Category Archives: Powerpoint 2007

How to apply a glow to an image? | Powerpoint 2007

PowerPoint has some cool tools for you for all sorts of effects and as one of them the glow can be found under Home tab. Click on the picture and go under Home tab into Drawing section. Click on “Shape effects” and choose “Glow” from the menu. Pick a suitable style from the selection menu and notice the glow on your picture.

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How to get pictures easily extracted from a PowerPoint presentation? | Powerpoint 2007

In case you have a presentation that has loads of pictures in it and you wish to save some separately to your computer into a different location than the best solution would be to save the file as a webpage. Go to the Office button; choose “Save As” and “Other formats”. From the “Save As Type” choose Web Page. Make sure the location you are saving the file is appropriate. Click “Save” if you are satisfied. Now open the Explorer folder and notice that there’s a folder saved in the meanwhile which includes loads of files including the images included in the presentation.

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How to calculate slide duration? | Powerpoint 2007

Go under Slide Show tab and to Set Up section. Choose the box “Use Rehearsed Timings” and click on “Rehearse Timings”. Now you can tailor your presentation timings to your needs. You can see the seconds pass and after the determined time you need has elapsed, press on either “Next”, which is the first button in the menu and takes you to next slide or “Pause” if you want to pause the timing rehearsal or “Repeat”, which would restart the rehearsal.

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