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5 Favorite Features, Tips, and Shortcuts for Microsoft's PowerPoint

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Following up on a post from last month that featured my favorite features, tips, and shortcuts for the oft-used Word program, I wanted to do the same with another tool in the Office Suite: PowerPoint. Well, with the launch of Office 2010 earlier this year, the "basics" just got better and easier. Broadcast Slideshows.

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Upcoming Webinar on May 24: Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint

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Pacific, we will be holding a live webinar that will be covering SmartArt, Creating Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint. First, we will talk about improving the visual aspects of your presentation through tools such as SmartArt. Register today as space is limited.

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Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, and the Cloud

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Microsoft's new version of Office 2010 is interesting in several ways, especially in its approach to green IT and cloud computing. The free online version of Microsoft Office 2010, called Office Web Apps for Home and School is free to anyone regardless of whether or not they use a desktop version of Microsoft Office.

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Upcoming Webinar on May 24: Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint

Tech Soup

Pacific, we will be holding a live webinar that will be covering SmartArt, Creating Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint. First, we will talk about improving the visual aspects of your presentation through tools such as SmartArt. Register today as space is limited.

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Network + Self-Organizing + Location + Data Visualization = 2010

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been playing in a sand box to explore online collaboration/social media tools and how they support network weaving. The big ah ha for me during our reflection that was that effective online collaboration tools for working in a networked way can't have top-down control interaction design. You can also follow other people's plans.

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Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Outlook 2010

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Continuing a series of posts on tips and tricks for Microsoft Office, this month we're tackling Outlook 2010. It's a good tool for managing email, calendars, and tasks in the office setting. If you've just upgraded to Office 2010, check out this post for a roundup of new features to the suite as a whole.

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Does Microsoft Office SmartArt Make You Smarter?

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I'll be speaking in a webinar, Creating Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint , on May 24 at 11 a.m. One of the things we'll be covering is the SmartArt feature , which Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 and improved in Office 2010. As PowerPoint Ninja bluntly put it, SmartArt is dumb. Pacific time.