I'm troubled by a mysterious bug on my MacBook Air. It manifests itself when I use Microsoft PowerPoint, but I believe it is a Mac-wide issue. It is extremely rare, impossible to reproduce on demand, and yet - when it strikes, it does so
with a vengeance, and embarrasses me in front of a theater full of people.
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posted by Silky Slim
on Jun 15, 2013 -
17 answers
I need a macro to check each slide for the existence of several command buttons, and then copy/create them (along with the code behind them) on slides where they're not found. I've tried using the object browser to find the objects/methods to use but, not being very familiar with programming/coding, I haven't been able to figure out how to do it.
I tried using a master slide but ran into problems (discussed here:
http://www.utteraccess.com/forum/VBA-Import-Slides-Pl-t2002862.html&pid=2355756#entry2355756), but I really need this soon and I'd be happy to run this macro manually whenever I add/import slides.
Thanks for your help.
posted by atm
on May 4, 2013 -
2 answers
I have read that John Walkenbach's books are the de-facto standard for learning to use VBA in Microsoft Excel. I'd like to know what books are recommended to learn to use vba in other Office products - primarily Access, but also Word and Powerpoint. I'm more interested in books than in websites.
posted by Proginoskes
on Apr 6, 2013 -
3 answers
I have a slideshow with 4 sections named "CurrentSection", "NextSection", "AfterNextSection", and "AfterAfterNextSection".
The slideshow is viewed repeatedly but also irregularly (sometimes multiple times per week and sometimes weeks in-between).
After each slide is viewed and discussed, I need to be able to assign the slide to a different section. (A slide's section determines how soon it will be viewed again, as explained below.)
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posted by atm
on Mar 23, 2013 -
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I have a PowerPoint presentation with macros for sound, in a .pptm file with audio and animations for a class. My professor can't play it as is, so she wants me to convert it to a flash file format, which I thought I could do, but all the converter programs I've found need a PC, and I only have a Mac and so does my family. Naturally, my school's PCs don't allow installs, and I need to figure this out today. I have Adobe Flash, but it doesn't recognize the format, and I need to keep my audio/etc. any ideas for conversion or online viewing, etc?
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posted by reenka
on Nov 29, 2012 -
6 answers
How far along are we in moving from 4:3 to widescreen LCD projectors for (e.g.) PowerPoint presentations. Is my current 4:3 default still sensible?
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posted by vogel
on Nov 27, 2012 -
9 answers
I am getting ready to present a proposal with my eight people team to executives. Anyone has any good tips delivering a presentation with a large group? Transitions, timing etc.?
posted by djfreex
on Nov 14, 2012 -
6 answers
How can my powerpoints always be the best looking in the class? Also how to easily create graphs for powerpoints?
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posted by locussst
on Nov 1, 2012 -
20 answers
Weird snowflake Mac OS X font issue. I've already tried all the usual suspects - deleting duplicate fonts from Font Book, etc, etc. But this one has me stumped.
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posted by kbanas
on Oct 17, 2012 -
9 answers
Making PowerPoint presentations 508c compliant, specifically complicated charts?
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posted by polywomp
on Oct 3, 2012 -
3 answers
I finally need to break down and school myself on Excel and Powerpoint. What's the best way to master them in the Bay Area?
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posted by foxy_hedgehog
on Sep 14, 2012 -
4 answers
Powerpoint Windows 7 -- I'd like the slide show to be a separate tab on the task bar the way that it used to be in xp.
posted by notned
on Aug 21, 2012 -
1 answer
I have PowerPoint X for Mac. I'm trying to send a bunch of presentations to someone with a PC, and the photos aren't showing up because they're too big. She was able to open them on another Mac in her office, and instructed me to save them with a "pptx" extension. For some reason this isn't an option. Any ideas?
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posted by Ollie
on Aug 7, 2012 -
10 answers
Powerpoint Chart Colors Question: can someone tell me how to calculate the R/G/Y values for similar colors?
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posted by Farce_First
on Aug 1, 2012 -
7 answers
Please help me set up something like a shared
shoebox for keeping useful PowerPoints slides, ideas for visual representations, graphics, etc.
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posted by shotgunbooty
on Jul 5, 2012 -
1 answer
Can you recommend any free/low-cost but reliable online courses/videos/books on technical writing and/or creating decent power point presentations? Also, how do you achieve an academic standard of English when it's not your first language?
