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    - MP3 files and PP OK can I use and MP3 file for music on PP?? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394234
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    - How do I set text in front of motion backgrounds in Powerpoint'07 I love Powerpoint but I cannot seem to get it to set text in front of .mpg files. Therefore I have to use different presentation software e.g. Easyslide. Is there a way to do this? Many thanks and much appreciated - Ian. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394225
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    - HOW TO INSERT WATER MARK ON powerpoint SLIDES does powerpoint has any utility to insert water marks on all or selected slides of the presentations......please advice Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394221
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    - =?Utf-8?B?VkLlpoLkvZXpl5zplonkuIrkuIDlsaRhY3RpdmUgcHB0?= ä»¥è¡¨å?®æ?¹å¼?å?·è¡?å¤?çµ?ç°¡å ±æ?æ?¾,å¦?ä½?ä»¥VBæ?°å¯«é??é??ä¸?ä¸?å±¤å?·è¡?é??ç??ç°¡å ±æª???? (close release remove)?? HELP ME Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394215
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    - Selecting microphone in USB Port while using PP How does one select a prefered microphone while using PP? I can not seem to be able to find the option to change microphones (other applications have a drop down selection to select the prefered mic). Thanks! -- P.O. Box 320932 Cocoa Beach, Florida 32932 http://sites.google.com/site/briansestate Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394214
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    - =?Utf-8?Q?Why_doesn't_PowerPoint_2003_reco?= When i try to open a file that it's extension is Â¨.pptÂ¨ it doesn't open in any computer Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394204
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    - music pp 2003 Hi all, Is there any way I can fade music out without waiting until the end of the song. I want to blend a Pat Boone song into Chubby Checker's twist at a particular part of the slide show? Thanks Kaye Payne Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394203
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    - Assigning an action to boxes in organization chart Hello there, I've added hyperlinks to boxes on the main slide of our organizational chart with selected slides as the designation. The action is to jump to the designated slide when a linked box is clicked in the slide show view which is not happening. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? -- Roxann Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394201
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    - photos that I inserted into my slideshow appear full screen How do I make the photos that I inserted into a slideshow appear full screen without any background, only that of the actual photo? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394196
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    - Hanging Indent This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C903A7.91C2E320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is it possible to do a Hanging Indent within a text box? Thanks --=20 Dan Johnson ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C903A7.91C2E320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3395" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Is it possible to do a Hanging Indent within a = t</FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2>ext box?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks</FONT><FONT size=3D2><BR>-- <BR>Dan = Johnson</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C903A7.91C2E320-- Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394192
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    - Active X Control I have working on putting a PowerPoint file to the Web and everytime I test it, I get a message about Active X control. How can I prevent this from happening when I put it on the Web? The steps I used to produce this file is to Save as a Web Page and Publish. Thanks -- Mickey Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394188
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    - Organisation Charts in 2007 Hi Can anyone tell me if the Organisation chart slide features have improved in PP 2007? They're pretty basic in 2003, I'd like to know if things have improved in 2007, otherwise will be thinking about Visio instead. Thanks SW Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394185
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    - Smooth point vs. straight point When you edit points in an object, you have the option of adding or changing a point to be a corner, smooth, or straight point. I understand the difference between the corner point and the other two. However, I'm struggling to see any big differences between the smooth and straight point options. Does someone know what the difference is and under what circumstances I should use one over the other? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394184
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    - Lines and Text Boxes - Functionality Question I want to create a flow diagram and link various decision and process boxes with lines which have text in them - e.g. a line coming from a decision diamond with a label YES on it and connected to a process box. I have browsed several posts and I am now under the impression that it is not possible to have a single line with text on it. This seems amazing - given that Powerpoint has gobbled up Visio and Visio supported such functionality. I have tried the idea of grouping a line, a text box and then another line together but find that this is unwieldy. Could a MVP please confirm my fears or point me in the right direction, please? Thanks Peter Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394183
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    - Return to PPT 2007 Having just returned to PowerPoint after a long hiatus I'm finding myself having to rapidly acquaint myself with the 2007 interface! Does anyone know if it is possible to customise and tear off toolbars like earlier versions? Also is there a keyboard shortcut for the guidelines? Any advice, greatly appreciated! Regards, Philip Bergman Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394180
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    - Photo sizing I am trying to create a photo album using 2004 PP for mac. Although I can see the entire photo in each slide, when I view the slide show I only see a portion of the photo. How can I adjust the size? Thanks. thanks, G Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394177
