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Microsoft Account

Monday, July 13, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 11:08 am

Many times when you use Microsoft Office programs online, or even when you want to sign on to Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud service, you will be asked to sign in with your Microsoft Account. So what does a Microsoft Account actually mean?

If you have an account for Hotmail, Xbox Live, Windows Phone, OneDrive, Outlook.com, Skype (the new, migrated accounts), or even a Windows (not the local Windows account), then you already have a Microsoft Account!

Microsoft Account

At the most basic level, you can sign in with your free Microsoft Account to access a whole lot of services. For example, if you sign in to OneDrive, you get access to a basic level of viewing and editing Office files within the program.

Many times, people get confused between Microsoft Accounts and Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

Firstly, basic Microsoft 365 subscriptions are also signed in via your Microsoft Account. Or you may have a greater level @on.microsoft.com email address that provides access to higher-level enterprise subscriptions for Microsoft 365. Whichever Microsoft 365 level you may be at, using those credentials unlocks the entire program on desktops, tablets, and phones.

So really speaking, all Microsoft 365 subscriptions are Microsoft Accounts, but not all Microsoft Accounts are Microsoft 365 subscriptions!

A Microsoft account is what you use to access many Microsoft devices and services.
What is a Microsoft account?

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Tagged as: Microsoft, Microsoft Account, Office 365

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SmartArt Basics: Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint

Monday, May 18, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 11:34 am

SmartArt in PowerPoint allows you to replace bullet points with info-graphic content using shapes (and also pictures) that contain text. This approach is very helpful to the audience as well as the presenter since it complements the way you view and present the content.

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

Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint 2016

Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint 2013

Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint 2010

Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint 2007

Apple Mac

Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint 2011

Inserting SmartArt in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 11 01 01
Previous: 10 15 11 PowerPoint Chart Tips 10: Ask Help, Read Books
Next: 11 01 02 Convert Bulleted Text to SmartArt in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 11-01, PowerPoint Tutorials, SmartArt Basics, SmartArt Graphics

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Custom Slide Show: Creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint

Friday, April 24, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 4:13 pm

Do you want to show only selected slides from your presentation to a particular audience? The answer is not to delete the slides you do not want to show and thereafter saving as a copy. The answer is to create a custom slide show! So what’s a custom slide show? Think of your individual slides as songs, then a custom slide show is a playlist of those songs! Even better, since this is like a playlist, you do not have to delete the slides that are not used. And there’s more, you can create any number of custom slide shows!

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 Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2013

Creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint 2011

Creating Custom Slide Shows in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 16 09 01
Previous: 16 08 03 Kiosk Mode and Kiosk Assistant
Next: 16 09 02 Playing Custom Shows in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 16-09, Custom Slide Show, PowerPoint Tutorials, Share and Prepare

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WordArt (incl. Text Fills, Lines, and Effects): Picture Fills for Text in PowerPoint

Wednesday, April 22, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 4:32 pm

PowerPoint’s Text Fill gallery provides you with plenty of text fill options which work similar to the fills for shapes within the Shape Fill gallery. However, a basic color fill is not the only option available for text fills in PowerPoint. In this tutorial, we will explore how you can use a picture as a fill for your selected text.

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.