Presentations Glossary

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 11:21 am

When you run a spell check, PowerPoint looks at each word you have typed and matches those words with the entries listed in its dictionary. If it comes across any word that the dictionary does not contain, it goes ahead and marks that word as misspelled. Yes, if a word does not exist within that dictionary, it is not necessarily misspelled! There are so many specialized words in different knowledge branches like medicine, research, law, computing, etc. that are not common. To counter this state of affairs, you can use specialized dictionaries. These dictionaries can be then loaded within PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office programs to give you a larger range of words to use.

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

Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 365

Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2016

Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2013

Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Loading and Using Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint 2011

Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 05 08 12
Previous: 05 08 11 Find and Replace Words in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 13 Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 12:35 pm

The AutoCorrect feature is dependent on a small list of words and phrases. This list contains two columns called Replace and With. For example, the Replace entry for teh will correspond to the With entry containing the word the.

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

Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint 365

Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint 2016

Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint 2013

Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Creating and Editing AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint 2011

AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 05 08 07
Previous: 05 08 06 AutoCorrect Options in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 08 Saving and Sharing AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint

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Monday, April 3, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 3:18 pm

After inserting a SmartArt graphic in your slide, you can change the color for the entire SmartArt graphic. Doing so applies new colors to the entire SmartArt graphic including various shapes it contains. However, there may be times when you want one of the shapes to be colored differently.

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

Shape Fills, Lines, and Effects for SmartArt in PowerPoint 2016

Shape Fills, Lines, and Effects for SmartArt in PowerPoint 2013

Shape Fills, Lines, and Effects for SmartArt in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Shape Fills, Lines, and Effects for SmartArt in PowerPoint 2011

Shape Fills, Lines, and Effects for SmartArt in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 11 02 05
Previous: 11 02 04 Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint
Next: 11 02 06 Apply SmartArt Styles in PowerPoint

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Thursday, March 30, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 12:50 pm

PowerPoint includes proofing tools (spelling dictionaries, thesauri, and grammar rules) for more than one language. For example, if you use English as your main language, then Spanish and French dictionaries may already be installed. This enables you to spell check Spanish and French words. Similarly, you can add and remove proofing dictionaries in many languages.

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

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 365

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2016

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2013

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint 2011

Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 05 08 17
Previous: 05 08 16 Disable, Enable, and Set the Default Custom Dictionary in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 18 Language Options on the Status Bar in PowerPoint

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 2:49 pm

Like many other users of PowerPoint, you might have also faced this situation: you have been working on a presentation for hours, and suddenly PowerPoint or even the computer crashes! This crash may happen due to a power outage, instability of the system or even PowerPoint itself may crash due to a bug or glitch. You then realize that you had not saved the presentation for a long time and may have lost most of your work. Although you can keep your programs updated, system secure, and even save your file often, there is no guarantee that you will never see a crash again and lose all or some of your work.

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

AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint 2016

AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint 2013

AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint 2010

AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 16 03 01
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Next: 16 03 02 Recovering Unsaved Presentations in PowerPoint

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