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Do you quickly need to translate your slides from English to French or some words from English to Hindi? The best option available to you is to get a professional translator but did you know that PowerPoint includes rudimentary translation skills? This translation is not something that you could use without checking the results, but this is still a great start.
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.
Translation in PowerPoint 2016
Translation in PowerPoint 2013
Translation in PowerPoint 2010
Tutorial Code: 05 08 24
Previous: 05 08 23 Thesaurus in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 25 Translation Options in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 05-08, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools, Text and Fonts
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Are you unable to locate PowerPoint on your computer? Sometimes, such a question can be embarrassing! However, look at support forums and you will find that is a valid issue. Many users may work in an environment where they get a computer with their office programs pre-installed. Or in other cases, there may be more than one version of PowerPoint on your computer; maybe an older version in addition to a new version? Yes, we know that this can happen, although it does sound a little strange. However, there are perfectly valid excuses for you to be unable to find PowerPoint in such cases. In the following tutorials, learn how to find a PowerPoint instance on your computer.
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Tagged as: 01-04, Getting Started, Interface and Basics, Locate PowerPoint, PowerPoint Tutorials
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Imagine this situation: you started working on a presentation, saved it couple of times, then got so much involved in your work that you spent an inordinate amount of time working on it without saving it. Then, your computer unexpectedly crashes or just shuts off due to some unexpected crisis. Or maybe just PowerPoint crashes for some reason. Does it mean you are now left with your presentation in the status when you last saved it and lost all your work? Not really because you can restart PowerPoint, and one of two occurrences may happen.
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.
Recovering Unsaved Presentations in PowerPoint 2016
Recovering Unsaved Presentations in PowerPoint 2013
Recovering Unsaved Presentations in PowerPoint 2010
Tutorial Code: 16 03 02
Previous: 16 03 01 AutoRecover and AutoSave Options in PowerPoint
Next: 16 03 03 Recovering New Unsaved Presentations Manually in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 16-03, Manage Versions, PowerPoint Tutorials, Share and Prepare
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In PowerPoint, when you select any text container such as a text placeholder, shape, or text box, then you may (or may not) see the language specified for the text container on the Status Bar. However it is quite possible that you may not be seeing any language specified on the Status Bar, and this can happen for one of two reasons.
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.
Language Options on the Status Bar in PowerPoint 365
Language Options on the Status Bar in PowerPoint 2016
Language Options on the Status Bar in PowerPoint 2013
Language Options on the Status Bar in PowerPoint 2010
Tutorial Code: 05 08 18
Previous: 05 08 17 Add and Remove Proofing Dictionaries for Foreign Languages in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 19 Setting Proofing Language for Text in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 05-08, AutoCorrect, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools, Text and Fonts
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If you created a long presentation for a particular event or concept and then realize that you used the wrong terminology across the presentation, then what would you do? Yes, you can manually find the problem word and replace its each occurrence. But what if you have more than a few slides? Even then, you might miss out on locating the problem word in some occurrences. Your best choice is to do replace using the Find and Replace option in PowerPoint.
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.
Find and Replace Words in PowerPoint 2016
Find and Replace Words in PowerPoint 2013
Find and Replace Words in PowerPoint 2010
Find and Replace Words in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 05 08 11
Previous: 05 08 10 Creating Formatted AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 12 Creating and Editing Custom Dictionaries in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 05-08, AutoCorrect, AutoCorrect Entries in PowerPoint, PowerPoint Tutorials, Spelling, Spelling AutoCorrect and Reference Tools
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