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We already explored PowerPoint’s embedded animations in 3D objects. Yes, these embedded animations are only available in 3D objects within the Online 3D Models dialog box, but there is so much more you can do with these animations. Did you know that you can turn off the 3D animations? Or limit the number of times that the objects animate? Or did you know that some objects have more than one embedded 3D animated Scene, so that you can choose the Scene you want? We will explore all these options within this post.
Some 3D models have multiple embedded animations, known within PowerPoint as Scenes. In the last tutorial, we looked at the Toaster 3D model that had just one Scene. However, the 3D model for Saturn, shown in Figure 1, below has three Scenes!
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New Features
Tagged as: New Features, Office 365, Office Insider, PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2019, PowerPoint 365, Tutorials
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know how popular and powerful Photoshop is. This tool is used by almost everyone—amateurs and professionals alike—in editing photos and for creating all sorts of digital arts. It also provides unlimited opportunities for users to play around with their photos, allowing them to showcase their creativity and skills at the same time. However, when you’re still a newbie in using Photoshop, you might be clueless about how you can utilize it better. This program can become too complicated, especially if you don’t have any experience or knowledge in using it.
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Guest Post
Tagged as: Guest Post, Photoshop, Promoted, Tips
Original content by AlexAnndra Ontra and James Ontra
Enhanced by Geetesh Bajaj
This post is the first part of a set of serialized posts, based on original content, the Presentation Management: The New Strategy for Enterprise Content book, authored by AlexAnndra Ontra and James Ontra.
This post series explores the same concept with a larger perspective, while still retaining the original content. This will help us enlarge and enhance the scope and reach a larger audience. At the same time, the content will be divided into smaller posts, that you can read one at a time. As far as possible, each post will be individually self-contained. We will also take advantage of the blog post medium to make this content more colorful, detailed, and interactive. You’ll also find a video clip summarizing each post.
You may agree with what we say, you may disagree, or you may partly agree. Either way, we want to hear your thoughts! Please do post your comments to make this post more engaging.
Yay! I’m going to create a PowerPoint presentation today. I can’t wait to get to work!
–So said, No one, ever.
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Guest Post
Tagged as: AlexAnndra Ontra, Death by PowerPoint, Geetesh Bajaj, Guest Post, James Ontra, PowerPoint Culture, Presentation Management, Shufflrr, Slide Library, Tutorials
Here’s a question I received today: In my deck of slides, I need to have slide numbers 1 to 8 for the first section of slides. I then need the next section to be numbered 1 to 6 for another section. Is this doable?
The short answer is that this is not doable, at least not so at the time of writing this post. Hopefully, this feature will be added in a future release.
The long answer is that there is a workaround for those who want this feature at all costs. Remember, this is a workaround, and not a solution! Follow these steps to understand better:
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Techniques
Tagged as: Linking Presentations, PowerPoint, Renumber, Slide Numbers, Tutorials
We hear this question so often! You set an audio clip to play across slides, and then you return to the first slide by pressing the Home button, or any other way. Now the audio no longer plays automatically. Why?
The solution to this problem is essentially a workaround:
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Techniques
Tagged as: Audio, Sound, Tutorials
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