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How do I change the language of all Powerpoint slides at once?

I want to change the proofing language of all my slides in a Powerpoint. I've tried setting the language via the Language Preferences menu, however this only changes it for new powerpoints.
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How to add text/caption to a line/arrow in PowerPoint 2010?

I was able in the past to double click on a PowerPoint arrow/line in order to add a caption to the line. This is not working in PP 2010. Anyone knows a way to add text to a line ? (without creating a group with a text box and a line) PS: I'm not…
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Stop Powerpoint from changing proofing language to keyboard language

I use Powerpoint 2010 on Windows 7. My keyboard layout is German, but I write my presentations in English. Now I created a presentation with Default Language set to English, and I want it to use English for proofing. When I create a new…
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How can I view a PowerPoint slideshow in windowed mode (ie, not full screen)?

This slideshow is only opening in full screen mode. I can't find any context menu options that will switch it to windowed mode. Update: I am opening this .pptx file as an attachment from within a Word doc. Opening it that way seems to force to…
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How can I copy/paste the *formatting* of a table in Powerpoint?

I'm wondering if there's a feature in ppt 2010 to paste the formatting of one table onto another (e.g. table borders, cell background colour). I've tried all the paste specials but nothing seems to work. It would seem really strange to me if this…
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How to insert column break in PowerPoint 2010?

I found a solution for PowerPoint 2007 but it doesn't work for PowerPoint 2010 because there is no such menu. Do you know if it is hidden somewhere or other ways to insert a column break in multi-column textbox? Thankyou
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How to view multiple slides from same Powerpoint presentation simultaneously?

I want to be able to do: View two slides from same PowerPoint presentation simultaneously Edit these slides My current workflow is to just make the far left "Slides" pane large enough I can see the content for the non-active slide and then jump…
enderland
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How to extract all images from a PowerPoint presentation?

I have a PowerPoint presentation that is basically a slideshow. How can I extract all the images into a folder? I've seen articles that direct you to save the presentation as HTML, but this file format is not in the PowerPoint 2010. Any ideas?
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Go to a specific slide in powerpoint when creating the slides

This might be very simple to achieve, but I don't know how to see it through. When I create presentations using MS powerpoint, I have to go from slide to slide (say from Slide 3 to slide 45). So far I have reached the required slide using the slide…
Prasanna
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How do I fade in an Object from half transparent to opaque in PowerPoint 2010?

How can I fade-in an object from being half-transparent to fully opaque? Basically the transparency animation under emphasis does the exact opposite of what I am trying to achieve, which makes an object transparent for emphasis (?). Initially I…
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How can I modify the "Picture Styles" shortcut gallery in Microsoft Office (Word and Powerpoint, specifically)?

The Microsoft Office Ribbon has a convenient gallery of styles to apply to pictures, shown here: It functions much like the Quick Styles gallery in Word for quickly applying formatting to text. But whereas one can create a new text style and add it…
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PowerPoint: reuse a slide multiple times in a presentation

I'm afraid I already know the answer to this one, but wanted to be sure: Is there any option to reuse a slide within a presentation? For example: If I have an overview slide containing the architecture of my application, I'd like to show it after…
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How to turn off animation preview in PowerPoint?

Context I am creating a PowerPoint presentation and I am adding a lot of animations. The animations are too fancy: I am using appear and disappear to draw attention to specific parts of image. Issue When adding animations, PowerPoint will preview…
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Disable animation motion paths "snapping" to other paths

When moving animation motion parts around (the lines that start with a green arrow and end in a red one), they are snapping to each other. Is there a way to disable this? I have tried disabling object snapping to both object and grids but it's still…
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PowerPoint: only show the objects belonging to a particular animation step

I am trying to create an animation (in PowerPoint 2010) where I show one chart with some data, and I do some annotations on the chart itself (to highlight several parts of it). If I want to put many annotations the whole thing becomes messy while…
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