Questions tagged [microsoft-powerpoint-2011]

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How do I change the default font in PowerPoint?

PowerPoint has this default font called Calibri (Body) and Georgia (Headings). How do I change this, such that I can have, for example, Helvetica Neue Light (Body). In case you ask why I want this, it's because I'm doing quite a lot of copy-pasting…
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Which version of PowerPoint was used to create a document?

How can I find out which version of PowerPoint was used to create a particular document? General answers welcome, answers describing how to do it using PowerPoint 2011 (Mac) are even better. I'm assuming there must be a way to ask PowerPoint to…
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Images imported into Mac PowerPoint 2011 have a low resolution

Running Lion and Office:Mac 2011. Searched everywhere. No matter what I do images (pictures) that I import into slides immediately go to a very low resolution and quality. How do I prevent this drop is resolution?
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PowerPoint for Mac: only show a particular animation step during editing

I have a PowerPoint slide, half of which steps through several labelled pictures using animation (one exits as the other enters). (The other half stays unchanged.) When I edit this slide, all the pictures (and labels) are stacked on top of each…
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edit equations in PowerPoint 2011 (mac) that were saved in PowerPoint 2010 (windows)

I'm trying to edit a file that was saved in PowerPoint 2010, on Windows. I'm using PowerPoint 2011 on Mac OSX. The problem is that any text box that has an equation in it is un-editable (rendered as an image). Is there anything I can do to make this…
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Same RGB-colors looks different in same document (Office 2011 Mac)

I made PowerPoint template on PowerPoint 2010 for PC and everything seemed to be just fine. But when I opened it on my Mac (PPT 2011), I could see the background color was wrong. So I tripple checked the RGB-values on the background and they was…
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Enable template Footer and Page number in PowerPoint 2011

My PowerPoint 2011 for Mac template has master pages with Page number and Footer text fields. When adding normal presentation pages, these are missing from the page. They are just not there. Here's what I tried to bring them back: Going to Insert >…
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Removing metadata with PowerPoint 2011

I'm looking for a solution to remove metadata from .PPTX files on Mac with PowerPoint 2011. On Windows, there is a Microsoft utility called Document Inspector. Does anyone know of anything similar on Mac OS X? I'm hoping to find a solution to remove…
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Office 2011 unable to display image

I am working in an office using Macs running Office 2011. One of our colleague's found out today that when opening a pptx file, it had a red X instead of the embedded images, just like; RED X instead of graphics. Perhaps my Google fu is not good…
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Is there a grid view feature in Mac PowerPoint 2011?

It seems like this feature is unavailable on a mac powerpoint 2011, and I don't mean "Static Guide" Is there a grid view feature in Mac PowerPoint2011?
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Why is text darker than a filled shape of the same RGB colour in powerpoint?

When filling text and a solid shape fill or slide background with the same RGB colour values, the text appears darker than the shape or background. This makes the colour inconsistent when using the same swatch from a colour theme for text and…
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In Powerpoint 2011, once I've "Rehearsed" a presentation, how do I view the analysis?

I'm using the "Rehearse" feature in Powerpoint 2011 (Mac), and I've saved the finished rehearsal timings (i.e. it prompted me after finishing the presentation). How do I view the amount of time I used on each slide?
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Making Text Longer in Power Point

Does anyone know how to elongate or widen text in Microsoft Power Point? With pictures you can click on any of the re-sizing squares on the picture and do whatever you want. If you do that with the text box it only elongates or widens the text box…
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How to stop PowerPoint from flipping photo

Using PowerPoint 2011, there is a predefined theme called "Revolution". The "Picture with Caption" slide contains a picture placeholder on the left side of the slide. The problem with this theme is that the picture placeholder is automatically…
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Powerpoint 2013 display differently in OSX and Window version

It is the original slide in Powerpoint for Mac 2011 And it is how it looks in Powerpoint 2013 on Windows Here is the version information of my Powerpoint for Mac I have googled this problem but fail to find a solution. How can I fix this…
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