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Here a few quick pointers to make your PowerPoint presentations easier and better!

PowerPoint’s Presenter View

PowerPoint has for many years had a great feature called Presenter View, which allows you as the presenter to see a different view of the presentation from your audience. In Presenter View, your monitor shows not only the slides, but also your notes as well as the current elapsed time in the presentation. This makes giving a presentation far easier. To enable Presenter view, go to the Slide Show ribbon and check Use Presenter View. In that same section, you can also change the monitor which the presentation is shown on. One note: the Use Presenter View checkbox can only be checked if you already have a second monitor (or a data projector) connected and enabled.

Create SmartArt Diagrams
Microsoft SmartArt graphics make it easy for you to create high-impact, professional diagrams. Instead of spending hours designing your own diagrams, you can use Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to focus on the visual message that you want to communicate.

1.On the Insert tab, click the SmartArt button.

2.In the list of diagram categories, select the type of diagram that you want to add to your presentation.

3.Under Type your text here, type a list of the information that you want reflected in your diagram.

4.Click the Design tab, and then select colors and styles from the available galleries to make your diagram look great.

Customize Your Pictures
You can apply style, shadow, and crop effects to the pictures that you add to your presentations. You can create great-looking effects with just a few clicks.

1.On the Insert tab, click the Picture icon to browse for a picture to add to your slide.

2.After selecting your picture, go to the Picture Tools Format tab to see the available formatting options.

3.Pause on the items in the Picture Styles gallery to preview each of the prebuilt options. If you find a style you like, click it to apply the formatting to your picture.

4.If you want to apply custom formatting, select options from the Picture Shape, Picture Border, and Picture Effects galleries.

That’s all for now!Have a Happy Thanksgiving,

The elite Program

 

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