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PowerPoint Music Quiz

Download the PowerPoint Music Quiz. This music quiz in PowerPoint has a sample of music played by a particular instrument on each slide. Start the presentation by pressing F5 on the keyboard and either press Enter or click on a slide to progress to the next slide. Play the sample music by clicking on the [...]

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Powerpoint Clicker

When you deliver your PowerPoint presentation, you are tied to your computer because you need to be there to navigate from slide to slide using your keyboard or mouse. This represents an obstacle that prevents you from engaging effectively with your audience. Most of us would not dream of changing channels on our TV without a remote control, yet we put up with being tethered to our mice and keyboards when presenting.

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Microsoft PowerPoint Templates

Microsoft PowerPoint Templates

Using Microsoft PowerPoint templates can be a real time saver when you need to create stylish presentations quickly. If you do decide to use a template, there are several ways to go:

* create your new presentation based on an existing PowerPoint template
* create a new PowerPoint template and use that
* use some professionally designed templates

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Convert Powerpoint To DVD

The new Create a Video feature of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 allows us to convert our presentations to video.Unfortunately, we are only able to create Windows Media Videos (.wmv) using it. What if we want to convert PowerPoint to DVD or other formats? Until Microsoft get their act together, we will have to use third party tools.

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Powerpoint Notes

Powerpoint Notes

Notes can be added to your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as an invaluable aid to jog your memory while you are delivering the presentation. They are a good way to keep you focused on the material at hand and stop you straying too far off topic. An added bonus is that you can use those notes to create handouts for your audience.

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Backstage View In Microsoft Powerpoint 2010

Backstage View In Microsoft Powerpoint 2010

The addition of the Office Button to Powerpoint 2007 and subsequent display when clicked caused a shock to the system for existing users of Microsoft’s presentation program. In Excel 2010 users should be prepared for another surprise as now when they click the Office Button, the Backstage View is displayed.

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