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Live captions and subtitles come to Skype, headed to PowerPoint in early 2019
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
To mark the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Microsoft is rolling out live captions and subtitles to Skype.

Microsoft retiring Office Mix in 2018, baking add-in features into PowerPoint
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
After three years in preview, Microsoft is retiring Office Mix, but its best features will live on as part of PowerPoint.

How to create VideoScribe and whiteboard animations in PowerPoint 2016
By Ryan Blundell published
Basic animation effects are one way to catch someone’s attention. Advanced animations, however, can make a lasting impression. Here’s how you can create whiteboard animations in PowerPoint 2016.

How to create animations in PowerPoint 2016
By Ryan Blundell published
Not everything you share will be tantalizing to keep the attention of your audience. Here’s how you can add animation effects to text, shapes, and images to increase the “wow” factor.

How to add shapes and images to PowerPoint slides
By Ryan Blundell published
Imagery is not only eye candy for your presentation audience, it’s another way for them to learn and understand. Here’s how you can add supporting multimedia and create images of your own.

How to use PowerPoint transitions to improve presentations
By Ryan Blundell published
PowerPoint is THE program to use for presentations. This is how to get started with transitions.

PowerPoint now lets Fast ring Office Insiders track changes made by others
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
A new Office Insider build recently started rolling out to Fast ring Insiders, bringing along a handy new collaboration feature for PowerPoint users on Windows desktop.

Microsoft Garage launches PowerPoint Presentation Translator for real-time translations
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
Microsoft’s experimental Garage team has officially launched Presentation Translator, a PowerPoint add-in that can add subtitled translations to your presentations in real-time.

PowerPoint Translator add-in brings real-time translation to presentations
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
On stage during its Build 2017 keynote, Microsoft showed off a pretty impressive demonstration of a new PowerPoint Translator add-in that can translate presentations in real time.

How to change 'smart' quotes to 'straight' quotes in Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
By Al Sacco published
The default setting for quotes in Microsoft Office apps can wreak havoc on certain file types and websites. Here's how to quickly and easily kill those 'smart' quotes and turn them 'straight.'
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