Presentations Glossary

Definitions and resources for terms and techniques used in the world of presentations

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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
Previous: 16 02 04 Remove and Change Passwords in PowerPoint
Next: 16 03 02 Recovering Unsaved Presentations in PowerPoint

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Monday, March 27, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 12:06 pm

Although default colors within a SmartArt graphic may work great, you may want to explore changing colors of individual shapes contained inside the SmartArt graphic. You change colors of everything within the SmartArt graphic at one go or change colors of individual shapes within the SmartArt graphic.

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

Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2016

Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2013

Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac OS

Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2011

Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 11 02 04
Previous: 11 02 03 Change SmartArt Graphic Layouts in PowerPoint
Next: 11 02 05 Shape Fills, Lines, and Effects for SmartArt in PowerPoint

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Monday, March 27, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 11:58 am

Presentations was the name of a well-known industry publication that is no longer published.

Its last editor, Tad Simons was interviewed by Indezine in 2004.

Presentations Magazine

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Friday, March 24, 2017, posted by Geetesh at 1:21 pm

After inserting a SmartArt graphic within PowerPoint or converting some bulleted text to SmartArt, you might want to change the layout of the SmartArt. You can choose from various SmartArt graphics variations available within 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.

Microsoft Windows

Change SmartArt Graphic Layouts in PowerPoint 2016

Change SmartArt Graphic Layouts in PowerPoint 2013

Change SmartArt Graphic Layouts in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Change SmartArt Graphic Layouts in PowerPoint 2011

Change SmartArt Graphic Layouts in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 11 02 03
Previous: 11 02 02 Delete Shapes from Existing SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint
Next: 11 02 04 Change Shape Colors of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint

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