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SIZE MATTERS
I've been getting a lot of questions lately about these new slide sizes folks are starting to see. PowerPoint 2013 uses a 16x9 dimension as its default, but it's not the old 10" x 5.63" size we're used to. Why does PowerPoint 2013 use 13.33" x 7.5" as its default...
A NEW BOOK! (and an update on XML editors)
My latest book, Building PowerPoint Templates: Step by Step with the Experts, was released last October. (Get it here or here.) Co-author Julie Terberg and I spent the better part of a year working on it, and it's exciting to see all our hard work finally come to...
Big List of New Features in PowerPoint 2013
Well, now that PowerPoint 2013 has released to manufacturing, it's time to publish my big list of new features. This is my list of new stuff in PowerPoint 2013, definitely not the same list Microsoft marketing publishes. So here we go... Start UI. PowerPoint 2013...
office 2013 preview is released!
Microsoft released a preview version of Office 2013 last week. In addition to the interface Metro-ization and Cloud cover that all the applications got, PowerPoint also has some very cool new PowerPoint-only features. Here are some of my favorites: Page turn...
PPT 2010 where to save themes
Where to Save Your Office 2007 and 2010 Themes Installed themes When you install Office 2007, a set of default themes is installed to this folder on both Windows Vista and Windows XP: C:\\Program Files\Microsoft \OfficeDocument\ Themes 12. The installed themes show up...
PPT 2010 add color schemes to a theme
Each theme (.THMX file extension) includes one color scheme, one font set, and one effects scheme. You can edit the color scheme and font set in the PowerPoint interface and save the theme. The new color scheme and font set will travel with the theme. If you create...
PPT Custom Colors
Adding Custom Colors to the Color Picker You can add your own custom colors to Office 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Office 365 themes (.THMX file extension). For that matter, you can also add them to PowerPoint template (POTX) and presentation (PPTX) files. In the...
PPT 2010 add your own placeholders
We can add our own placeholders to slide masters! Woohoo! Finally! We can even make it say what we want if we don't like "click to edit text." Here's how 1.View (ribbon) | Presentation Views (chunk) | Slide Master to open master view. 2. Select a slide layout on the...
PPT 2010 create slide layouts
Custom Slide Layouts PPT 2007 and 2010 allow you to create a variety of slide master layouts now -- chart slide layouts, subtitle slide layouts, table slide layouts, picture slide layouts, whatever you want. And they provide a bunch of 'em for us, too. In the new...