At times, a PowerPoint presentation may actually be shown without a live presenter. Perhaps the show was emailed to you and you are watching it at your own office. Well, if you have questions about the content of the presentation, it is helpful to be able to email the author with your questions.

To that end, the presenter may have added an email link to the presentation and you can simply click on this link to create an email with your questions. What makes this really easy for you, as the viewer, is that the email address and the subject are already filled in for you.

Use this same idea for your own presentations. Here is how to Create an Email Link in a PowerPoint Show.

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Recently I was asked: "I can't find animation schemes anywhere in PowerPoint 2007. Did they remove them and if so, why?"

Well I can't speak for Microsoft as to why animation schemes are a thing of the past. They only lasted for one version of PowerPoint -- that being PowerPoint 2003. It was a quick way to get a unified look to your presentation, so that you can spend more time on the quality of the content.

I have to say I kind of liked the animation schemes, for the simple reason that when you spend your day as a teacher, and students get introduced to animations, well -- you have lost them then. They are all excited to jazz up their presentations and now every slide has things flying in from all directions. An animation scheme allows for some consistency, but alas students rarely appreciate that feature. (Tip for teachers -- save the introduction to animations for last!).

Back to PowerPoint 2007. Well, it seems that Microsoft didn't really like this feature so they removed it in PowerPoint 2007. The good news is that you can easily (and quickly) achieve the same effects. Read more about how you can create the equivalent of an animation scheme in PowerPoint 2007.

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I get emails quite regularly from people who have received a PowerPoint slide show (filename.pps), rather than a PowerPoint presentation file (filename.ppt). The slide show begins immediately when they double click on the file icon. The presentation is filled with lovely music, but they can't figure out how to get the embedded music out of the slide show to keep on their computer. So, how do you do this?

Converting the slide show to HTML format will extract all the objects that are embedded in the show. This article will quickly show you the steps. Extract Sounds Embedded in PowerPoint Slide Shows

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There are times during a presentation when the presenter would like to add some emphasis to one of his points or an object on the slide to point out something specific. The option is to underline or highlight a word or draw on the slide. Using the tools in PowerPoint to annotate the slides makes this an easy assignment. Read more on How to Write on PowerPoint Slides During a Slide Show.

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