Presentations Glossary

Manage Versions: Restoring Earlier Versions in PowerPoint

When you are working on a PowerPoint presentation, the AutoSave option, if enabled, automatically saves your file at the specified time increments. This way you get to replace your current file with an earlier version. This can be very useful if you want to go back to the state of your slides an hour ago, or even two hours ago without having to use any Undo option.

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

Restoring Earlier Versions in PowerPoint 2010

Tutorial Code: 16 03 04
Previous: 16 03 03 Recovering New Unsaved Presentations Manually in PowerPoint
Next: 16 04 01 Export a Presentation to a Video Clip in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 16-03, Manage Versions, PowerPoint Tutorials, Share and Prepare

Connectors: Smart Connectors in PowerPoint

Connectors are essentially some of the shapes found within the Lines category of the Shapes gallery in PowerPoint. To understand why only some of these lines can work as connectors, we first need to understand what a connector is. A connector is a line that creates a link that joins two shapes or any other slide objects to show a relationship. These connectors are linked to the slide objects they are connected—this means that they move automatically when the linked objects are moved.

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

Smart Connectors in PowerPoint 2013

Smart Connectors in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Smart Connectors in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 06 15 01
Previous: 06 14 05 Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint
Next: 06 15 02 Types of Connectors in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 06-15, Connectors, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

Advanced Drawing Techniques: Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint

A line (outline) in PowerPoint contains both points and segments. It is easy to understand the relationship between points and segments using a connect-the-dots analogy. The points represent the dots whereas the segments represent the lines you draw between the dots.

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

Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint 2016

Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint 2013

Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint 2010

Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint 2007

Apple Mac

Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 06 14 05
Previous: 06 14 04 Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint
Next: 06 15 01 Smart Connectors in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 06-14, Advanced Drawing Techniques, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes

PowerPoint Chart Types: Bubble Chart Type in PowerPoint

In a bubble chart, data that is arranged in columns on a worksheet can be plotted, so that X values are listed in the first column. The corresponding Y values and bubble size values are listed in adjacent columns of the data. This data can can be collectively plotted in a bubble chart.

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.

All versions

Bubble Chart Type in PowerPoint

Tutorial Code: 10 14 11
Previous: 10 14 10 Doughnut (Donut) Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 12 Radar Charts in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 10-14, Charts and Graphs, PowerPoint Chart Types, PowerPoint Tutorials

Advanced Drawing Techniques: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint

The Shapes gallery in PowerPoint consists of various shapes, both open and closed. Closed shapes are ones that do not have a “visible” beginning or an end such as the Rectangle, Ellipse, and Triangle shapes. Open shapes have a “visible” beginning and an end. An example of an open shape is a straight point-to-point line.

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

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2016

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2013

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2010

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2007

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2003

Apple Mac

Edit Points: Open and Close Paths in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 06 14 04
Previous: 06 14 03 Types of Points (Vertexes) for Shapes in PowerPoint
Next: 06 14 05 Edit Points: Curved and Straight Line Segments in PowerPoint

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Tagged as: 06-14, Advanced Drawing Techniques, PowerPoint Tutorials, Shapes