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Do you have a presentation that contains text that needs to be spell-checked in more than one language? Or do you and your client or colleague work with different localized versions of Microsoft PowerPoint? It may be that you use English (US) and color is a perfectly valid spelling, but someone else in another part of the world uses English (UK) and their spell checker suggests that the word color be changed to colour.
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Setting Proofing Language for Text in PowerPoint 365
Setting Proofing Language for Text in PowerPoint 2013
Setting Proofing Language for Text in PowerPoint 2010
Setting Proofing Language for Text in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 05 08 19
Previous: 05 08 18 Language Options on the Status Bar in PowerPoint
Next: 05 08 20 Changing Proofing Language for an Entire Presentation 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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Every transition you add to a slide within PowerPoint has a fixed, default duration. Some transitions such as Cut happen sooner than you can imagine (just 0.10 seconds). Some others like Reveal can take 3.40 seconds to be done with.
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Slide Transition Duration in PowerPoint 2013
Slide Transition Duration in PowerPoint 2010
Slide Transition Duration in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 13 08 02
Previous: 13 08 01 Slide Transitions in PowerPoint
Next: 13 08 03 Slide Transition Timings in PowerPoint
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You may recall that the option to insert online YouTube videos was removed a while ago due to code discrepancies in the syntax that Google started to use for YouTube embeds.
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Support for YouTube Videos in PowerPoint 2013 and 2010
Tutorial Code: 14 07 02
Previous: 14 07 01 Troubleshooting Video Playback
Next: 14 07 03 Missing “Video from Web Site” Option in PowerPoint
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Tagged as: 14-07, Multimedia, PowerPoint Tutorials, Video Troubleshooting
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Slide transitions do more than causing some movement between one slide and the next. You can actually do a slide transition that is abrupt without any effect or you could look at any of the transition effects, all the way from simple fades and wipes to something that does not cause a vertigo! In addition, you can set timings for transitions and also accompanied by transition sounds.
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Slide Transitions in PowerPoint 2013
Slide Transitions in PowerPoint 2010
Slide Transitions in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 13 08 01
Previous: 13 07 01 Add-ins for Animation
Next: 13 08 02 Slide Transition Duration in PowerPoint
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Until some time ago, you could insert a video clip from a web site such as YouTube into your PowerPoint slide. Within PowerPoint 2010, this Insert Online Videos option lets you easily achieve an acceptable result. Within the Insert tab of the Ribbon, you would find a Video button.
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Missing “Video from Web Site” Option in PowerPoint 2010?
Tutorial Code: 14 07 03
Previous: 14 07 02 Support for YouTube Videos in PowerPoint
Next: 14 08 01 Insert Flash Movies using the Insert Tab in PowerPoint
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