Powerpoint

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Keyboard shortcuts

  • Alt-E-S, paste spécial (very handy to paste special a Visio graphic in Enhanced Metafile format).

Tips

Turn mouse into laser pointer
  • Hold Ctrl and press left mouse button to show a laser pointer dot.
  • Go to Slideshow → Setup slideshow to change pointer color.
Basic presentation rules (source
Skillsoft - Powerpoint 2010 best practices)
  • Say it or show it, not both.
  • Max. 5 bullets / slides, and 7 words / bullet
  • Font size, rule of thumb: age of oldest person / 2
Set picture transparent color
  • Select picture
  • In Format ribbon menu, click color, then click set transparent color

Generate PDF slides from Powerpoint Presentation

Recent Powerpoint

  • Powerpoint can now save directly into PDF.
  • This is the best approach because it also keeps the slide ratio (4:3 or 16:9).

Using PDFCreator + Watermark

With the document not opened (but slide ratio lost):

  • Right click on the document.
  • Select Convert with PDF creator
  • In Setting, click Add a stamp text on top of all page.
  • Recommended to use outline font, width 1.

With the document opened in Powerpoint:

  • Print, select PDF Creator.
  • Go to printer properties, General, Preference, Advanced, Paper size: use millimeter and 169mm x 300mm (but what about 90mm x 160mm, or 180mm x 320mm)
  • Print, apply watermark as above.

Using PrimoPDF

  • Requires
    • Primo PDF
    • pdftk (on Cygwin)
  • In Powerpoint, open Print Setup,
    • Select PrimoPDF printer,
    • Click Properties,
      • Select Landscape.
      • Click Advanced..., in Paper/Output, select Postscript Custom Paper Size, set Width=3.78in and Height=5.04in (or use Width=7.56in and Height=10.08in for better picture resolution).
    • Click Scale to fit paper.
  • Print
  • When PrimoPDF window opens, select Print.
    • Note: Seems that Screen, or EBook settings break bitmap pictures.
  • Rotate the generate PDF to make it landscape. In Cygwin,
pdftk in.pdf cat 1-endE output out.pdf

Macro

  • Macro to rename objects on a slide, very handy when creating an animation (here).
    • The original website here. Also contains some advanced animation samples.