Tag: source slides
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Troubleshooting Layout Designs
Last week we made changes to our source slides but what if those changes aren’t appearing on previously built slides? Maybe the changes worked on our slides where the content wasn’t yet inserted so why does the computer hate us? Microsoft sucks. Nothing works! Are we done whining yet or do you need a few…
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Assigning Specific Fonts
You likely work for a company that has preferred fonts or colors. Or maybe you’re just particular. You can set the use of these on the source slides. Note: if your company uses a custom branded font that is not standard in Microsoft these changes will not work in a template file unless the individual…
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Remove a Placeholder
Today is a quick post. If there’s a Placeholder on a source slide you no longer want, click the placeholder and press Delete on your keyboard. Yep, it’s that simple. You can do this on a regular slide or in the Slide Master. If you delete while under the Slide Master you’ll change the layout.
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A Place for Your Stuff
If you don’t know about Layouts please go back and read the last post. As discussed, those little boxes with dashed outlines on each layout are called Placeholders. They can contain text, one picture per box, a chart, a video, a sound clip, and other objects. They are boxes designated for content and used on…
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Lord of the Slides
This month I’ll be covering the purpose of source slides known as the Slide Master. What is the Slide Master? Is it a view or a deck? In truth, both. It’s the information (fonts, colors, images, shapes, effects, backgrounds, footers, and more) that controls your layouts for all your slides in a given presentation. Say…
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