Shortcuts & Hacks Archives

How to Embed a Video in PowerPoint (Step-by-Step)

Discover how to embed a video in PowerPoint to add excitement to your presentation. Learn what you can and can't do with embedded videos in PowerPoint.

How to Convert PowerPoint to Word (Step-by-Step)

Want to convert PowerPoint to Word? Discover how to link, embed, and export your PowerPoint presentations into Microsoft Word.

How to Convert PowerPoint to Google Slides (Step-by-Step)

Learn how to convert PowerPoint to Google Slides to take advantage of the Google Slides online platform. Also learn about issues to be aware of.

How to Convert Google Slides to PowerPoint (Step-by-Step)

Learn step-by-step how to convert Google Slides to PowerPoint to take full advantage of the Microsoft PowerPoint platform.

How to Add Music to PowerPoint (Step-by-Step)

Discover how to add music to PowerPoint and learn about the different playback and looping options you have for your PowerPoint music.

How to Convert PowerPoint to Video (Step-by-Step)

Ready to turn your PowerPoint presentation into a video file format that you can share? Follow these steps to convert PowerPoint to video.

PowerPoint Design Ideas Not Working? Try These 9 Fixes.

If your PowerPoint Design Ideas is not working the way its supposed to, here are 9 different ways to fix it, so the PowerPoint Designer feature works again.

How to Narrate a PowerPoint Presentation (Step-by-Step)

Learn how to narrate a PowerPoint using audio and video narrations. Record your voice on a single slide, or narrate your entire presentation in one go.

What Does Collate Mean?

Ever wonder what collate means when printing Microsoft Office documents? Discover the difference between collated and uncollated files here.

Image to Text (PowerPoint Table Trick)

Discover how to convert an image to text by converting an image of a table into a fully editable table of text for Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.

8 PowerPoint Shortcuts You Don’t Know

Check out these 8 PowerPoint shortcuts hidden in PowerPoint and see how to use them to shortcut your slide work.

How to use the Format Painter (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

Discover why the Format Painter is one of the best time-saving tools inside the Microsoft Office Suite and start using it today.

How to Draw in PowerPoint (w/ Keyboard Shortcuts)

Discover how to draw in PowerPoint to annotate your slides with ink, in the Presentation View using keyboard shortcuts.

What does Ctrl+D do in PowerPoint?

You are in for a treat! Ctrl+D is one of the BEST PowerPoint shortcuts and it twice as fast as the copy and paste shortcuts.