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Tips and Tricks

This section provides information for common "tips and tricks" for using your PC, Mac, or mobile devices.

  • Reduce Picture File Size in Office Documents

    There are times you may need to reduce the data file size of an Office document for storage, sending via email, or storing in the cloud.  One way to reduce file sizes is to reduce picture sizes.   Com...

  • Reduce Media File Sizes in PowerPoint (Windows)

    There are times you may need to reduce the size of your PowerPoint presentation.  One way to do so is to compress our media files. Compress your media files Applies To: PowerPoint for Office 365 Power...

  • Reduce the Size of a PowerPoint File (Mac)

    Compress pictures to reduce the presentation size in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac Applies To: PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac PowerPoint 2016 for Mac You can reduce the file size of a presentation and sa...

  • Update Hyperlinks in an Word Document

    Due to the ever changing nature of the Internet and the fact that links can change over time, it may be necessary to perform a mass change of the links in a Word Document. To facilitate that change, t...

  • Using the Laser Pointer in PowerPoint

    In this article, you will learn now to use your mouse pointer as PowerPoint’s built-in laser pointer (or laser pen) which comes in three different colors: red, green and blue. This laser pen feature i...

  • Pointer not Showing in Keynote Presentation

    By default, Keynote will only show the mouse pointer on a slide with movies or links while in presentation mode. You will need to change this default setting to interact with your activity slides when...