PowerPoint Tips: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Free Download Purim PowerPoint Backgrounds

Purim is a Jewish holiday, which is celebrated on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar (Adar II in leap years), the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies. It commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther).

Purim is on March 8 in 2012.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Free Download Oscar PowerPoint Backgrounds

The 84th Oscar Academy Awards ceremony will be held at the Kodak Theatre on February 26, 2012.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

How to Convert Word to PowerPoint (Save Word as PowerPoint)

Sometimes, we need to present a Word document as a presentation. It's complex to copy all the text to powerpoint. Here is a method to save Word as Powerpoint by using word's built-in formatting to make an easy transition from Word to PowerPoint.

Step 1: This is a Word document we want to save as PowerPoint.

Step 2: Change the styles of the text in Word.
Heading 1 style will be the title of each slide. The rest text will be bullet points under the first heading depending on which kind of style you set. PowerPoint 2010 can only convert text with a heading style, so you need to make sure all the text you want to keep in PowerPoint are all setted in headline style. Click Save when you finish.

Step 3: Open PowerPoint 2010, click File - Open, then open the word document you need to convert.

Friday, February 3, 2012

FREE Download Lantern Festival PowerPoint Backgrounds

Lantern Festival 2012 is coming on Feb 6, 2012.

Lantern Festival an important festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the Chinese calendar. It is the last day of the lunisolar Chinese New Year and signs the the end of Spring Festival holiday. In some region and countries, this festival is also regarded as the Chinese version of St. Valentine's Day, a day celebrating love and affection between lovers in Chinese tradition and culture.

In ancient times, the lanterns were fairly simple, for only the emperor and noblemen had large ornate ones; in modern times, lanterns have been embellished with many complex designs. For example, lanterns are now often made in shapes of animals.

During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns.

The most important thing is eating yuanxiao (元宵), which is a glutinous rice ball. In Chinese history, the first Yuanxiao was made 800 years ago and Chinese people believe it will give them a good life.

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