by YOUpresent | Dec 6, 2017 | Blog, PowerPoint, PowerPoint Graphics, Presentation Automation, Technology, VBA Macros
A good friend, Geetesh Bajaj, over at Indezine recently posted this article about the loss of a feature that used to be present in PowerPoint 2003. That feature is the ability to set transparency for a shape filled with a pattern. Let’s look at a design example...
by YOUpresent | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, PowerPoint, PowerPoint Graphics, Presentation Design, Technology
If you’re a fan of the ability to import EPS vector graphics into PowerPoint then you’re going to love this. Especially since inserting EPS is not so easy thanks to a Microsoft security update. A few releases back now (around December 2016), Microsoft...
by YOUpresent | Nov 28, 2017 | Add-Ins, Blog, PowerPoint, Technology
Microsoft is making great leaps forward in providing a unified experience across the plethora of device platforms we use these days. That includes the desktop environments of PC and Mac, tablets running iOS and Android, and smartphones. But if you work in a medium to...
by YOUpresent | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog, PowerPoint, Technology, Template Design
Target audience and introduction This article is for users and IT administrators. In the first part, we’ll show users how to set the default template on their PC. In the second part, we’ll show how IT admins can deploy the default template to PC users...
by YOUpresent | Feb 28, 2017 | Blog, PowerPoint, Technology
I came across a question in ExpertsExchange the other day that was asking for help with some ribbon customisations. They always start with an XML namespace declaration which is a URI and the user wondered why the URI didn’t load anything in a browser. It got me...
by YOUpresent | Nov 26, 2013 | Add-Ins, Blog, Technology
This is a question that we receive quite frequently. I am about to install Microsoft Office (2013 or 2010 or 365). Should I choose 32 or 64 bit? The answer is very simple. Unless you are an accountant, scientist, Nobel prize winner for mathematics or similar with need...