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posted by ADent
on Apr 30, 2012 -
2 answers
I'm curious about Pecha Kucha. Can one use it in business (not just in design-y businesses)? What are some stellar examples? What's the best software to use? Or is this just all for fun?
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posted by digitalprimate
on Apr 24, 2012 -
2 answers
I have given hundreds of lectures to audiences of all sizes and compositions, but I have never given a PowerPoint lecture. Help a complete novice do a great job the first time.
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posted by escabeche
on Mar 18, 2012 -
35 answers
I've been a freelance PowerPoint designer for 6 years. Given the state of the economy and my stagnant business, I've been quoting lower rates to prospective clients, but what about old clients who are still paying my old, higher rates? There are a few in particular that I think might give me more work if I charged less. How can I find out if that's true and how much less I would have to charge to get more work? I don't want to offer a lower rate if it won't increase the amount of work they give me, and I don't want to come off as desperate. Can this be done gracefully?
posted by SampleSize
on Feb 6, 2012 -
7 answers
How should I go about preparing a historically accurate / vintage PowerPoint presentation? I would like to conform to the abilities and (potentially nightmarish) limitations of, say, PowerPoint 4.0 (1994).
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posted by sixswitch
on Jan 3, 2012 -
10 answers
I need to automate the format of outline-based information into slide presentations, given some simple rules. I can code. I have some ideas. What options am I missing?
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posted by Alterscape
on Dec 31, 2011 -
4 answers
I have an audio recording of a presentation and a PDF with the slides. What's the best way to post these online so people can watch it as a video, or at least look at the slides while listening to the audio?
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posted by modernserf
on Nov 21, 2011 -
2 answers
I'm looking for an iPad app that will allow me to control a Powerpoint or Keynote presentation running on a computer connected to a large display. That catch? I need to be able to select slides at will and not just sequentially.
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posted by Cat Pie Hurts
on Nov 8, 2011 -
6 answers
Help me make the most visually unfortunate, ugly, cliche-ridden, god-awful Powerpoint presentation ever.
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posted by jbickers
on Sep 29, 2011 -
53 answers
Videos in powerpoint - I find that videos in powerpoint cause the computer to run hotter that the same videos in Windows Media Player.
Confirmation bias or is it something else?
posted by notned
on Aug 25, 2011 -
3 answers
I have a lot of information (dates and numbers that correspond to lot numbers/Kg) that I need to plot on a line graph in Powerpoint. I do not have this kind of advanced Powerpoint knowledge and I'm hoping there is a website that has easy step-by-step instructions
posted by twinA
on Jul 27, 2011 -
4 answers
Help me find a "presentation appliance". I want a small, simple device I can connect to a projector that will allow me to show presentations, and that's it. Bonus points for USB stick compatibility and native Powerpoint support.
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posted by cosmicbandito
on Jun 7, 2011 -
9 answers
I'm speaking at a technical conference in about 2 weeks and my slides (in openoffice) are using black as its background color. But recently in a
podcast, several people commented that for conferences, it is mandatory that slides use white for the background to enhance the legibility. On
this previous question, the commented used white text on an almost black background. Should I reformat my slides to use a white background ?
posted by lahersedor
on May 27, 2011 -
21 answers
How can I convert powpoint presentations (.ppt and .pptx) to PDF for editing on iPad 2?
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posted by cmchap
on Apr 20, 2011 -
4 answers
I need to animate text (short quotes, one or two sentences each) for a video presentation. Are there any (free or cheap) softwares other than Keynote/Powerpoint that do this?
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posted by ddaavviidd
on Apr 7, 2011 -
5 answers
Is there any way to incorporate live video into a powerpoint presentation?
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posted by Dr. Wu
on Apr 7, 2011 -
2 answers
Can anyone recommend a good, well-trafficked forum for Microsoft Office (particularly 2010) questions? Seems like this should be eminently Googleable, but maybe because there are so many of them, I'm not finding the one that is
the one. Thanks!
posted by The Dutchman
on Mar 19, 2011 -
7 answers
How can I create a web-based table of contents that links to specific places within a diverse collection of documents?
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posted by kirkaracha
on Mar 17, 2011 -
4 answers
How do I add a visual guide/outline to the top or bottom of my PowerPoint presentations?
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posted by kosmonaut
on Mar 16, 2011 -
7 answers
