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How To: Create moving objects in PowerPoint

Let's face it: Powerpoint presentations are boring. For the most part, you use them as a lecture aid for science class or to give a presentation at work about market trends. Okay, we're making ourselves tired already. Point is, there's really not much going on with Powerpoint presentations, so make your next one as painless as possible by adding some cute animated clips.

How To: Create a Best man's speech in PowerPoint

Everyone thinks the bride and groom are having to do all the work day when it's their wedding. No one spares a thought for the poor sap who has to take on the role of Best man. Not only are there some fairly hefty ‘responsibilities' to adhere to, you have to get up in front of everyone and deliver the most gut-wrenching speech of all. Get it right, you're a hero. Get it wrong, and you've ruined the ‘special' day she's been dreaming about since she was an 8-year-old little princess. So check o...

How To: Make a PowerPoint presentation

In this video series, learn how to make Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. Our expert will show you how to use this handy piece of software to organize your data in a slideshow format, making for an easy viewing experience at any meeting. Topics covered include how to use the design template, how to change backgrounds, how to add text and animate it to come in when you’re ready to make your next point, how to add photos, how to do slide transitions, and many other helpful tips.

How To: Split data in mulitple columns quickly in Excel

Don't fret if your boss has sent you a long Excel list of employees and asked you to separate the first and last names. In this video tutorial you will learn a neat trick to take a person's name in one column and separate the data into two columns, one for first name and another for last name. Learn the quick process without retyping or cut/paste! Split data in mulitple columns quickly in Excel.

How To: Use Microsoft Outlook

In this Microsoft Outlook video tutorial, learn how to use Microsoft Outlook from systems administrator and MS Outlook expert Gary Zier. Gary will teach you Microsoft Outlook techniques such as how to permanently delete items in MS Outlook, how to selectively send read receipts in Outlook, how to prevent multiple prefixes in emails, how to create and save searches in Microsoft Outlook, how to configure the desktop alert in Outlook, how to print select pages from an email, and how to create cu...

How To: Use PowerPoint

In this video series, our expert Gary Zier will show you how to use the tools and navigate the menus in PowerPoint and will provide expert tips and advice for working with templates, objects, slides, images, charts and diagrams, and transitions. He will also show you how to print your slides and finalize CD presentations. Use PowerPoint - Part 1 of 19.

How To: Create a monogram in MS Word

It's not as hard as you think to create your own monograms for your wedding invitations, napkins or whatever else you need. With so much needing to be controlled by others, just think how helpful it will be to have one more thing you can take care of yourself! See how to create monograms in MS Word.

How To: Create a PowerPoint family tree

What a wonderful alternative use for a Powerpoint presentation. If you've got a lot of history and ancestry to share with your friends, then making a Powerpoint that each person can view from his/her computer is a nice way to organize and show off your stuff.