10 Simple Office 2013 Tips That Will Make You More Productive
MS Office skills remain entrenched in the top common skills employers look for. So, be more savvy with these ten simple Office 2013 tips and grab more free time around the watercooler.
Use Microsoft Office Templates to Captivate Your Audience & Efficiently Deliver Information
A template is like a virtual billboard, visually reinforcing text or data. Here we offer a basic overview of Microsoft Office templates and your options.
Presentations Evolved: 4 Alternatives To PowerPoint & Keynote Compared
Even though you can create really effective presentations with PowerPoint and Keynote, these apps are passé (not to mention relatively expensive), and it's time to try something new. Here are four refreshing alternatives.
5 Powerpoint Tips to Improve Your Presentation Skills Overnight
You step up to the podium. Your palms are sweaty, your heart is racing, and just as you're about to open your mouth and speak, your mind goes blank. Need help?
How Would The World Look Like Without PowerPoint? Projeqt Gives A Clue
You have to give a second glance to a web application which is a Webby Awards Honoree. Projeqt makes the process of creating beautiful presentations more intuitive and dynamic. How does it do that?
5 Creative Uses Of PowerPoint Presentations You Haven't Explored Yet
Microsoft PowerPoint can do much more than boring presentations. It’s PowerPoint 2013’s time now and the search for creative and uncommon uses of PowerPoint continues. Here are five.
Slid.es: Create Easy And Beautiful Presentations In Two Dimensions
Part of making professional presentations comes from focusing on key points and avoiding overuse of effects. Another part comes from using the right tool for the job. PowerPoint is an amazing piece of software, but it gives you twenty degrees of freedom. Fifteen of those lead to disaster. Slid.es is a free online PowerPoint alternative to make great presentations. Simply beautiful and beautifully simple.
How To Create A Graph From Raw Data Files In Any Office Product
Wouldn't it be nice to have the ability to just open up an Excel spreadsheet or a Word document, and without having to do anything at all, data gets read directly out of a text or CSV data file and loads directly into a chart embedded onto your spreadsheet or Word document? This is a form of automation using Office products, because if it's possible to automate the charting of data in Office, just think of the possibilities.
Have Office 2010? Don't Buy Office 2013, Here's Why
I’m coming to the end of my trial period with Microsoft Office 2013. Over the weeks it has been a reasonably solid experience with one or two quirks causing me no end of frustration. But do I want to upgrade? Do I want to pay for a subscription or full purchase or would I prefer to stick with Microsoft Office 2010, a suite that I've been using successfully for several years now? Indeed, should I even think of abandoning Microsoft in favour of an open source alternative?
Callout With Words: How to Use Microsoft PowerPoint for Drawing Speech Bubbles On Any Photo
Remember the comics of our childhood? What would they be without speech bubbles? In comics, words were calls to action and speech bubbles framed them so well. You never thought they obstructed the illustrations in any way. Speech bubbles turned into callouts when it came to business presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. They give context to what’s on the slide or a screenshot and help to turn a mundane graphic into something more interesting.
How The Pros Do It: Avoiding Embarrassment & Delivering Perfect Presentations
Ah! The presentation. Some of us love them. Some of us hate them. But no matter what, we all usually have to give them at one point or another, whether in school, work or even just for enjoyment. Some even choose public speaking as a career. Public speaking and presentations is an art though – have you ever sat through a horrendous talk? I know I have. So what makes the perfect presentation?
Avoid Murder By PowerPoint: How To Make Your Presentations Compelling And Memorable
Most of us have created a PowerPoint and done a presentation (or will at some point) and yet it is likely to be one of the most poorly done things on a computer. Bad PowerPoint presentations is an epidemic in education, which then continues into the workplace. Of course it’s not only about the PowerPoint itself, but also the presenter and how well they speak and convey the information. And I will touch upon that as well.
Add A Chart To A Microsoft Document With Office Web Components
Isn't it amazing how something as simple as creating a chart can feel so complicated sometimes? In this article I'm going to show you how to use a really convenient and simple VBA object from Microsoft Office Web Components that lets you insert a Chart directly into a document, presentation or anything else where you can create VBA code to run it.
Create Professional Presentations in Minutes With Slidevana for PowerPoint and Keynote [Giveaway]
Ever had a time in your life where you really needed to put together an impressive presentation? We've all been in that type of situation! Sure, a lot of templates exist, but sometimes they either don't look that great or they aren't as functional as we'd like them to be. However, with the template set for Powerpoint and Keynote – Slidevana – you get amazing graphics and legitimate functionality. Fortunately, MakeUseOf was able to get its hands on a copy of Slidevana to review, and we're giving 25 copies worth $2500 away for free!
PowerPoint Art: How To Create A 3-D Circle To Show A Cyclical Process
With each improved edition of PowerPoint, presenters have got better tools to play around with. So much so, that you don’t need a full-blown graphics editor to work magic on your slides. You can do it within PowerPoint itself. The following tutorial serves as an example. The steps below show how to create a three dimensional circular diagram illustrating a four step process.
Make Points Stick With PointerStick For Presentations
The problem with the cursor is it's so tiny that it just doesn't do the job required of it in certain situations. Think of times when you need to show an individual or group something on your laptop or monitor. Like a formal presentation at work or an informal presentation at home. Thankfully there is a free tool which fills this void and is available for download.
How To Link MS Word 2010 To OneNote & Use It For Writing Linked Notes
MS Office 2010 adds another by letting you link MS Word 2010, and MS PowerPoint to OneNote 2010. This linking allows you to refer back to either the note or the main document by clicking on the link. This free ‘exchange’ of information makes for a great information management and research aid. But how do we set it up?
How To Convert A PowerPoint 2010 Presentation Into A Video With One Click
Converting a PowerPoint slide to a video has lots of uses. It can be used to send a cluster of pictures to someone who does not have PowerPoint or a PowerPoint viewer installed. Microsoft Office 2010 has come in with a slew of user-friendly new features. One of the new features in PowerPoint 2010 helps you create a video with just a click.
How To Add Tabs To Microsoft Office & Improve Your Document Management
Tabs are something which the guys at Redmond woke up late to. So far, it has escaped an introduction in MS Office; a feature I am sure many of you out there would want as a default. Microsoft Office plug-in Office Tab adds tabbed document support to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.