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    - Video Editing software for PowerPoint usage Our agency is researching video software to use in converting and editing video clips for use in PowerPoint shows for our execs. Typically, these are ready-made videos we get from elsewhere (not in-house creations or camera work) and occasionally we need to repurpose them so they'll play correctly in PPT or shorten their length. We use PPT2003. Our needs are basic but may grow as we get more comfortable using video clips in our presentations. Any recommendations? Thank you! Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394175
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    - Can I insert Live Cable TV feed into a slide? I need to add live cable TV into my PPT slide - I have the cable coming into the PC but want to know if importing live cabel tv is an option with the most current version. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394172
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    - Grow/Shrink reverse on click? Hello All, anyone know how to set the Grow/Shrink emphasis in PowerPoint 2003 to reverse on click (instead of auto reverse)? So, on first click : Grow and on second click : Shrink. Thanx! Guurt Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394170
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    - how to get my music to wav file from a mp3 format I am trying to insert sound into a slideshow presentation and my music is in a .mp3 format, however, PowerPoint 2007 gives me this message: "PowerPoint 2007 can't play the sound file make sure that this is a .wav audio file and that audio setting are properly configured for your system". I am not sure what to do from here. Any help will be great! Thanks. austin22 Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394163
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    - widow sizing in PP i converted my powerpoint to .swf file and uploaded it into my website. the powerpoint photos are smaller than the website window. so there is a gap over and under my slides. how can i make it so my powerpoint slides fit into the website window. i am told that i must make this adjustment in powerpoint. thank you! -- DaveB dberger16@comcast.net Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394157
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    - .pps opens as a .ppt in Powerpoint 2002. Hi, Using PowerPoint 2002, I store my slideshows in the My Documents folder. If, to retrieve a slideshow, I start PowerPoint | File | Open, My Documents is displayed. When I open a .pps file from this My Documents window the slideshow comes up in .ppt mode instead. This anomaly applies to all the stored .pps files. If instead, I go to My Documents directly and open a .pps file, the slideshow starts up as we'd expect from a .pps. This behaviour has just started now. An explanation, and better still a remedy, would be much appreciated. Thank you. Andy I. (PowerPoint 2002; WIN XP SP2; IE 7; OE 6) Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394142
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    - file path how can i see my file location and path when a powerpoint file is opened Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394139
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    - Open xml converter Help! I have downloaded this onto my Mac and keep getting error message # 2147483640 Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394138
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    - PowerPoint Viewer 2007 to Vista Home Premium Folks: I downloaded the PowerPoint viewer 2007 to Vista Home Premium. When I try to open a PP file the Open MXL Converter program is selected and the only option I am given is to save the file. The files will not run. The PP files were copied from a older XP computer. Please advise. Drew Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394129
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    - restaurant proposals Im looking at starting a food catering company and im looking for proposal templates that will help me. Thank You Kananelo Moikangoe Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394120
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    - Copy picture from powerpoint I received an email with a powerpoint containg pictures. How can I save one or more of the pictures in a jpg or similar file? the powerpoint was ent using ms03. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394118
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    - Customizing a template Does anyone know how to remove the bullet at the 1st level of PowerPoint and have subsequent levels have bullets? When this is done, the wrapping of the text is impacted at all levels. I want to keep the text wrap intact at all levels. Using PowerPoint 2003 Thanks! Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394117
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    - Spell Check Mystery PPT 07 Office 07 Vista Have had no problems with PPT for months, and now suddenly I have a half dozen slides with text that seems to get skipped, either in the auto check feature and if I do an ABC at end of work. About 30 slides, many text boxes and word-art get fixed, but I see the errors seem to arise only in the main text box. I check other PPT pitches, mess with the words, and the spell check works. Going Nuts!! Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394115
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    - How to print white font (blue background slides) on black/white? Hello, I copied and pasted Excel tables into Powerpoint. Since my slide's background color is blue, I have to format fonts and gridlines in white color. When I print the slides using the pure black/white option, none of my data shows (off course). I don't like to print on color page since it uses too much ink. How do I go around with this problem. Could you please help? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394112
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    - Re-display text after it's dimmed Hey everyone, PPT 2003 I set up custom animation to DIM the text after animating, so each bullet will turn gray when I display the next one. How do I RE-display that dimmed text when I'm done? In other words, when I reach the end of the slide, I want all of the bullet points to turn black again so people can see them and ask questions on them. I tried adding an "emphasis" effect that changes the font color back to black, but it doesn't work - the text stays gray. So I'm hoping someone has a way. Thanks so much! Joe Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394106
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    - Audio is not sync'd with video in Powerpoint i have successfully embedded a .avi video clip into Powerpoint. I had to upgrade to Office 2007 to do it, but the video is there! Unfortunately there is approximately a seven second delay between the video track and the audio track. I have tried to reduce all the hardware acceleration setting, but to no avail. i need this fixed for a presentation that I am making tomorrow afternoon...Any timely assistance would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394104
