Convert Powerpoint SlideShow to Normal PowerPoint (pps to ppt)

  You saved a PowerPoint file in SlideShow format, and now you want to edit it. How?? Well, I can tell you that NO CONVERTER IS NEEDED! You just have to rename the extension of the file. Why do that?

Solution : Hyperlink in MS PowerPoint

 Thanks to Stanley for this post. Now if you want to make a hyperlink in PowerPoint to go to another slide or open a file :

right click object to choose 'hyperlink'             select file/slides in your show

MiniTips : Convert Text Into Table Form In MS Word

  You typed a bunch of words and few minutes later you thought, “Crap, this looks better in table”. So what are you gonna do? Make new table and move it all in? Try this alternative :

Note: This is for MS Office 2007 and above

1. Highlight the texts
2. Click 'Insert'
3. Click 'Table' > ‘Convert text to table’

//Think Simple.//

MiniTips : A Liiiiiiitle Help In MS Word Tables

  Using the 'Tab' button is useful when it comes to document editing. the 'Tab' button can be used to make 'jumps' in sentences. BUT, this function doesn't works when you're in a table doesn't it? When you're in the table, Try THIS,

'Ctrl + Tab'

  Next, to make a small table in the table, you don't have to go all the way to the top to inset a new table. Use the 'modulus' function on your keyboard. While you're in the table, press:

'|' > 'Space' > '|' > 'Enter'

//Think Simple.//

Embed Video Player In PowerPoint

  In PowerPoint, you have the option to add videos through inserting movies from file, the usual way. But from this method, the video will just show as a frame, without any control or anything. The only thing you can do with the video is either play or pause it. By actually inserting the player into powerpoint, you can do better with the video just like a normal video player you have on your computer. Example, choosing between points of where you want to play, adjusting volume etc. etc.

  

 

Click To Enlarge

 Steps for PowerPoint 2007:

1. Office Button > PowerPoint Options
2. Popular > "Show Developer Tab in the Ribbon" > OK
3. Under "Developer" tab, click the "Hammer & Spanner" icon for "More Controls"
4. Choose "Windows Media Player" > OK > Draw your video screen size
5. Right Click > "Properties" > under "URL", type video name (bla.wmv) > "Enter" ...& done!

Steps for PowerPoint 2003:

1. "View" > "Toolbars" > "Control Toolbox"
2. Click the "Hammer & Spanner" icon for "More Controls"
3. Continue steps 4 & 5 from Powerpoint 2007 instructions above ...& done!

  The video must be placed in the same folder you save your Powerpoint file, in order for it to find the video at the same root. This embedding method solves the problem for most people who wants to burn their projects into CD. Now the video can be viewed within Powerpoint from CD without problem. You can also try other players if you like.

Microsoft Office 2007 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

  Microsoft Office 2007 sure has step up a notch from it's earlier brother. There's even an Office 2010 coming. Everything now seems to be on top of the workspace, and they called this a 'ribbon'. If you ask me I still cannot guess why, tell me if you know. OK, so it's like this : the buttons everywhere on top, looks great but to some it looks messy. You have to move your mouse to the left and to the right (sound familiar?). And so, with keyboard shortcuts, you don't have to, just your fingers anyway.
 

•   The power of 'Alt'imate. Press 'Alt' and you'll see alphabets showing from all the buttons. Then all you have to do to access them is just press the correspondent alphabet on your keyboard. This function covers almost all the buttons that are available there, that's why it's 'Alt'imate. Oh, and the people at Microsoft call this function 'Key Tips', using the technology of Microsoft Active Asseccesibility (MSAA).

•   Moving around the 'Ribbon' area with arrows/'Tab' key. After you have entered command mode by pressing 'Alt', you can also navigate around the ribbon and the Office menu using arrow keys, much more convenient than the previous Microsoft Office version. The 'Tab' key can also replace the arrows keys. Pressing it would also allow you to move around the 'Ribbon', whereas pressing 'Shift'+'Tab' would go in a reverse direction.

 

•   Access places around you with F6. especially the toolbar below you. It's another function for you to move around, but this one is for between toolbars only, to go into the details you have to switch back to using arrows again.

•    Your old friend, Mr. 'Ctrl'. This is still one of the fastest way to go to a single detail like Copy, Paste, Bolding, Italic, Cut and so on. Link for key combinations of 'Ctrl' can be found under this post.
  

Note : if you used the 'Alt' and end up in a wrong tab, press 'Esc' and you can view the tabs access key again.

Any other additional shortcuts that you think useful can be added by commenting in this post. For training of this by Microsoft, you can go to Microsoft Office Training, or for all the key combinations, here.