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40 PowerPoint hacks for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Yup, we are looking at PowerPoint today. I LOVE PowerPoint. There are so many wonderful things you can do with PowerPoint and the software really does allow you to be incredibly creative. I’ve put together a mixture of hacks for the design element of PowerPoint and also the presentation side of things.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 27 February, 2010 Wheres the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Here we were, professional assistants talking about the thingy for the PowerPoint. Nobody seems to really know what its called, but Powerpoint Remote was given as a common name. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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How to Manage the Rush Jobs

Ian's Messy Desk

The post How to Manage the Rush Jobs appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Fifteen minutes later another manager comes by looking for last-minute help with a PowerPoint presentation. How Project Management Apps Help You to Always Know Everything. You just finished reading How to Manage the Rush Jobs !

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How to Use Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Apps to Document Your Procedures

All Things Admin

Before we dive into the specifics, let’s talk about why Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote) and Google Workspace (Docs and Slides) are ideal choices for procedures documentation: Accessibility : These suites are the office standards in the business world, making them accessible to most professionals.

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Creating a PowerPoint Presentation Fast by Organizing All of Your Presentation Slides - Even if you have 1000s

Stephanie LH Calahan

  But, what if you have 100s or even 1000s of slides to manage?  That's the best I could come up with to make it manageable for myself!   1 - How to Organize When You Have Slews of PowerPoint Slides.   Embed YouTube Videos in Your PowerPoint to Save Disk Space. Friday at 12:39pm.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights.

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5 tools to help create organisational charts

Practically Perfect PA

Back in the day, there were only two platforms available for this job – PowerPoint and Visio, they had their problems, and although, yes, I could create charts with both programmes, I […]. Having worked through a few company restructures in my career I have often been given the horrible task of creating new organisational charts.