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How To Identify Version Of Microsoft Office

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William
on December 20, 2018
in Microsoft Office Articles, Other Articles and Tips and Tricks
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When buying a course or looking for tips, it’s easier for the provider if you know which version of Microsoft Office you’re using. This guide will show you how to identify this on either Windows or Mac.

 

When using Windows

 

  1. Open any of your Office applications (Word or Excel) and create a new document.
  2. Choose File in the top left corner, and then select either Account or Help from the list on the left.
  3. Under Product Information, you’ll see your Office product name and, in some cases, the full version number.
  4. If the full version number doesn’t appear here, choose About Excel. A dialog box opens, showing the full version number and bit version (32- or 64-bit) at the top.

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1 – Product name, such as Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 or Office Home and Student 2016

2 – Full version number, which starts with 15 for Office 2013 or 16 for Office 2016.

 

 

 

On Mac

 

  1. Open any of your Office applications (E.g. Word or Excel) and create a new document.
  2. Go to the Excel menu and choose About Excel.
  3. In the dialog box that opens, the version number appears in the middle (Office for Mac 2016) or in the top left (Office for Mac 2011).

 

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Microsoft PowerPoint: Presentations Do’s and Don’ts – Part 2

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William
on May 2, 2017
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Starting from scratch

Most people will blame the presentation, not the presenter, which is the first thing you can avoid: Pre-made slide templates. There are plenty of these templates that come with PowerPoint, with even more online, some for free and some for a price. The best thing you can do is to start with a blank presentation. Create your own presentation from scratch, personalise it and show off your style. A presentation that is adapted to the presenter is better than a presenter that adapts to a presentation.

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Skip to the point

When listing a few items or objectives, many users might fall for the bullet point trap! During a presentation bullet points can take focus away from the presenter. However when you list each point one at a time with spaces and a row each it makes the point seem more clear and connected. This is improved more when you place the list next to an image or a graph that is meant to be the real focus.

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