Issue #22 December 17, 2002

1. Best Tips of the Year Here are the tips that I got the most comments on during the year (if the links listed don’t work when you click on them, just paste them into your browser): * PowerPoint shortcut keys Issue 1, Feb 26, 2002 http://www.communicateusingtechnology.com/newsletter/newsletter_feb_26_2002.htm * Controlling line breaks in PowerPoint Issue 5,…

Issue #21 December 3, 2002

1. Using Clip Art & Photos on Presentation Slides After text, the next most common element used on presentation slides are graphics – usually either clip art or photographs. When you use any graphic, make sure that you are using it because it adds to the point you are making, not just because you like…

Issue #20 November 19, 2002

1. The Cost of Bad PowerPoint Recently I calculated the cost of the time that is wasted due to bad PowerPoint presentations and I was stunned to find out it was $252 million each day! How do I arrive at this figure? The New Yorker magazine reported a Microsoft estimate of 30 million PowerPoint presentations…

Issue #19 November 5, 2002

1. Selecting Fonts for Presentation Slides Your choice of fonts on your presentation slides can make a big difference in how easy it is to understand your message. I suggest you use a serif font (one that has the extra tails on each character, Times Roman is an example) for titles because it helps the…

Issue #18 October 22, 2002

1. Outlook vs. Outlook Express Many new PC’s come with Microsoft’s Outlook Express as the default e-mail program so many people start using it because it is there and it does the basic e-mail functions. But when you add Microsoft Office, as many do, for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, it asks you if you want…

Issue #17 October 8, 2002

1. Advanced Usage of E-mail Signatures Recently while doing some consulting with one of the subscribers of this e-zine, I developed a new strategy for using signatures on e-mail. Usually we have one signature that we use on each e-mail (you are using a signature to build your profile, aren’t you? – if not, check…

Issue #15 September 10, 2002

1. Keeping E-mails organized Have you ever tried to find all the e-mails on a particular project or from a key client. You search through your Inbox and it seems impossible. One way to make it easier to find e-mails on a certain topic is to organize your e-mails in folders. This is almost identical…

Issue #14 August 27, 2002

1. Screen capture Many times when you are trying to demonstrate a computer technique to someone in a presentation or document, it would be helpful to include a picture of the screen. There are specific screen capture pieces of software that will do this. But there is a technique that is built in to the…

Issue #13 August 13, 2002

1. Forcing a PC to shut down It is inevitable that at some point in time your PC will just hang – stop working in the middle of what you are doing, no error message, it just freezes. If you have had this happen to you it is frustrating because you may lose the work…