You probably already recognise Microsoft Office as a powerful suite of applications designed to make your working day productive and, dare I say it, even fun! But did you know you can get even more out of Microsoft Office applications through automation solutions? What are Microsoft Office extensions? You can…
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Jamie Garroch
Senior technical consultant
Describe what you do at BrightCarbon
I help presentation designers be more productive in PowerPoint through the design of add-ins, delivery of training, and speaking at events.
Kids
Two teenagers for my sins, Connor and Kaitlyn. All three of us supported by my incredible wife, Becky. She’s my rock.
Pets
Dougal the Labradoodle, Lol and Dan the cats.
Drinks
I’m Scottish, so a really good single cask single malt, sipped slowly next to an open log fire. Followed by lots of coffee the next day.
Degrees
Centigrade or Fahrenheit? As a Brit living in the US, I’m very confused!
B. Eng. Communications Engineering from Plymouth.
3 words that describe me
Fancy dress costumes.
Couldn't do my job without
Passion, PowerPoint, perseverance.
Hidden skill
Making stuff. I designed and built my own home office from scratch.
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PowerPoint has evolved into an app which is the Swiss Army knife of content creation, not only for presentations but also printed collaterals, videos and even interactive presentations. In this second part of our series on supercharging PowerPoint interactive presentations with VBA we look at how you can provide your…
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PowerPoint has evolved into an app which is the Swiss Army knife of content creation, not only for presentations, but also printed collateral, videos and even interactive presentations. Imagine you have to use a file containing all the slides you could possibly present to your audience knowing that you will…
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One of the ways we improve our PowerPoint productivity in PowerPoint is by using VBA code to automate and extend the functionality of PowerPoint. This article explains how to grab the code from our articles and use it in your PowerPoint project, so that you can take your productivity to the next level!
PowerPoint is an awesome tool for creating your latest presentation template, but it can often play up. Here, we walk you through how to manage layouts and recover any deleted default layouts using VBA.
