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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

Where’s My .PCB File in Vista?

So your PowerPoint toolbars have exploded and you need to reset them with your backup .pcb file (file that contains your customized toolbar settings). But you have just upgraded to Vista and it is no where to be found!

Here is where you need to go:
C: >> Users >> (Your Name/Account) >> App Data (will need to be able to view hidden folders) >> Roaming >> Microsoft >> PowerPoint

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:20:48-08:00August 13th, 2007|Software/Add-Ins|

Creating the Theme Logo (4)

If you look back at the theme logos created so far, it is obvious how the template would be very different for each. So up to this point I am unable to really start working on the PowerPoint template.

But the goal is to make this event a success, and that begins with the client liking and appreciating the core visual to the whole thing – the theme logo.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:19:44-08:00August 8th, 2007|Resource/Misc|

Creating the Theme Logo (1)

So on this project I was given the theme text, “The Ride of Your Life”, and the visual direction. From there it was up to me to select color scheme, graphics, etc.

Here are the first two logo concepts:

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:18:30-08:00August 2nd, 2007|Portfolio|

Event Theme Graphic

For me, I cannot really begin working on a presentation for an event until some of the details are figured out – such the theme. Everything needs to coordinate and the theme can influence the color scheme used, the style of graphic treatment and much more. Sometimes the Theme is the starting point of an entire project.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:18:08-08:00July 31st, 2007|Resource/Misc|

Troy’s Burgers

Nothing to do with PowerPoint, but something I had to share. I was emailed this photo (thanks Dan). I’m not sure where this is, nor am I certain I would frequent it – but they did pick a great name!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:17:47-08:00July 25th, 2007|Personal|

PPTXtreme MoreEdit Released

I have been happily using a beta version of this add-in for quite awhile. Now it is available to all (approx. $40 US). Here is their official press release:

pptXTREME releases moreEdit for Microsoft PowerPoint

pptXTREME has released moreEdit for Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007. moreEdit consists of eight tools: SaveSelected, MakeHeader, MakeBody, Edit Word Art, MatchWidth, MatchHeight, Hide/Unhide and Notes.

With moreEdit’s MakeHeader and MakeBody, shapes that are created in PowerPoint without using the slide master can be formatted to the master. The process also removes “fake” bullets and extra lines and spaces left by the author to give the appearance of PowerPoint bullets.

The SaveSelected tool saves slides selected by the user into a file from within PowerPoint’s own sorter view.

Multiple elements on a slide can be aligned and formatted with the same width or height using the MatchWidth or MatchHeight tools. moreEdit’s Edit Word Art maintains the Word Art’s font size and formatting when you edit the Art’s text.

moreEdit’s HideSlide and UnhideSlides adds to PowerPoint’s default “hide” capabilities by making the hidden slides more visible in sorter view.

The Notes tool inserts text boxes for notes to the author that are formatted to be seen but can be hidden.

Get the full-function trial, click here.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:17:23-08:00July 23rd, 2007|Software/Add-Ins|

German PPT Blog

Ute Simon, a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, sent me a link to their
PowerPoint-User-Team blog. The great thing is that an entire group of power users take turns with the posts.

Note: Ute and the entire PowerPoint-User-Team are in Germany, so the blog is also in German. Now if I could only understand it all…

Look at it here.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:16:37-08:00July 20th, 2007|Software/Add-Ins|
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