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Turn your Android Phone into a Presentation Remote

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Microsoft has come up with a super app for Android users. It is called Microsoft Office Remote . With this app on your phone, you can change slides while freely roaming around the room. The app uses Bluetooth technology to connect with your laptop and converts your phone into a presenter remote. Visit the Google Play Store and install the app. Then follow the instructions. You will need to install the software on your laptop / PC as well. All the directions are there in your app. Its simple and take just a few minutes. Once you have the app on the phone and the software on the PC (and Bluetooth connection is established), you can open the desired PowerPoint file. On the top, near other Tabs will be a new add-in called OFFICE REMOTE. Click and choose TURN ON. Now go to the app and choose the PowerPoint file. Start presenting. I used the features and everything seems to be working fine. The app lets you: Change slides (go back and forth) See the upcom...

Embed your fonts before emailing your deck

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www.pixabay.com Your slide deck is ready. You have spent hours, if not days to make it. Now is the time to shoot if off. But wait... If you have used any special or uncommon fonts in your presentation, remember to embed them within the PowerPoint file . The special fonts used by you will most likely be absent on the computer of the person receiving the deck. What happens when he/she opens your presentation? The computer will replace your special font with whatever is available. The result - all the layouts will go haywire. The look is gone. It will actually ruin the look and formatting completely. How to embed fonts in MS PowerPoint 2013? (2010 and earlier versions are similar) Go to file -> Options -> Under Save -> Embed fonts in file -> Embed all characters Now the computer which receives your file can display the special fonts. Good luck!