by Echo Swinford | Jan 1, 2011 | PPT 2002-2003, PPT 2007, PPT 2010
Clients and others occasionally ask how to open an Excel file by clicking on it from within a presentation. Of course, they can always open the Excel file in the background and use Alt+Tab to switch to it. Or they can add a hyperlink to the Excel file and click the...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 1, 2009 | PPT 2007, Themes and Templates
Where to Save Your Office 2007 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 Office\Document Themes 12. The installed themes show up in the...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 1, 2009 | Graphics and SmartArt, PPT 2007
Use SmartArt Diagrams to create slick-looking organization charts, flowcharts, and other diagrams. Upping the coolness factor is the ability to turn a list of bulleted text into a SmartArt diagram at the click of a button. Here’s how 1. Insert (ribbon) |...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 1, 2009 | Masters and Layouts, PPT 2007
Editing Stuff on Masters and Layouts We can create our own slide layouts in PPT 2007. This means that slide masters work a bit differently than they did in earlier versions. Individual Slide Layouts inherit their settings from the Slide Master they are associated...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 1, 2009 | Color, Editing and Formatting, PPT 2007
Text shadows vs shape shadows PowerPoint has a two different types of shadows: text shadows and shape shadows. Text shadows are added by clicking the shadow icon on the Formatting toolbar (PPT 2003) or the Home tab (PPT 2007). (2003) (2007) You can also add text...
by Echo Swinford | Jan 1, 2009 | Editing and Formatting, PPT 2007
Woohoo! A taskpane lists all objects on the slide. We can rename objects (and that name shows up in the custom animation taskpane, YEAH!), change the stacking order, and make the object visible or invisible in the pane. Here’s how 1. Open the Selection pane from...