http://www.microsofttraining.net/hints-tips-powerpoint-8.html Software application hints and tips from our Microsoft certified trainers en Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:17:05 GMT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:17:05 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/rss-feeds.php To open a dialog box allowing you to enter the date in Normal View press Alt+Shift+D http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-547-enter-date.html Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-547-enter-date.html If you have saved slide timings but want to run the presentaion without the timings, choose Slide Show, Set Up Show command, and under Advance Slides, click on Manually. When you want the timings on again, select Using Timings, If present. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-529-run-timed-presentation-manually.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-529-run-timed-presentation-manually.html If an object is behind another object, use the Tab key to cycle through all of the objects on the slide. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-530-selecting-object.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-530-selecting-object.html To constrain an object so that it moves only horizontally or vertically when you drag it to a new position, hold the Shift key down as you drag it. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-531-moving-object.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-531-moving-object.html To constrain the rotation of an object to 15 degree movements, hold down the Shift key as you drag the Rotate handle (green circle. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-532-rotating-object.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-532-rotating-object.html You can discover whether a transition effect has been applied to a slide by looking for the transition symbol below the slide in Slide Sorter View, if the slide has a transition symbol, (speeding star) clicking on it will show the transition that has been applied to the slide. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-533-what-transition-effect?.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-533-what-transition-effect?.html Show or Hide the Arrow pointer during a presentation press A on the keyboard http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-534-hide-pointer-on-screen.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-534-hide-pointer-on-screen.html During your presentation if you should wish to display a hidden slide which follows the current slide press H on the keyboard. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-535-display-hidden-slide.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-535-display-hidden-slide.html If you want to reuse an object that you have drawn, you can save it so that it is added to the Clip Organiser. Right click the object, choose Save as Picture, give it a file name and place it in the relevant location. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-536-save-object-as-picture.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-536-save-object-as-picture.html You can open as many presentations as your computer memory can handle, this is good for copying slides from one to another. To view all open presentations on screen, use the Window, Arrange All command. To scroll through all open windows one after another use the Ctrl+F6 command. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-537-working-with-multiple-presentations.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-537-working-with-multiple-presentations.html To insert text within an Autoshape, just start typing once the shape has been drawn. To wrap the text, double-click the shape and turn on Word Wrap Text in Autoshape in the Text Box tab. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-538-text-in-autoshape.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-538-text-in-autoshape.html To prevent the Clipboard task pane from being displayed everytime you cut or copy an item, ensure that Collect Without Showing Office Clipboard is turned on. This feature is accessed by clicking on the Options button at the bottom of the Clipboard task pane. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-539-hide-clipboard-task-pane.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-539-hide-clipboard-task-pane.html If you are working in a slide that includes more than one column of bulleted items, press Ctrl+Enter to move to the next column of bullets. Pressing Ctrl+Enter again will create a new identical slide. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-540-moving-next-column.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-540-moving-next-column.html To quickly switch the Guidelines on or off use the Keyboard toggle switch CTRL + G http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-512-guidelines.html Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-512-guidelines.html To move quickly to a specific slide, if you havent set up hyperlinks in Slide Show view; press F5 (Function 5 key) type the slide number, press Enter and then press Esc. http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-513-move-slide.html Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.microsofttraining.net/tip-513-move-slide.html