Time management is always a good thing, whether at home, in school, or at work. However, managing your time well is easier said than done. In fact, many successful people even have a hard time making the most of their time consistently. It’s a constant search for improvement and development in order to be more …
If you frequently receive PowerPoint files through email, communication apps like Slack or Skype, or download presentations from various online platforms in formats such as PPT or PPS, you might occasionally encounter difficulties in opening them. This common issue often manifests when a user attempts to access such attachments, only to be met with an …
Group shapes is a functionality in PowerPoint that helps to merge shapes, via set operations such as Union, Intersect, Substract and more. With Group Shapes, you can easily combine multiple shapes into a single grouped entity. This can be helpful when you need to create complex shapes or when you need to combine shapes with …
A text file is a pretty simple and straightforward computer file. From the name itself, it contains a structured sequence of lines of electronic text. It has no special formatting such as bold text, text colors, images, or any other style. It is identified with a “.txt” file extension. As simple as it is, you …
Many Word documents from earlier file versions open without certain new features in Compatibility Mode in Word. When such documents are opened, you can clearly see ‘Compatibility Mode’ written in the top bar of the Word window. You can quite easily open Word documents by converting your files to prevent them from opening in compatibility mode …
Recent editions of PowerPoint, like PowerPoint 2013 and PowerPoint 2016 provide many interesting options for presenters to help them emphasize different parts of their presentations, and one of them is the laser pointer. In this post we will show you how to activate the laser pointer in PowerPoint 2016.
When we think of Skype, classrooms don’t really come to mind. However, the use of Skype in the classroom is becoming more common than you might think. Thanks to Microsoft, you can now engage your students using Skype with an entire curriculum. Teachers can connect their students with classrooms globally to play the Mystery Skype Game …
Many people don’t like installing resource intensive applications like Skype on their computer or mobile device. Many users also complaint that Skype is buggy and messes up their computer. In such a case one might prefer using Skype without installing it. There are three very easy methods that you can use to chat on Skype …
Among the many project management and planning methods, CPM (Critical Path Method) is a critical technique. In this post we will show you how to use the Critical Path Method in PowerPoint presentations.
If you are an Outlook.com (Hotmail) or OneDrive user who wants to use Skype right from within your internet browser, you can integrate Skype with these Microsoft services. This also means that you can collaborate with Skype contacts real-time while working on your Office Online documents, such as PowerPoint presentation slides or MS Word files.
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