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I work with PowerPoint on a daily basis and I am very honored to be a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP. We have a talented team of presentation designers at TLC Creative Services and ThePowerPointBlog is our area to highlight PowerPoint tips, tricks, examples and tutorials. Enjoy! Troy Chollar

One of Our Top Clients Makes the Top of ‘What People Earn’ List!

In Los Angeles this week preparing presentations for one of our larger clients, who just this past week was listed as the top earning woman of the year!

Serious – Lori and I are working for Mattel Toys preparing presentations and this really was in the L.A. times. And her (Barbie) presentations not a list of boring bullet points!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:29:32-07:00April 22nd, 2009|Personal, PowerPoint|

Superscript the Superscripted TM Symbol

When adding a copyright, registration, or trademark I usually want it to be there, but be small and non-distracting. Not certain why this trick only works on the trademark, but it does.

1. Add the TM symbol by typing “(TM)”

2. Highlight the symbol and click the superscipt button to make it even smaller!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:29:59-07:00April 20th, 2009|Tutorial|

Type a Trademark

If you need to add a Trade mark to your text the common solution is to:
– Go to INSERT
– GO to SYMBOL
– Go to NORMAL TEXT and hunt for the trademark symbol

But there is a an easy and quick way that never has your fingers leave the keyboard. Just type “(TM)”. Done.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:30:27-07:00April 18th, 2009|PowerPoint|

Type a Copyright Symbol

If you need to add a copyright symbol to your text the common solution is to:
– Go to INSERT
– GO to SYMBOL
– Go to NORMAL TEXT and hunt for the registration copyright symbol

But there is a an easy and quick way that never has your fingers leave the keyboard. Just type “(C)”. Done.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:30:50-07:00April 16th, 2009|Tutorial|

Type a Registration Mark

If you need to add a registration mark to your text the common solution is to:
– Go to INSERT
– GO to SYMBOL
– Go to NORMAL TEXT and hunt for the registration mark symbol

But there is a an easy and quick way that never has your fingers leave the keyboard. Just type “(R)”. Done.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:31:16-07:00April 14th, 2009|Tutorial|

Backstage in Las Vegas

Spent last week working in Las Vegas and the new Palazzo hotel (part of The Venetian) is highly recommended. The staging looked great with 2 high-def screens (I controlled) and a lot of smaller support screens (moving video elements) and the set lighting and PPT template color scheme changed with each presenter.

Backstage was the usual glow of computer displays.

Here are the computers I supplied for the event:
1. Primary Left Screen
2. Primary Right Screen
3. My personal production computer
4. Backup Left Screen
5. Backup Left Screen
6. Backup graphics operator personal computer

And although I don’t gamble, this one caught my attention:

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:31:55-07:00April 10th, 2009|Personal, Portfolio|

Where are the File Properties in PPT 2007?

The ribbon interface was designed to be intuitive and make things easy to find. But there are exceptions to everything, like not having an ‘Insert Slide’ on the Insert tab and finding the file properties for the presentation.

In PPT 2003 you go to FILE >> PROPERTIES and this dialog appears:

To find this information in PPT 2007 it is not as obvious, although it does have a nice layout when found. To open the file properties in PPT 2007:
1 – go to the OFFICE BUTTON
2 – go to PREPARE
3 – select PROPERTIES

The properties information appears inline just above your slides.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T12:00:08-08:00April 6th, 2009|Tutorial|

Another – BETTER- Way to Nudge/Move a Chart in PPT 2007

I received an email from my friend Ute, a PowerPoint MVP from Germany who directed me to one of her video tutorials with the clue that “strg” means CTRL.

You can watch the tutorial here (it is in German).

Here is my sample chart. Note the full selection line around it when clicked.

But if you CTRL CLICK on the chart you get a different selection, 4 dots.

With the CTRL CLICK selection the arrow keys allow you to move the chart!

Thanks Ute!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T10:38:17-07:00April 4th, 2009|Tutorial|
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