Why can't I see part of my bullets?

Why is it that I can only see just a part (the right side) of all bullets in my presentation?

1. Display your rulers if they are not already visible (View | Ruler).

2. On the ruler above the slide, you'll find some tabs - try selecting your bulleted content and drag one of the tabs a little towards the right.

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Link to a slide and all animations are lost!

When I link back to a slide and click the link, the slide shows itself in 'finished' mode with all animations, events and transitions done. How can I prevent this?

That's something that can be termed as 'feature-by-design'. Here's a workaround:

1. In your presentation, insert blank slides between all slides.

2. Give these blank slides a slide transition that automatically advances in 00:00 seconds.

3. Place all hyperlinks to the blank slide before the slide you actually want to hyperlink.

Now when you view the slide show, all animations for a particular slide will show.

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How do I use an animated GIF as a fill for my WordArt?

Try these steps:

1. Create your WordArt as required.

2. Then right-click the WordArt object and choose Format WordArt.

3. In the Colors & Lines tab, click the downward pointing arrow next to the Color fill option and choose Fill Effects from the resultant menu.

4. Select the Picture tab in the resultant Fill Effects dialog box and navigate to where you have stored the animated GIF you want to use as a fill.

The animated GIF will be active (animated) while in slide show mode within your WordArt object.

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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PowerPoint for Handhelds

On the Palm, Dataviz's Documents To Go program includes the Slideshow To Go component that allows you to synchronize, edit and rehearse your PowerPoint files and make last minute changes to your presentation.

If you have an older handheld that runs Windows CE, you'll be thankful to find a copy of Pocket PowerPoint included with the product. For some reason, Microsoft seems to have abandoned the development of Pocket PowerPoint for the PocketPC platform.

On the new PocketPC platform, you'll have look at third-party software solutions like Pocket Slideshow, Pocket Slides and iPresentation Suite.

Finally, you'll find hardware solutions like Margi's Presenter-To-Go for both Palm and PocketPC handhelds.

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How do I convert my PowerPoint presentations to VHS?

You'll need to convert your presentation to VHS using a slide converter or similar device. Look here for more info:

Creating Your Visuals: Converting PowerPoint to Video
- by Jim Endicott

Recording your PowerPoint presentation to VHS
- by Austin Myers

How to Videotape a PowerPoint Presentation
- Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

Monday, July 12, 2004

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Click and all my text becomes white or disappears!

When I click the text placeholder, all my white text gets highlighted in white and I cannot see anything! What can I do?

In PowerPoint 97/2000: Go to Format | Slide Color Scheme. You'll find your background color set to white. Change it to something darker (or a non-white color).

In PowerPoint 2002/2003: Go to Format | Slide Design. In the activated Slide Design task pane, click Color Schemes. Then click Edit Color Schemes... and change your background color from white to something darker (or a non-white color).

Related Links:

Echo Swinford has a nice Color Schemes tutorial on her site.

Steve Rindsberg's PowerPoint FAQ has more info - see Text disappears when I edit it

Shyam Pillai's free Color Schemes Manager allows you to manage and share your PowerPoint color schemes.

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Why does my Windows XP computer have no PowerPoint?

Windows XP is the operating system - you need to buy PowerPoint or Office (comprising PowerPoint) separately. Look here:

What's in the Office 2003 Editions?

You can also order a 30 day trial of Office at: Microsoft Office System Trial

If you only need to view PowerPoint presentations, look here: PowerPoint Viewer 2003

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How do I center content on a PowerPoint slide?

In PowerPoint:

1. Select your image, shape or any other element.

2. In the Draw toolbar, choose Draw | Align or Distribute | Relative to Slide

3. Then choose Draw | Align or Distribute | Distribute Horizontally

4. Finally, choose Draw | Align or Distribute | Distribute Vertically.

You might want to drag the Align controls off the Draw menu to make it a floating toolbar.

To make it easier, you might want to get a copy of Steve Rindsberg's free PPTools Starter Set, which includes a button to pick up the size/position of any shape OR if nothing's selected, the slide itself. And another button to "hammer" a selected shape to the memorized size/position.Pick up the slide's size/shape, bring in your image, click the hammer button, you're done.

Sunday, July 11, 2004

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PowerPoint Notes

How can I import multiple images at once into my presentation?

Why can't I see part of my bullets?

Link to a slide and all animations are lost!

How do I use an animated GIF as a fill for my WordArt?

PowerPoint for Handhelds

How do I convert my PowerPoint presentations to VHS?

Click and all my text becomes white or disappears!

Why does my Windows XP computer have no PowerPoint?

How do I center content on a PowerPoint slide?