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03/20/2011 17:20
To insert a photo for the background of your PowerPoint by John Cimics
To insert a photo for the background of your PowerPoint
Please do the following:
1. Left click on the FORMAT button on your toolbar.
2. When the drop down menu appears left click on BACKGROUND.
3. A window will...
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03/15/2011 22:25
Change Page Layout Design by Laurie Navarrette
Change Page Layout Design
1. Open Microsoft Power Point
2. A slide layout will appear.
3. To change the layout open the “Home” tab.
4. In the...
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03/10/2011 20:09
Custom Animation Instructions by Nora Lee Rios
Custom Animation
1. Highlight by clicking on the particular item you want to animate.
2. Then you go up to the menu bar and click on custom animation.
3. A window will appear that states whether you...
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03/05/2011 21:53
Animated Backgrounds (Not recommended for most presentations!) by Amanda Cone
How to Add a Fully Animated Background to a Powerpoint Slide (User Beware!)
Directions for adding a background to one slide only:
On a blank slide right click on the background. Click on Format Background when the menu pops up. Alternatively you can click on the Design...
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03/05/2011 19:13
Inserting a Hyperlink by Sara C. Lopez
1. Insert a textbox on the designated slide.
2. Type the word or word phrase that you would like to hyperlink. For example, you can type the word "weather" and hyperlink it to weather.com or you can simply type the web address
3. Highlight the word of phrase you want hyperlinked...
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03/05/2011 19:12
Format slide background or design by Kim Blaylock
It is very easy to design a background for the slides in your PowerPoint Presentation.
If you are using Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 as I am following the following steps:
After opening PowerPoint select format from the toolbar and then click on slide design.
When you have...
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03/05/2011 15:33
From Out to In by Elena Palomin
The backgrounds (template) offered by Microsoft may be limited and restricted. A presenter can insert any photo onto the background to make the visual match with the information that is being presented. The creator may choose a picture from various medias, from a USB, CD, internet,...
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03/05/2011 15:32
Format slide background by Vanessa Green
PowerPoint is actually a very user friendly application. Any feature that can be added to each slide can be easily reached with just the click of a button. For instance, formatting the background on each slide is a simple right click away. Let's try it out.
Step...
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03/05/2011 15:10
How to Transition from Slide to Slide on PowerPoint 2010 by Linda Celaya
Transition from slide to slide
Once you have completed all of your slides, you can choose what kind of effect you want when your slides transition from one to another. Click on the Transitions tab. It automatically defaults to none. There are a number of different effects to choose...
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03/05/2011 13:43
Picking a Transition to Go Between Slides in PowerPoint 2003 by Rebecca Tolbert
Picking a transition to go between slides (PowerPoint 2003)
Click on Slide Show on the tool bar ribbon and select Slide Transition.
On the right side of the screen a pane will appear with various transition styles.
Make sure the Auto Preview box at the bottom of the pane is...