How to Create a Powerpoint Presentation

As you know, Powerpoint is a software developed by the Microsoft company. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on several operating systems. Powerpoint is used to make slides for presentations, in which you can put multimedia resources, such as text, sound, graphics, video, interactive elements, etc.

* The “slide” analogy is a reference to the slide projector.

Create a presentation:

Here is how to create a new blank presentation. This option is typically used when the person who generates the presentation has experience on it. In fact, Powerpoint has a lot of templates incorporated in the Microsoft Office suite.

1. Create a blank presentation:

To create a blank presentation, follow these steps:

- Displays the “Office Button“.

- Select the “New” option.

- In the “New Presentation” dialog box, click on the “Blank presentation” (select it) and click the “Create Button“.

That’s how you can get a blank presentation. You have a slide and two boxes of text to add a title and a subtitle.

Now we need to give content to the slides or add more slides to make everything that we need for the presentation.

2. Creating a presentation with a template:

To create a presentation with a template, follow these steps:

- Displays the “Office Button“.

- Select the “New” option.

- In the “New Presentation” dialog box, click on the “Installed Templates” category. You will see a dialog box.

- Select the design template that you like. In the right part you will see a preview of the template you have chosen.

- Once you find the template, click the “Create Button“.

Remember that you can always find more Powerpoint templates from the box “New” dialog box:

- The templates that you download will be installed in the templates category.

- You can also find more templates in the Office official website or search the Web.

Remember that you can also find more free Powerpoint templates at the FPPT site.

3. Save a presentation:

Here’s how to save a presentation. It is important that from time to time changes to keep our presentation so that in case of system failure lose the least possible changes.

4. Saving a presentation:

To save a presentation can go to “Office Button” and select “Save“.

If this is the first time you save the presentation, we will see a window with the three directory of the files system. In fact, you can save also through Ctrl+S (Save).

The format of a Powerpoint presentation is the extension ppt, and in the new versions of Microsoft Office, the extension is pptx.

If you want to save a presentation with another name (for example, we want to create a new presentation using a presentation that we already have) will deploy the “Office Button” and select “Save As…“, then the same window of the files system appears. When using this option, we have the final two presentations: the initial one, and the same with the new name.

5. Save a presentation as a Web page:

To save a presentation as a Web page which can be viewed with a browser, click on the “Office Button” and select “Save As...”

Selecting this option will appear the same window as we’ve seen so far. The difference in this case is that now we select the Web page format (HTML) to keep our presentation as a file that can be viewed with a browser.

6. Distribute a Powerpoint presentation:

You can use the Powerpoint Viewer software, that is a program used to run presentations on computers that don’t have Powerpoint installed.

Home Buyer Negotiating Power – You Have It

One of the most interesting phenomena I have experienced with home buyers is that, almost across the board, they assume they possess limited negotiating power. Buyers generally assume that the seller has the property and the bank has the money so they must have all the power, right? Nope.

Buyers enjoy a substantial amount of power in both home-price negotiations and mortgage negotiations. But they never believe they do. Let’s examine negotiating the price of your home. Buyers assume that sellers have multiple qualified prospects considering their home. Crafty real estate listing agents lead buyers to believe that if they don’t move on this home in the next couple of hours, they could lose it. And because of all this “interest,” the seller certainly won’t consider anything less than the full asking price.

In my experience, there are very few hot markets in which sellers have their pick of several pre-approved buyers who are prepared to close. I live in Baton Rouge, a city that was flooded with several hundred thousand people after Hurricane Katrina. At the time, Baton Rouge was such a hot market. But barring a catastrophic event that sends hundreds of thousands to your town looking for housing, almost no market is that hot.

If you are a pre-approved buyer that will be purchasing in the next few weeks, you are gold to the seller of a property. Most “interested” buyers are what we in real estate call “tire kickers.” These are buyers that have the inclination that they might buy in the next six months or ten years and decide to start looking. They don’t have their current home for sale, have not talked to a bank to see if they can afford the house, and are simply trying to get an idea of what’s out there. You on the other hand, have gotten a bank to agree to lend you money for a house, you have determined the neighborhoods you want to live in, and have a list of other houses you are considering. The seller will be thinking, “We better not let this one get away, because then we have to start all over doing open houses every weekend.” This situation affords you as a buyer substantial negotiating power.

Make sure the seller and seller’s agent know you are pre-approved by a bank and that you will be buying in the next couple of weeks. Let them know you have several attractive options you are considering and have to be able to get the home at a price you consider to be fair. Spend some time with the seller and agent going thorough the house and ask a lot of questions. There is a rule in negotiation that sellers become more negotiable in relation to the time they spend with a buyer.

Now, consider the facts. The seller has to sell their house to move on with their life. A house is not an easy item to convert to cash quickly. You have cash (or the promise of cash from the bank), and you are going to be making a decision among multiple attractive options in the next couple of weeks. Make sure the seller and seller’s agent know these facts, and watch the perception of power shift in your favor.

The Art of Credit Card Debt Negotiation

Regardless of the stage you are in the debt cycle; ready to file bankruptcy or simply a month behind on your payments, there are always alternatives to look at. A logical choice is to use a company that specializes in consolidating debt but will probably charge you for the service. Perhaps a better choice is to negotiate directly with the credit card companies you owe debt to.

There is a very high likelihood that your debt holders will be willing to negotiate with you. This is apparent by the fact that you are taking ownership yourself and in good conscience willing to pay the debt. Be aware, however, that even if you are showing a willingness to negotiate, it does not mean you are totally escaping the outcome. The fact is that when you negotiate debt with any creditor you are only negotiating the size of your obligations but you are not eliminating all that was charged to the specific card! The fact will remain that when it is reported to the credit bureaus it may be reported as charged off which indicates the debt was not paid in full.

A smart move on your part if you are going to attempt to negotiate your credit card debt with your debt holders is to utilize the services of a professional debt counselor, which targets the process of this type of debt negotiation. More often than not when individuals utilize the services of a debt counseling service they are successful in obtaining a more attractive settlement than if they attempted to negotiate the debt themselves. By the very fact the credit counseling services are professionals they are able to obtain more attractive settlements because they are skilled in the art of this type of negotiation.

All said if you are seriously considering negotiating your bills, then the wisest choice you can make is to seek the services of a professional credit counseling company to do your negotiation. You will not only achieve the benefits of getting the help you desire professionally, but you will get the peace of mind of paying off a lower debt load. To find a reputable debt counselor, conduct a careful research on the Internet for these specific types of debt counselors, professional credit card negotiators or consumer credit counselors or contact the Better Business Bureau on-line to be sure you are dealing with true professional organization and not a fly-by-night company.