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    - Question about makeing changes in layous / text Hi! IÂ´m trying to make a new text layout and have been running into a couple of problems... 1. How can I create a text layout template containing a different layout then the excisting ones? 2. In the text layout it says "Click to add subtitle" Is it possible to edit that text into another one so it for example would say "please enter your name here" Anybody? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394100
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    - Cant Open .PPT File I'm attempting to open an old power point file. When I double click on the file, I get the message "The path or file name for A:\STUB.PPT is Invalid. Please check that the path and file name are correct". The file path and name are OK. When I attempt to open the file from within Power Point, I get the message "You are attempting to open a file type that is blocked by your registry policy setting". I'm using Power point R 2003(11.8227.8202) SP3. I'm running XP Professional SP3. I get identical results when trying to open a copy of the file from my hard drive. The file was probably created using a version of Power Point prior to R 2003. The file is no longer available, so I can't get a new copy. Any suggestions? Thanks Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394086
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    - Error on Exit When I exit from Powerpoint 2007, I get the following error Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: POWERPNT.EXE Application Version: 12.0.6300.5000 Application Timestamp: 47606dee Fault Module Name: mso.dll Fault Module Version: 12.0.6213.1000 Fault Module Timestamp: 46eafebf Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Offset: 00367efe OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: LCID: 1033 Brand: Office12Crash skulcid: 1033 Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394083
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    - Question for people who use Flashback for Flash+Powerpoint... Does the plug-in have to be installed on the computer running the presentation for it to work? Reason I ask is that I have it installed on mine and it works great, but the person I send it to says it's all screwed up and the flash movies aren't playing... Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394074
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    - Registry Block I have a folder with many PowerPoint 2003 files that I have not accessed in awhile. However, I never had a problem accessing previously (over 1 year ago). I now get a message regarding a registry block. In a quick search it appears this might have something to do with security updates associated with SP3 (which I have installed). How do I easily remove this blocking function? J Austin Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394072
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    - Steps to making a webquest? I need to create a webquest assignment for my middle school students. I don't know the first thing about a webquest . How do I get started? Should I plan the lesson like writing a book with questions? Where do I get background templates? Where can I find pictures or graphics on my topic? How do I make the webquest active? What is the difference in a reference page of websites and a cited webpage? Please help Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394065
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    - Set numeric DefaultValue to null How do I set the defaultValue property to null for a text box where the control source is a number AND the control source's table field has a default value of 0? I want the form field to display nothing, superceding the table field default of 0. Currently the field displays 0, the default table value. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394063
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    - Trouble Embedding a .wav file to play across slides Hello all, I've been having a bit of a problem embedding a .wav file to play across slides. Here's what I've tried: 1. I've set the max sound file size to 50,000 KB 2. Inserted the .wav sound file (size 2,771 KB) It plays just fine here and PowerPoint Options show that it is an embedded sound file [contained in presentation]. 3. Next, I checked the option "Hide Sound Icon During Slide Show" and set to play the sound "Across Slides" The sound file played the first time during the presentation; however when I saved, closed, and reopened the presentation the sound file would not play in presentation mode or when clicking the sound icon. All the settings remained the same. PowerPoint still can "see" the sound file as being contained in the presentation. It just won't play. If you'd like to try this yourself on your own computer, the sound file I'm using is one from the MS Clip Organizer called "Fiber Optics" Any ideas as to why or how this is happening would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394062
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    - How can you change the default page setup in PowerPoint to 16:9? I do all of my presentations in 16:9 instead of 4:3 letterbox. How can I change the default page setup so that whenever I create a new presentation, I don't have to go change the page setup manually? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394056
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    - cant find how to change margin of paste picture to slide In Power Point 2007 how can I adjust the picture pasted at slide so there will be no margins??? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394039
