Posted by tribeofa | Posted in MS PowerPoint | Posted on 17-09-2011
It’s very frustrating for those of us who use dual monitors to try to compare, copy and paste between two PowerPoint documents in Windows. Word, Visio and some other programs allow you to open two copies of the program at once so you can display one on each monitor, but PowerPoint has a “parent” function that sends you to your room when you try. Here’s a workaround:
Put PowerPoint on your left-hand monitor (optional, but easier).
Under “Window” in the tool bar, or the “View” pane in other versions, choose “Arrange All.” You’ll see your presentations side by side, like this:
Now grab the sizing control 
in the bottom right corner of your main PowerPoint Window – the “parent” window – and stretch the window across both monitors. Now just move to right-hand deck to the right-hand monitor and you can edit between the two easily.
Or, of course, you could just buy a Mac.
How to view Excel on dual monitors
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Posted by tribeofa | Posted in MS PowerPoint, MS Word | Posted on 02-11-2010
Formatting in Word and PowerPoint can be really frustrating. The number one cause of baldness in admins is Word. One of the most frenzy-inducing features is the bulleted list. The short answer is that the arrows on your ruler should look like this:
Not this:
If you can’t see the ruler, choose “View” in the menu bar or panel and “Show Ruler.”
For more a more in-depth coif-saving explanation of aligning bulleted lists in PowerPoint and Word, click here. You’ll see the full page explanation located in the Word Wiki.
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Posted by tribeofa | Posted in MS PowerPoint | Posted on 07-08-2010
You set up your PowerPoint show to run automatically…but how will your speaker know how long s/he can rattle on before the show leaves town without him? There are a couple of ways you can help:
1) When you choose “rehearse timing,” PowerPoint will ask you if you want to view timings in Slide Sorter view. Say yes. This is what you’ll see:
If I create your show, you’d better talk fast!
You can do a screen print or use your Snagit to provide an overview of the timing for the show.
2) As you set the timings, or using the above print out as your cheat sheet, enter the timings into the Notes View for each slide. Each slide will appear on a page, looking something like this:
In newer version of PowerPoint, you can split the presentation so that the speaker sees the notes version and the audience sees the notes version.
Really, though, I think clicking for each change is safer. Imbedded movies are the only time you should need to do this.
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