PowerPoint 2016 – 2.5.2 – Understand the Emphasis Effects
Emphasis effects take place on objects that are already on the screen. Let’s take a look at some of those effects.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.5.1 – Understand the Entrance Effects – Remove
Entrance effects deal with the way that an object appears onto the screen. Let’s take a look at some of those effects.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.11 – Play Audio Across Slides
So far, when we move to a new slide, the Audio automatically stops playing. If you would prefer that it kept on playing throughout the Presentation, then this video will show you how.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.10 – Play and Hide Audio Automatically
We are going to set up our Audio so that it starts playing automatically, when we go into Slide Show view. That means we don’t need to see it, so we’ll also hide it.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.9 – Trim Audio
If you only want to use a piece of an audio track, then you have the capability to trim it down. This video shows you how.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.8 – Insert Audio
This video brings you through the steps required, to insert an Audio track into a Presentation.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.7 – Video from YouTube
This video shows you the steps to insert a video from YouTube. But just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should! This video will also explain why it’s not always a good idea.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.6 – Set a Poster Frame on a Video
Rather than starting with a black screen on the video, we can set an image to be the Poster Frame, the starting image. This video shows you how to do just that.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.5 – Play a Video Full Screen
Rather than having the video sitting very obviously on the slide – we’re going to set it up, so that the video takes up the full screen, when we go into Slide Show view.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.4 – Start Video Automatically
When you go into Slide Show view, you might prefer the video to start playing automatically. This video shows you how.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.3 – Fade Video Sound
When a video is trimmed, you’ll find that the sound cuts in very sharply. Fading in and out the sound, will take care of that problem.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.2 – Trim a Video
If a video is too long, it can be trimmed down here, directly in PowerPoint. This video brings you through those steps.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.4.1 – Insert a Video
Learn how to connect to a video that is stored on your computer.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.3.6 – Compress a Picture
Compressing pictures reduces the size of the overall presentation. See the difference it makes with our four slides.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.3.5 – Remove the Background from a Picture
PowerPoint provides an excellent background removal tool for our Pictures. This video shows you how to use it.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.3.4 – Crop to a Shape
Did you know that you can Crop a picture to a Shape? Well, you can and this video will show you how!
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.3.3 – Crop a Picture
Sometimes you just need to cut parts away unwanted pieces of a picture. This is done by Cropping – which we’ll look at in this video.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.3.2 – Use Picture Effects
Look at some of the amazing affects provided by PowerPoint, to work with Pictures.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.3.1 – Use a Picture as a Slide Background
See how to make a picture the Background of one slide, or all slides, in a Presentation. Also see how to manipulate the Transparency of the picture – so that the text is not obscured by that Background.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.13 – Example 3 – Create a Diagram
Watch this third example of a real-life diagram being created, using some of the techniques that have been shown throughout this lesson.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.12 – Example 2 – Create a Diagram
Watch this second example of a real-life diagram being created, using some of the techniques that have been shown throughout this lesson.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.11 – Example 1 – Create a Diagram
Watch this first example of a real-life diagram being created, using some of the techniques that have been shown throughout this lesson.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.10 – Join Shapes Together
Two or more Shapes can be joined together, to create a completely new Shape – see the steps you need to take, to achieve this.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.9 – Change or Edit a Shape
If you have the wrong Shape on the screen, you can substitute it for another one, without having to delete the original first. If you want to ‘adjust’ a Shape to create a completely new Shape, you can do that too!
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.8 – Rotate and Flip Shapes
Learn the different options that are available for Rotating an object – or even for Flipping it over!
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.7 – Align Shapes
Watch this video to discover the different ways you can quickly line up your Shapes.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.6 – Group and Ungroup Shapes
Individual objects can be Grouped together to make a single object. This video shows you how to Group 4 objects together – then how to Ungroup them.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.5 – Layer and Order Shapes
If you put out multiple Shapes onto a slide, you might not be aware that they ‘layer’ in the order they are brought out. This video shows you how you can re-order those layers, if you need to position them on top of each other.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.4 – Duplicate Shapes Repeatedly
This video shows two ways to create a copy of a Shape, but the second way includes a tip to quickly repeat that second Shape and its distance from the original.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.3 – Trick to Draw Shapes From the Centre
Sometimes you need the centre of a Shape to be perfectly positioned at a certain point on a slide. The easiest way to do this is to draw the Shape out from its centre point.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.2 – Trick to Create a Circle From an Oval
If you want to create a perfect circle using Shapes, then this video will show you how to do just that.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.2.1 – Trick to Create a Square From a Rectangle
If you want to create a perfect square using Shapes, then this video will show you how to do just that.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.1.6 – Selection Tip
Sometimes when you select bulleted text, it all goes horribly wrong! This is a tip to show you how to avoid those problems.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.1.5 – Move Text Away From a Bullet
If you don’t want to shrink the size of the bullets, then you need to move the text away from those bullets. This video shows you how this is done.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.1.4 – Resize a Bullet
When you change the type of bullet you use, you’ll find that the new bullets are quite large. This video will show you how to resize those bullets.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.1.3 – Change the Bullet Colour
Do bullets really need to be black? No, they don’t! Let’s see how we can change the bullet colour.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.1.2 – Apply Your Own Bullet
Has your company purchased bullets from an Internet site? If so, this video shows you how to apply them.
PowerPoint 2016 – 2.1.1 – Change the Bullet Type
The standard black bullet is not the only bullet in town! Learn where to find alternative bullet types.
Word 2016 – 3.7.6 – Move a Macro to the Normal Template
This video brings us into the VBA Editor to move the Macro code to the Normal Template. Don’t worry if you’re not used to the code window, all will be explained!
Word 2016 – 3.7.5 – Create a Macro Button
This video shows you how to attach our Macro to a button that we’re placing onto the Quick Access Toolbar.
Word 2016 – 3.7.4 – Open a Document Containing a Macro
When you open a document that contains a Macro, you will get a Security warning. This video shows that warning and explains what it means.
Word 2016 – 3.7.3 – Save a Macro in a Word Document
We cannot save a Macro into a .docx document. This video shows the message we receive when we try to do that, then we’ll see the steps we need to take, to keep our Macro.
Word 2016 – 3.7.2 – Create a Macro
Learn the steps that you need to take to create a Macro in Word.
Word 2016 – 3.7.1 – What is a Macro?
This video explains what a Macro is and shows you the Macro that we are going to create, in this set of videos.
Word 2016 – 3.6.4 – Edit an Index
This video shows you how to add new entries to the Index as well as showing you how to change the look of the Index.
Word 2016 – 3.6.3 – AutoMark an Index Using a Concordance File
This video brings you through the steps used to auto-mark an Index, then create the Index.
Word 2016 – 3.6.2 – Insert an Index
This video brings you through the necessary steps to insert an Index at the back of the document.
Word 2016 – 3.6.1 – Manually Mark an Index
In this video we’re going to see how you manually mark the text that you want to be shown, in the Index, at the back of your document.
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