Archive for the 'PowerPoint' Category

Preview PowerPoint slides in Gmail

Google has added yet another document preview button to Gmail. You could already preview Word documents and spreadsheets sent as file attachments using Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Now if you receive an email with an attached PowerPoint presentation, you can view the slideshow in your web browser with no need to download.
The PowerPoint viewer is […]

PowerPoint Tip - Collaborating on Presentations

In my consulting work, I get a chance to collaborate on developing presentations with people in many different geographic locations. Sometimes it is face-to-face and other times it is done virtually. Collaborating on presentations instead of doing it yourself is becoming more common. Today I have some tips for making collaboration work no matter […]

PowerPoint 2007 - Add Comments

If you work in Microsoft Word, you may be familiar with the comments feature. It allows you to add comments throughout a document to alert a reader or author to certain information. For example, an editor can leave comments by certain content in a document to alert the author about specific issues.
You can also […]

PowerPoint: Notes During a Presentation

It’s not unusual for a speaker to need to write down notes during a presentation, especially in a meeting environment. For example, you might want to keep track of decisions made, actions steps to take (and who should take them), questions from the audience, and so on.
PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 contain two features to do […]

PowerPoint 2003: Sort Your Slides

PowerPoint 2003 lets you reorganize the slides in a presentation. This is not a new feature as it was also included in previous versions. In most cases, you could reorganize your slides by selecting the Slide Sorter option from the View menu.
PowerPoint 2003 has enhanced the slide sorter feature to make it a little simpler […]