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New PowerPoint Tools

6/9/2021

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The new tools PowerPoint tools are cool!  

In templates, you can find Quick Start.  This will automatically generate a PowerPoint will be filled out.
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Here is a (silent) video showing the process.
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Make a Designed PowerPoint ... Automatically!

4/7/2021

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A Fun Discovery!

This is cool.

Using Chrome (not Edge, oddly), I had a list in Word with headings and text.  I went to Export it as a PDF and saw a new option ... Export to PowerPoint!
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Then it gave various design options to Export to Presentation.  Really cool!
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Automatic Subtitles and Captions in PowerPoint

9/17/2020

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Accessibility in PowerPoint

I love subtitles.  I use Close Captioning all the time even though I can hear the video.

I have been using automatic subtitles in PowerPoint.  I have to speak more intentionally and I practice first. 

For my recordings, I turn on PowerPoint and record with Zoom.  It is important to allow Zoom to record the computer sounds if there is sound in the ppt though.

These instructions are adapted from Microsoft Support for PowerPoint .  They have such awesome resources (until they move them and I can't find them, which is why I am copying them).

Go to the Slide Show ribbon tab
Select Subtitle Settings. 

Go to Subtitle Settings.   I like to put the subtitles below the bottom of the slide.  That way they don't block the side.

Change color, size, background, transparency, and font style of the subtitles in Subtitle Settings > More Settings.  Remember, this isn't the Sistine Chapel.  You are designing for function, not flash.  Make it easy to read.

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Do not record narration in PowerPoint in Mac and expect to make it a video.

2/1/2018

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​PowerPoint Product Team [MSFT] (Admin, Office.com) responded  ·  Jan 24, 2018 Thanks for your feedback! The PowerPoint for Mac team is reviewing your suggestion to include audio narrations when exporting to video and will consider it in future planning rounds."

Much to my frustration, I discovered that if you record narration on PowerPoint on a Mac, the audio is stripped when it is converted to a video.  

When I was trying to troubleshoot, I found an (unhelpful) comment on powerpoint.uservoice.com saying it will be considered for future uses. 

Since I have Camtasia, the solution was just to record the screen with Camtasia and use a PC in the future ... but oh, how frustrating!

So you can make a video in PPT but it doesn't record the narration.

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