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Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint

Thomas MacEntee
Aug 3, 2016
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Welcome
3m 26s
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Speaker's Introduction
2m 17s
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Introduction
3m 07s
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Slide Basics
8m 46s
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Templates
5m 17s
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Design
14m 00s
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Adding Deleting Reordering
14m 16s
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Genealogy Projects
8m 44s
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Tips and Tricks
5m 38s
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Announcements / prizes
7m 40s
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Questions / answers
20m 03s

About this webinar

Microsoft Powerpoint can be used to create dynamic slide shows for sharing family history and genealogy research, and it can do so much more! Participants will learn the basics of Powerpoint including slide design and formatting. In addition, projects covered include using Powerpoint to create graphics and more.

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Thomas MacEntee
Thomas MacEntee is a guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry years ago. He left a lucrative tech career to pursue his love of family history and genealogy. Technology and historical r
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