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PowerPoint Tips and Tricks |
Easily Changing from Caps to Lower Case (or Vice Versa):
If you have text that
is in the wrong case, select the text, and then click Shift+F3 until
it changes to the case style that you like. Clicking Shift+F3 toggles the
text case between ALL CAPS, lower case, and Initial Capital styles. This
useful trick works with Word too!
You can use the arrow
keys to move objects very small distances. This is a big win for those
laptop users who no longer have mice. Select the object, then use your
arrow keys. Each press of the key will move the object on "grid unit" (1/12th
of an inch, don't ask why); if you hold down the Ctrl key while
nudging, or if you have the grid turned off, you can move the objects one
pixel at a time.
Since PowerPoint 7.0
(the one in Office 95, also known as PowerPoint '95) you have the option
to save large files over multiple diskettes. From the File menu, select
Pack
and Go. This wizard will compress your PowerPoint presentation and
copy the file onto as many floppies as are necessary.
These can be pretty
sneaky in the right circumstances. Create a text object. With the text
object selected, click on the Animation Effects button on the tool bar
(the one that looks like a yellow star), and then click on the "flash once"
button. Go to slide show and see the message quickly flash and then disappear.
You can create
"soft" shadows for square or round objects that sit on a solid color background.
Make a copy of the object, then change its fill to be shaded from black
to the background color, with the shading set with black going from the
center out to the background color at the edges.
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Make this object about 150% bigger than the original object, and put it behind the object. This will give you the effect of "soft" shadows.
