by Echo Swinford | Jul 2, 2014 | PowerPoint 2013, PPT 2007, PPT 2010, Themes and Templates
PowerPoint templates get a bad rap. That’s because most PowerPoint templates are pretty bad. They’re often ugly and they’re rarely built right. The thing is, it doesn’t have to be that way. A professionally designed and expertly crafted...
by Echo Swinford | Jun 11, 2014 | PowerPoint in the Media
I’m already tired of hearing how PowerPoint is at fault in GM’s failure to act on defects in its cars. This is a slide. Conclusion: Don’t blame the tools. It’s not PowerPoint’s fault. (Thanks for the inspiration, Ellen Finkelstein!...
by Echo Swinford | May 30, 2014 | Editing and Formatting, Handouts, PowerPoint 2013, PPT 2002-2003, PPT 2007, PPT 2010, Send to Word, Tutorials
PowerPoint handouts leave a lot to be desired. You can print slide thumbnails 3 per page. You can even print notes pages – which have one slide per page plus its notes. But if you want to print multiple slide thumbnails per page and include the speaker notes, you’re...
by Echo Swinford | Apr 17, 2014 | Docking Windows, Resizing, Windows 7
Turns out a lot of PowerPoint folks don’t know this — which has become one of my favorite Windows 7 tricks! Try this: Open two PowerPoint presentations. Press the Windows key and the left arrow key on your keyboard. The active window will resize itself to...
by Echo Swinford | Mar 13, 2014 | hotfix, PPT 2010
Last night I was working on a client-provided file. I saved it from Outlook to my hard drive (not SkyDrive/OneDrive, not Dropbox, not a server drive — this was actually on my computer). Then I opened it, deleted most of the slides, and did a Save As to rename...
