Powerpoint Help

I'm shite with this package. If I'm doing a flow chart, and I've added in all my autoshapes and arrows, is there any way to get the boxes centred and the spaces between them uniform? Is there any way to "select all" and centre it like you would do in Word?

Thanks in advance.

go to view-> toolbars-> then select formatting... there should be some commands to either: align left, center, align right, or justify... if not go to customize and to command; then select format and insert your own alignments... hope this works...

angeldust_evildust wrote: go to view-> toolbars-> then select formatting...

It's not formatting toolbar, it's Drawing that you want. Select the objects you want in a particular row/column, then click on the draw button and an option to Align or Distribute will come up. This will allow you to line them up and evenly space them.

Thanks lads. Trying it out now. Will report back.

James Thomas wrote:

angeldust_evildust wrote: go to view-> toolbars-> then select formatting...

It's not formatting toolbar, it's Drawing that you want. Select the objects you want in a particular row/column, then click on the draw button and an option to Align or Distribute will come up. This will allow you to line them up and evenly space them.

I'm falling at the first hurdle here. How do I select the objects? Is there away to "select all"? I've got four identically sized boxes running in a horizontal flow left to right.

You can either use the white arrow on the toolbar to select a number of objects within an area or hold the ctrl key down and select the objects you want.

GlasVegas wrote:

James Thomas wrote:

angeldust_evildust wrote: go to view-> toolbars-> then select formatting...

It's not formatting toolbar, it's Drawing that you want. Select the objects you want in a particular row/column, then click on the draw button and an option to Align or Distribute will come up. This will allow you to line them up and evenly space them.

I'm falling at the first hurdle here. How do I select the objects? Is there away to "select all"? I've got four identically sized boxes running in a horizontal flow left to right.

I belive holding down the Ctrl + A will do that for you.

Is this for the 'Please make me a Viking' presentation?

I'm working on a :-

I Hate the Cure presentation, complete with video clips, sound and slide transitions

Digi Mike Binoche wrote: I'm working on a :-

I Hate the Cure presentation, complete with video clips, sound and slide transitions

Oh, I thought it was a "Bono is God" presentation. Guess that one is next then.

From El-Reg

[black]Official: Powerpoint bad for brains [/black]

Anyone who's been a victim of "death by Powerpoint" - that glazed and distant feeling that overwhelms you when some sales droid starts their presentation - will be reassured by Aussie researchers who've discovered biological reasons for the feeling. Humans just don't like absorbing information verbally and visually at the same time - one or the other is fine but not both simultaneously. Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia found the brain is limited in the amount of information it can absorb - and presenting the same information in visual and verbal form - like reading from a typical Powerpoint slide - overloads this part of memory and makes absorbing information more difficult. Professor Sweller said: "The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster. It should be ditched. "It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented." The theory of "cognitive load theory" suggest the memory can deal with two or three tasks for a period of a few seconds - any more than that and information starts to get lost. There's more from the Sydney Morning Herald here, or there's an abstract of Sweller's work (pdf) here. Professor John Sweller is not the first to question the overarching power of Powerpoint. Edward Tufte is a professor emeritus at Yale and an information and interface design expert. His 2003 book The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within makes similar claims. ®

Doctor? wrote: From El-Reg

[black]Official: Powerpoint bad for brains [/black]

Anyone who's been a victim of "death by Powerpoint" - that glazed and distant feeling that overwhelms you when some sales droid starts their presentation - will be reassured by Aussie researchers who've discovered biological reasons for the feeling. Humans just don't like absorbing information verbally and visually at the same time - one or the other is fine but not both simultaneously. Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia found the brain is limited in the amount of information it can absorb - and presenting the same information in visual and verbal form - like reading from a typical Powerpoint slide - overloads this part of memory and makes absorbing information more difficult. Professor Sweller said: "The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster. It should be ditched. "It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented." The theory of "cognitive load theory" suggest the memory can deal with two or three tasks for a period of a few seconds - any more than that and information starts to get lost. There's more from the Sydney Morning Herald here, or there's an abstract of Sweller's work (pdf) here. Professor John Sweller is not the first to question the overarching power of Powerpoint. Edward Tufte is a professor emeritus at Yale and an information and interface design expert. His 2003 book The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within makes similar claims. ®

Agree to that

Always found Powerpoint has its place as long as the info on the slide is more of an outline that you can discuss yourself. Also throwing in an added pic of a barely clad woman increases the intrest of your presentation around Marines

wow, 2000 posts. How the hell did I do that?

EdelBrock wrote:

wow, 2000 posts. How the hell did I do that?