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Elementary and Secondary School Lesson Plans Created: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
Meet curriculum expectations in elementary and secondary schools using PowerPoint and Windows Movie Maker lesson plans to make learning fun. Multimedia lesson plans introduce technology in the clas...
What's New in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010? Created: Thursday, December 03, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
PowerPoint 2010, beginners, what's new in powerpoint 2010
How to Lose an Audience in 10 Easy Ways Created: Saturday, July 29, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Here are 10 bad presentation techniques and their remedies. These corrected presentation techniques can be applied when using any presentation software, including PowerPoint and Windows Movie Maker...
PowerPoint and iPhone - Use PowerPoint on the iPhone or iPod Created: Saturday, June 20, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Do you use your iPhone to show PowerPoint presentations?
Why Do You Convert PowerPoint to Word Created: Sunday, May 24, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
How do you use the feature to convert PowerPoint to Word?
Bad Presentations 101 - Tips to Avoid Bad Presentations Created: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
When you are an audience member, what would be your best tip for a presenter to avoid giving a bad presentation?
PowerPoint Macros - How Do You Use PowerPoint Macros Created: Saturday, December 12, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Do you use macros in PowerPoint? Would you like to share what your favorite PowerPoint macro does?
PowerPoint 2010 Features - What Are Your Favorite PowerPoint 2010 Features Created: Saturday, December 12, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Tell us about your favorite PowerPoint 2010 features.
What are Your Pet Peeves About PowerPoint? Created: Thursday, March 26, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Do you have a pet peeve with PowerPoint that just drives you crazy?
How Do I Do That Again in PowerPoint? Created: Saturday, December 19, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Is there a specific task that you always seem to forget how to do in PowerPoint?
Your First PowerPoint Presentation Created: Friday, June 20, 2008 Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Learning PowerPoint is a fun and easy task. Your first PowerPoint presentation does not have to be an intimidating process. PowerPoint is a very user friendly program and you can create your first...
Remove Slide Numbers from PowerPoint Slides Created: Friday, April 12, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
How to remove the slide numbers from a current PowerPoint presentation.
Create a Default Presentation Template in PowerPoint 2003 Created: Sunday, September 02, 2007 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
Create a default presentation template in PowerPoint to suit your own specific needs. This will be the starting, blank template for each new PowerPoint presentation you create.
Business Lesson Plan - The Ergonomic Computer Workstation Setup Created: Friday, September 01, 2006 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
Integrate technology in the classroom with this business lesson plan on an ergonomic computer workstation setup for home or office -- suitable for grades 6 and up. Students follow step by step tuto...
Another 5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Presentations Created: Friday, April 05, 2013 Updated: Saturday, April 06, 2013
Moving on with yet another five more tips for getting the most out of your presentations.
How Do I Stop the Automatic Capitalization in PowerPoint 2007/2010? Created: Sunday, March 18, 2007 Updated: Thursday, April 04, 2013
Make changes to PowerPoint 2007/2010's AutoCorrect feature to stop automatic capitalization of the first word in a line of text.
Edit a Hidden Object on a PowerPoint 2010 Slide Created: Sunday, March 27, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Edit a hidden object on a PowerPoint slide.
Download YouTube Videos to Use in PowerPoint Presentations Created: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Download YouTube videos to your computer and convert YouTube videos to Flash format to use in your PowerPoint presentations.
Use PowerPoint Slide Finder to Copy Frequently Used Slides Created: Friday, November 17, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
PowerPoint Slide Finder is a useful tool to quickly locate a specific slide. Copy the slide to another presentation or add it to your list of favorite slides to reuse over and over.
Add Music or Sound to PowerPoint 2007 Presentations Created: Monday, May 21, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Add music or sound files such as MP3 or WAV files to your PowerPoint 2007 presentations.
Play a CD Track in a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation Created: Sunday, May 20, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Play a CD track in your PowerPoint presentation for a specific amount of time or over several slides.
SmartArt Overview in PowerPoint 2007 Created: Saturday, July 05, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Use Smart Art to create diagrams and graphics in PowerPoint 2007.
Keep Track of Favorite PowerPoint Presentations in Slide Finder Created: Saturday, November 18, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
PowerPoint Slide Finder has an option to add favorite presentations that you use frequently to a"List of Favorites" in Slide Finder.
How Can I Replace All the Fonts in My Presentation At One Time? Created: Sunday, September 16, 2007 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Replace fonts in PowerPoint in one step with a global change.
Security in PowerPoint Presentations Created: Saturday, March 07, 2009 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Security in PowerPoint is a concern when your presentation contains sensitive or confidential information. It it also a wise idea to secure your PowerPoint presentation to avoid theft of informati...
Preview Fonts for PowerPoint Presentations in the Font List Created: Sunday, December 17, 2006 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
It is easy to select a font to use, if you can see a preview of the fonts in the font list.
Modify Animation Effects in PowerPoint 2010 Created: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Modify the effects of the animations in PowerPoint 2010.
What is a Right Click (Right Clicking)? Created: Sunday, February 06, 2011 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
What is the definition of a right click or right clicking?
Quick Fixes for PowerPoint Sound and Photo Problems Created: Sunday, February 08, 2009 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
Quick fixes for sound and photo problems with PowerPoint presentations.
Favorite PowerPoint 2010 Features Created: Saturday, December 12, 2009 Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013
My favorite (new and old) features in PowerPoint 2010.
Why Won't the Sound Play on a PowerPoint 2007 Slide When it is Redisplayed? Created: Saturday, January 16, 2010 Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
How do you get the sound to play on a PowerPoint slide when you redisplay the slide during a presentation?
5 More Tips To Get the Best Out of PowerPoint and Presentations Created: Thursday, March 14, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013
Moving right along, here are five more tips to get you on the way to making the best use of PowerPoint.