always wanted your link to access a particular cell or a range of cells in Excel? This is possible, but you will rarely find this secret option documented at all!

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Link to Excel Cells and Ranges in PowerPoint 365

Link to Excel Cells and Ranges in PowerPoint 2013

Link to Excel Cells and Ranges from PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 17 01 03
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Next: 17 01 04 PowerPoint Slides from Excel List

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Share and Prepare: Present Online in PowerPoint

Wednesday, February 21, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 3:01 pm

Many presenters are used to connecting their computers to projectors or display units and navigating through their slides as they speak to a live audience. Yet, in the recent past, it’s become normal to present from your computer via a webinar, with your audiences spanning different countries and time zones. You can use many webinar options, but did you know that Microsoft included a basic, free option right inside PowerPoint? This option is known as Present Online.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Present Online in PowerPoint 2016

Present Online in PowerPoint 2013

Present Online in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 16 05 01
Previous: 16 04 17 Password Protection for PDFs in Adobe Acrobat
Next: 16 05 02 Package a Presentation to a CD or Folder in PowerPoint

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File Types, File Menu, and Backstage View: Share Tab in Backstage View in PowerPoint

Tuesday, February 20, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 3:11 pm

Among the tabs within Backstage view, we have already explored the Open, New, and Save, tabs. Here, we explore the Share tab, that provides you with options to share the current presentation through the cloud via OneDrive. You can also email the presentation as an attachment, a link, or a PDF.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.