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PowerPoint 2010: Open All Documents in one Particular View

contributed by Lê Hoàng on May 14, 2011 under Microsoft Powerpoint

If you have to access the PowerPoint presentations of coworkers, frequently these documents will be opened in an unfamiliar view. These directions will allow you to force all powerpoint presentations to open in your favorite view.

Change PowerPoint 2010 Aspect Ratio

contributed by Aaron St. Clair on May 3, 2011 under Microsoft Powerpoint

PowerPoint has a default aspect ratio of 4:3, but most newer monitors and televisions have a ratio of 16:9 or 16:10. Therefore, when viewing a PowerPoint presentation, you’ll notice black, vertical bars on either side of your presentation. This is not very aesthetic and these directions will get rid of these letterbox bars for you.

Powerpoint 2010: Remove all notes from slides at once

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 30, 2010 under Microsoft Powerpoint

In Powerpoint, people often use the notes function to record additional information. When these documents are shared, you may not want them to also see these notes. Instead of removing the notes one by one, these directions will remove all notes from your slides at once.

Powerpoint 2010: Increase Number of Undos

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 25, 2010 under Microsoft Powerpoint

By default, Powperpoint’s undo function remembers your last 20 actions. However, if you work with large Powerpoint documents with multiple changes, you may need a lot more than that. Here is how to change the number of undo steps to whatever you wish.

PowerPoint 2010: How To Convert a Presentation to Video (WMV format)

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 18, 2009 under Microsoft Powerpoint

Circumstances may arise that require you to convert your presentation to video for posting to the web, viewing on portable devices such as the Zune, or making it so that the user doesn’t need PowerPoint to watch the presentation.

PowerPoint 2007: Modify Slide Numbering

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 5, 2007 under Microsoft Powerpoint

If you are working on a presentation that will be part of a bigger presentation, it doesn’t always work out well to use the default slide numbering in PowerPoint. Let’s say that your boss wants you to prepare 15 slides that are to be included in a major presentation. Your slides will be numbers 10-25. If you use the default, then your slides will be numbered 1-15, making it rather confusing if the boss wants you to change slide number 12. Does he mean his slide 12 or your slide 12? To keep everyone on the same page, you can change the starting slide number for you presentation to better meet your needs.

PowerPoint 2007: Select a Default Theme for New Presentations

contributed by Rob Rogers on March 18, 2007 under Microsoft Powerpoint

PowerPoint begins presentation design with a default theme. You can change the default to a pre-existing theme or one that has been created for your company or group. Once you change the default theme, all new presentations will automatically begin the design process with the new look.

PowerPoint 2007: Use Word for Formatting Handouts

contributed by Rob Rogers on March 15, 2007 under Microsoft Powerpoint

PowerPoint has the functionality for formatting the handouts for your presentation, however it isn’t very easy for a majority of users. Because of this, PowerPoint also gives you the option of placing handouts into a Word document.