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Sometimes you give a PowerPoint presentation that involves more than one PowerPoint file. Isn't it just a tad confusing having the slide number of all the different files restart at number one? I have always thought so! The good news is you can ... adjust the slide numbering without merging the presentations together! Follow the steps below: Click on File | Page Setup. In the latest version (2007), use the Design ribbon. Select the Number Slides From. Enter the number you want for the first slide in the presentation. Click OK. Ah, a much easier and less confusing solution! When you become a ... (view more)

Do you frequently find yourself using the Slide Master or Handout Master in MS PowerPoint? If so, I know that you most likely feel like it's a pain in the neck to keep searching for menus to get where you want to be. I know users who finally just ... added buttons to their program window and it worked fine for them but there IS another way to accomplish this task that is much easier. I would like to familiarize you with the view buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the screen in MS PowerPoint. These handy dandy buttons allow you to quickly switch between the Normal View, Slide Sorter and ... (view more)

Side Slide SideSlide is an advanced, portable, unobtrusive, dockable, skinnable, instantly accessible, highly configurable Desktop Extension. Get instant access to everything you have; browse through your favorite RSS news feeds, keep shortcuts to ... files, folders and URLs you frequently visit, and execute various commands quicker than ever. Users can also add multiple notes, multiple and sizable pictures, schedule reminders, save web snippets and more. Customize Side Slide to emphasize the things you use the most and make more information accessible without occupying precious screen space. ... (view more)

Win Bubble In just two clicks, WinBubble will help you to easily and effectively customize and tweak your brand new Windows Vista operating system. Its features cover full customization options, enhanced security, and full optimization. ... http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/ Slide Mate Slide Mate is an on-screen annotation program meant to help the average user mark up their screen any time, any where, and on any application. http://slidemate.ypgsoft.com/ (view more)

During a slide show in MS PowerPoint 2003 if you want to jump to another slide in the show, you can use the Slide Navigator. In Slide Show mode, right-click the mouse button to display a menu of selections. Select Go To. This will bring a list of ... all of the slides in the presentation and allow you to select the one that you want to move to. Click on the slide you want to go to. This is a particularly useful tip when moving to a slide you have added for a Question and Answer session or when re-starting a slide show during a training session. When you become a member at CarolsCornerOffice.com, ... (view more)

I'm sure that you have probably noticed at the end of your presentation that PowerPoint displays a black screen with the words "End of slide show, click to exit" at the top. Not everyone is enamored of the black screen. Follow the steps below to rid ... yourself of the black screen at the end of your presentation: PowerPoint 2002 and 2003: Choose Tools | Options. Choose the View tab. Uncheck the box for the option End with black slide. PowerPoint 2007: Click on the Office button. Choose the PowerPoint Options button (at the bottom of the window). Choose Advanced from the left side of the next ... (view more)

Adding a footer to a slide gives users the option to keep presentation information organized and immediately accessible by appearing at the top or bottom of each slide. Information such as slide numbers, the time and date, your company logo, the ... presentation title or file name, or the presenter's name and address can be added quickly and easily. Follow the steps below to learn how to add a footer to a slide: On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Header & Footer. In the Header and Footer dialog box, on the Slide tab, select the Footer check box and then type the text that you would ... (view more)

Taptap Hotkey Extender TapTap Hotkey Extender is a tiny super-efficient tray-based utility for keyboard fanatics. It monitors for certain unusual hotkey combinations not supported by most programs (like doubletap right shift key). When such hotkey ... combinations are detected, TapTap will simulate a normal hotkey that the user has configured. In this way, you can configure any of your programs to respond to these extended hotkey events as if they supported it natively. http://www.donationcoder.com Side Slide Stretch Your Desktop. SideSlide is an advanced, unobtrusive, dockable, skinnable, ... (view more)

One way to alter the look of your visual aids in an MS PowerPoint 2000 presentation is to change the color scheme. The color scheme determines what colors are assigned to eight specific slide characteristics (such as fonts, backgrounds and bullets). ... Each template, even the blank presentation, comes with a set of color schemes -- the default that materializes as soon as you apply it plus several others. These predefined schemes have been specially selected to include colors that not only look good together, but that also supply a sense of balance. Still, you can choose to modify the existing ... (view more)

You don't have to wait until you've finished entering the contents of your slide show to add color; you can incorporate a template on your first slide. To begin a new presentation with a design template, use one of the following methods: From the ... opening dialog box, choose Design Template and click OK. Choose File | New, and then click the Design Templates tab in the New Presentation dialog box. When the dialog box appears, follow these steps: Click the template's name to select it or to preview its appearance. Click OK to apply the selected template. As soon as you complete step 1, the New ... (view more)