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    - Powerpoint server application error Hi, I have gotten the same error in powerpoint consistently and all the fixes on support.microsoft.com and online have been unable to fix the problem. I have installed Powerpoint XP, uninstalled it and installed Powerpoint 2003, and am getting the same error on both. I am using Windows XP Service Pack 2. When I create a graph in powerpoint (by simply doubleclicking the slide layout that includes a graph or by going to insert graph), I can enter the variables I want and create my bar graph. But after I exit out of editing that graph and go to another slide, I am unable to double click that graph again. So I cannot view the datasheet, change the data on the graph, or change features of the graph like the legend or bar colors once the graph is created. When I try to double-click the graph, it says "Microsoft Office Powerpoint can't start the application required to open this object. An error occured and this feature is no longer functioning properly. Would you like to repair this feature now?" If I say yes, it says it is installing Application Server. But after it tries to install this, it says "The server application, source file, or item can't be found, or returned an unknown error. You may need to reinstall the server application." The MS support page and online support pages indicate that this may be a problem with Organizational Chart. I read here: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00236.htm that i should reregister MSgraph by running "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Graph.exe" /regserver, but this didn't work in either PPT XP or PPT 2003. Note that the MS support pages and internet pages indicate that the typical problem where this error message comes up is when someone is using a recent version of PPT to open a graph or excel spreadsheet created in PPT 97. This is not what is happening for me - I get this problem immediately after creating a graph, without even saving my file or closing out of PPT 2003. So this is not due to incompatibility between versions. I wiped my Dell desktop using a PC Restore to the original condition that it was in when it was sent to me, and then I deleted some of the programs that came installed on it - "Dell bloatware". I am wondering if perhaps I deleted something that was necessary for this feature. After installing my OS, I then tried installing Office XP and then after that Office 2003, both of which immediately had this issue with PPT. So this is not an error that has developed over time, but has been there since I installed Office. Please help - I make presentations of graphs daily and have spent hours trying to fix this to no avail! Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394035
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    - CrossHairs or Horizontal line Folks: I am using PowerPoint 2002 to view stock market charts on my slides. * Does any version of PowerPoint have a crosshairs feature ? That is, can I click on any icon (within the PowerPoint software) & have a horizontal line and/or vertical lines appear. Crosshairs will help me to identify the price associated with any point on the chart. Crosshairs are of course intersecting horizontal & vertical lines. * If not crosshairs then is a horizontal line feature available ? Thanks, JoJo. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394028
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    - How do I change the speed of a fade? I am doing a basic slide show and the fade time between slides is much too fast, even on the slow setting. I just want the slide to appear more slowly. I am using a "fade through black" setting, but the pictures just come up too fast. It's almost jarring, even on the slow setting. HELP!! Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394027
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    - Power Point speed of fade I am trying to slow down the fade-in of slides in a presentation. I've selected slow (from the options of slow, medium, fast), but the slide still appears WAY too fast. I have access to Power Point 2003, as well as 2007. Is there any way to make the slide fade in more slowly? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394026
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    - PFC Pro and PowerPoint I lose my video when I insert a DVD clip (PFC Pro) into a PowerPoint slide and then use the presenter view. Audio plays but no video on either the notebook or the projector image. Any suggestions? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394025
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    - PPT on my thumbdrive and changing drive letters? Hello. Forgive me. New to this but rapidly learning. Question: What would it take for me to keep a presentation on my 4 GB thumbdrive and be presentable from one computer to another? Problem: My presentation has hyperlinked MOVie files, URLs, Shockwave slides. These files are on the thumbdrive in their folders also. But when I go from one different computer to another, the thumbdrive is assigned a different drive letter each time and the links don't work. I created these presentations on my personal computer and I permanently asigned the thumbdrive and (S) letter, but can't change other's computers as I do not have administrator's rights. How do I get my presentations and links to run from one differing computer to another? THANK YOU Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394024
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    - Is it a font issue? I have a Power Point 2003 presentation. One of the slides, the font looks perfect on my PC (Windows XP). I burned it to a cd, and opened it up, still looks good. I take the cd to a co-workers machine (also XP), and the words overlap each other. I have no idea why that happens. We both use 1024 x 768 resolution, same version of Power Point, and XP. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394015
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    - OT - Transparency Film Types I realize that there are very few of us that still do presentations via overhead projectors, but I have a question about the different types of transparency films. What is the difference between films labled as: - Laser - Black & White Laser - Black & White Copier - Write-on? I know that Inkjet film has bumps to hold the ink better and that it doesn't work very well in laser printers, but I don't know the difference between the others. Can anyone help out? Tag: Best microphone for recording a narrative Tag: 394011

I plan to add a narrative to a PPT presentation and would like suggestions on
the best type of USB microphone to use.

Thank you,

Bertie D

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Re: Best microphone for recording a narrative by Ute

Ute
Sun Aug 24 05:03:06 CDT 2008

>I plan to add a narrative to a PPT presentation and would like suggestions
>on
> the best type of USB microphone to use.

A similar topic has been discussed in TechSmith's forum:
http://forums.techsmith.com/showthread.php?t=7492&highlight=mic Though it's
about screencasting there, most of the discussion also applies to PowerPoint
recordings.

Best regards,
Ute

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Ute Simon
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team
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RE: Best microphone for recording a narrative by BertieDescaunets

BertieDescaunets
Mon Aug 25 07:40:01 CDT 2008

Thank you!
--
Bertie D

"Bertie Descaunets" wrote:

> I plan to add a narrative to a PPT presentation and would like suggestions on
> the best type of USB microphone to use.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bertie D

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