by Colin Foster | Nov 19, 2018 | Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips and Tricks
Placeholder text to help with drafting your presentation There will be times when, whilst you might have decided on the topics of your presentation, you’ve still not sorted out all of the detailed text that you want to include – perhaps you’ve an image...
by Colin Foster | Oct 8, 2018 | Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips and Tricks
The Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint I briefly touched on the Quick Access Toolbar a couple of months ago in the “Quick Tips” section of the newsletter, but earlier today I was working on a PowerPoint presentation for a client & was making use of the...
by Colin Foster | Sep 14, 2018 | Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips and Tricks
Using Gridlines for better positioning A little while back, we looked at the various ways of lining up images relative to each other (http://us4b.co.uk/2018/06/lining-up-images-in-powerpoint/) , however, there will be times when there’s only one image or you...
by Colin Foster | Aug 14, 2018 | Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips and Tricks
Easily capture Screenshots in PowerPoint There may be occasions when the image that you need in your presentation is best served by screenshots of your screen – this can be especially true if you’re demonstrating some software. Ideally, you’d have the...
by Colin Foster | Jul 16, 2018 | Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips and Tricks
Connections to make it work So, you’ve built your PowerPoint presentation, it’s looking good, you’ve even tested that the various effects work seamlessly… and then you turn up at the venue only to find that you’re unable to connect your laptop...
by Colin Foster | Jun 1, 2018 | Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips and Tricks
Images in PowerPoint As Telly Savalas used to sing (using the word “sing” in it’s widest context, and showing my age at the same time): “A picture paints a thousand words” and many of us, when designing PowerPoint presentations make use...
