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No More Google Podcasts…?

Not exactly a presentation topic, but I get so much of my presentation industry news and tech info from podcasts I feel this is a topic worthy of The Presentation Podcast. The Google podcasts app launched in 2018, and was shut down April 2, 2024. In reality, Google Podcasts are not gone, just the app. Podcasts are being integrated into YouTube Music.

If you used the Google Podcasts app, which admittedly I did not, a migration tool has been available to transfer listener podcast subscriptions to YouTube Music (the other note is the migration tool was only available for U.S. users). But now that we are in mid-April, and the reason for this blog post with my calendar reminder to investigate podcasts on YouTube Music, went off, and I have investigated. I am not seeing podcasts in YouTube Music, nor on YouTube and the Podcasts tab. There are several video podcasts, but no audio only podcasts.

The press release I found (thank you Podcast Tonight Newsletter) notes the move is part of a strategy to simplify the podcast listening experience by combining it with music streaming, creating a one-stop audio destination on YouTube Music. Google believes this change will improve podcast discovery, encourage more community interaction, and make switching between audio podcasts and video content easier – an area where Spotify is also making strides. With 23% of weekly podcast users in the U.S preferring YouTube over Google Podcasts’ meager 4%, Google sees this transition as a necessary step to cater to user needs and habits.

Note: my podcast, The Presentation Podcast, is not available on YouTube podcasts yet… adding that to my list of updates to work through!

Troy @ TLC

By |2024-04-09T16:51:48-07:00April 18th, 2024|Resource/Misc|

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Join Troy, Nolan and Sandy for a conversation with Rolly Seth, Principal Product Manager for Microsoft Designer, about AI, copilot and storytelling. Rolly previously as on the PowerPoint team, is a thought leader and all around brilliant thinker when it comes to the intersection of technology and creativity. Click here for the conversation! 

By |2024-04-23T19:23:43-07:00April 16th, 2024|Resource/Misc|

PowerPoint Not Printing PDFs – Here’s Why

So this is a problem, and I am guessing I am not the only one being frustrated with their computer – PowerPoint – Outlook – print drivers.

(note: paid actor, recreating computer frustration Troy is experiencing today)

After finally getting frustrated enough to look into the problem. The problem is any PDF I attempt to print resulted in this error message.

The problem is Windows, or Office. Or maybe it is an Adobe problem. But it is that Adobe is not recognizing the the new Windows default font Aptos (for more information on Aptos font, see this earlier blog post). My guess is Adobe does not recognize the font and does not know what to do with it, so it does nothing – aside from erroring out every PDF I attempt to print.

Note: I have not tested this on a Mac, but it is definitely an issue on Windows.

Here is the solution:

1. In the Office app (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Word – they all are experiencing this issue) and file to print, go to the Print dialog and select ADOBE PDF as the printer.

2. Click PRINT OPTIONS

3. In the Print Options dialog, ACROBAT PDF should be the preset based on selection in the print menu earlier. Click the PROPERTIES button.

4. In the Abobe PDF Document Properties dialog UNCHECK the RELY ON SYSTEM FONTS ONLY; DO NOT USE DOCUMENT FONTS option.

5. Click okay and the PDF should successfully print!

Note: I have not found a way to make this option unchecked by default. I also have been happy to create PDFs again and have not really dived deeper into changing the print options more permantly – mostly because I am hopeful Microsoft and Adobe will figure out this issue and fix it so this hack is not needed.

Troy @ TLC

 

By |2024-04-03T14:51:14-07:00April 4th, 2024|Resource/Misc|

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New book in the presenting space! Speaking Story by Sally Zimney is a story rich (okay, pun intended…) journey of what it means to be a speaker, how to put together your (speaker) story, and many tips & recommendations on speaking. Troy, Nolan and Sandy enjoy time talking with Sally Z on this episode of The Presentation Podcast – click here to join the conversation!

By |2024-04-02T07:35:37-07:00April 2nd, 2024|Resource/Misc|

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What is better than Troy, Nolan and Sandy having a conversation? A total of 9 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs having a conversation! This year, for the Microsoft MVP Summit, we have replaced our “Live From the Summit” episode with a “Gathered Online During the Summit” conversation with 6 more Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs! Join the group for a conversation about PowerPoint, Copilot, the Surface 9 neural processing chip, and more!!

Click here for the conversation.

By |2024-03-19T08:31:57-07:00March 19th, 2024|Resource/Misc|

Troy and Lori on The Presentation Podcast!

You Don’t Know, What You Do Not Know. The conversation this episode is Troy and Lori of TLC Creative talking about features and processes for PowerPoint design and presenting that are not intuitive to know are available, and therefore many people, professional presentation designers included, do not know they exist. Join the conversation here.

By |2024-02-20T05:10:30-07:00February 20th, 2024|Resource/Misc|

Error Message when Opening a PowerPoint File from MS Teams

Working a set of our TLC Creative show computers I had this frustrating error when attempting to open the MS Teams based presentation:

I confirmed MS Teams was logged in with my credentials. Confirmed I can access the Team, folder and file. I also confirmed I was able to open the PowerPoint file in the Teams viewer and web-based browser version of PowerPoint. But I did not confirm PowerPoint/MS Office was logged in with my account – the user seen in the upper right of PowerPoint.

Each time I went through the process of logging myself as the profile for Office to use, the above error taunted me (argh!!). The solution, which I have confirmed works on yet another computer having the same Microsoft seizure, is to SIGN OUT of all profiles. Then sign in with your credentials. I have no idea why Office errors out when trying to login your profiles sometimes, but it does. And I now have a solution that works (but sorry to everyone else that needs to also use that computer and must go through the login profile process vs. just clicking to change profiles…).

– Troy @ TLC

By |2024-01-23T19:29:08-07:00January 23rd, 2024|PowerPoint, Resource/Misc, Software/Add-Ins|

First Podcast Episode of 2024!

As we start 2024, The Presentation Podcast is looking back at 2023, specifically favorite presentation project, non-PowerPoint project, podcast episode – tech tip – guest, and more! Join Troy, Sandy and Nolan for this great podcast episode! Listen here.

By |2024-01-02T09:42:00-07:00January 2nd, 2024|Resource/Misc|
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