Formatting with WordArt

Standard formatting options, such as bold, italic, and underline, are all available on the Home tab. WordArt, however, is just as useful in formatting even though it is typically used sparingly in presentations. WordArt Styles You can find WordArt text effects in the Text group on the Insert tab. When you apply a WordArt text effect, PowerPoint 2007 displays the Format contextual tab under Drawing Tools. Using the Quick Style gallery in the WordArt Styles group, you can choose to...

Adding Punch to Your Bulleted Lists

In most PowerPoint 2007 presentations, you will see at least one slide with a bulleted list. Some presentations go overboard and include multiple slides with bulleted lists. Although these lists are easier for audiences to understand and follow at a glance, using several within one presentation can make a viewer’s eyes glaze over. The next time you add a bulleted list to your presentation, consider converting the text to a SmartArt graphic. This gives your information a...

Finding and Replacing Words or Phrases

If you need to quickly find every occurrence of a certain word or phrase within your presentation or on even just one slide, you will find the commands you need on the Home tab. By typing the word or phrase you want to find, you can have PowerPoint 2007 search the entire presentation and highlight every occurrence of the word or phrase it finds. You can easily quit the process by clicking the Close button whenever you want. You can locate and change specific text in a presentation...

Adding a Text Box to a Slide

A typical PowerPoint slide lets you type text in the Title text box or the Subtitle text box. When you type text in the Title or Subtitle text box, the contents appear as slide titles and subheadings within Outline view. However, PowerPoint also offers you a third option for displaying text on a slide: You can create your own text box and place it anywhere on the slide. When you create your own text box and fill it with text, this text will not appear within Outline view. The...

Shortcut Commands Worth Knowing

Shortcut commands that can save time as you construct PowerPoint presentations. These commands belong in the Hall of Fame. They are Undo, Repeat, and AutoCorrect. Undoing a Mistake Fortunately for you, all is not lost if you make a big blunder, because PowerPoint has a marvelous little tool called the Undo command. This command "remembers" the previous 20 editorial and formatting changes you made. As long as you catch your error in time, you can "undo" your mistake. Click the Undo...

Opening and Closing Presentations

To get to work on a presentation, you have to open it first. And, of course, you close a presentation when you are finished working on it and want to carry on normal activities. These pages explain all the intricate details of opening and closing presentations. In these pages, you will find many tips for finding and opening the presentation you want to work on. Opening a Presentation PowerPoint and Windows offer many shortcuts for opening presentations. To open a presentation, take the...

Starting PowerPoint

Unless you start the PowerPoint program, you cannot construct PowerPoint presentations. Many have tried to construct presentations from mud without starting PowerPoint first, but all have failed. Here are the various and sundry ways to start PowerPoint: Open PowerPoint: Click the Start button and choose All Programs> Microsoft Office> Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. Desktop Shortcut Icon: By creating a PowerPoint shortcut icon on the Windows desktop, you can double-click the icon...

Easy Mod_Rewrite with PHP tutorial

I have been playing around with Apaches mod_rewrite on my other site http://www.2big2send.com and i must admit its a whole lot easier than i first thought.. Here is a quick guide for most general use: Create a new file in your main directory (public_html for cPanel or httpdocs for plesk – not sure about other ones) called .htaccess (Dont forget the ‘.’ dot before the name – you may already have one of these file, thats ok, just edit it and follow the guide...

Camera tool in Excel

The Camera tool allows you to select a range of cells and literally insert a live picture into a spreadsheet. Any change to the range of cells will automatically update the image. The Camera tool allows you to select a range of cells and literally insert a live picture into a spreadsheet.  Any change to the range of cells will automatically update the image. In order to use the Camera tool, we must first add it to the Command Bar.  There is a well documented tutorial on...

Libvirt and the virtualization shell

Now that I've covered some of the architecture of libvirt, let's look at some examples of the use of the libvirt virtualization API. I start by using an application called virsh (virtualization shell), which is built on top of libvirt. This shell permits use of much of the libvirt functionality but in an interactive (shell-based) fashion. In this section, I demonstrate some of the aspects of VM manipulation...