Jamie Garroch

• Presentation technology / Industry insights
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You can do some really cool things in Microsoft Office with just a few lines of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) - from creating your own custom formula in Excel to correcting branded content in PowerPoint to merging address data for a mail campaign in Word. And sometimes you need to share that VBA solution with colleagues and clients, via the Internet. A change that Microsoft rolled out at the end of March 2022 tweaks the process required by Windows users to gain access to this active content.

• PowerPoint productivity / Presentation technology

Our comprehensive guide to password protecting PowerPoint files so your precious presentations stay just they you made them!

• PowerPoint design
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Tints and shades auto-generated by Microsoft from Theme Colors often take your content off-brand. How can you get the custom colors you want in PowerPoint? Read on to find out!

• PowerPoint design / PowerPoint animation
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We love PowerPoint at BrightCarbon. It’s such a versatile application which can be used for so much more than ‘just’ designing presentations. You can create videos, printed collateral, interactive eLearning, even animated GIFs and so much more. But did you know you can even create games? We’ve built one for you, using VBA, and it’s free to download and adapt.

• PowerPoint design

If you're having trouble with your Notes Pages - slide, notes and number placeholders changing size or jumping around - this little VBA macro will fix it for you in a snap.

• PowerPoint design / PowerPoint productivity
• Comments: 3

Pictures in PowerPoint can be tricky to get to grips with. Choosing the right size has an impact on both the file size of your presentation and the maximum monitor/projection size you can use without degrading quality.