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Microsoft unveiled a modest Patch Tuesday collection of fixes for its software products this month. However, at least a few of the patches address security holes that experts say could be easily exploited. On Tuesday, Microsoft's series of May ... patches addressed just three bugs, only one of which is marked "critical," the company's highest security rating. The most serious patch is labeled MS11-035 and is intended to fix a vulnerability in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), a component in every edition of Windows Server. Critical Update Not Automatically Deployed The way in which ... (view more)

A reader recently wrote with a PowerPoint inquiry: " I often receive lovely PowerPoint files and when I open the file it automatically starts as a slide show. But I would like to view each slide on the "Presentation" panel (on the left) in order to ... save a few individual slides. How do I turn off the feature that makes my presentations auto start in a slide show? " My Reply: The reason your PowerPoint files open automatically is because they were saved as a .pps file (PowerPoint Show), rather than a .ppt file, (PowerPoint Presentation). The .ppt file extension is the default file extension for ... (view more)

Windows users have received a patch meant to fix a potentially serious security loophole in PowerPoint. However, Microsoft has earned criticism for not simultaneously issuing a patch for the Mac edition. Microsoft has been aware of the problem for ... weeks. The issue could let hackers trick users into opening an infected PowerPoint file, and would then be able to take control of a system. Microsoft figured out a solution for Windows, but hasn't yet done so for the Mac edition. This left the firm in an unenviable dilemma about whether to wait until it had a Mac patch ready or issue the Windows ... (view more)

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Does it sometimes seem that your bullets and numbers overpower the text on your PowerPoint slides? Or, are they so minute you can barely see them from the back of the room? To improve the appearance of your bullets and numbering, follow the steps ... below: Select the numbered text. In MS PowerPoint versions 2002/2003, click on Format | Bullets And Numbering. In version 2007, click on Bullets And Numbering from the Bullets And Numbering drop-down list on the Home tab. Click the Numbered tab. In the Size box, click the down arrow until 80 is displayed, as shown. Click OK. The numbers will now be ... (view more)

You can turn any PowerPoint presentation into a template that can be used at a later date. I know that more than a few of you have received PowerPoint presentations in emails and thought to yourself "Wow, what a nice background, I wish I could do ... that." Well guess what --- you can! Follow the steps below to find out how: First remove any unnecessary slides or information from the presentation. Click on Save As | Other Formats. Select PowerPoint Template (*.potx) from the Save As Type drop-down list. Congratulations! You have now saved your very own template to use in PowerPoint whenever you ... (view more)

Google has released the newest component of Google Docs: a presentation component that carries a typical simplistic moniker, Google "Presentations". Like Google Documents and Spreadsheets, users can email and upload documents to edit online. Unlike ... Documents, however, Presentations can only handle documents created in PowerPoint. Further, uploads must be smaller than 10MB. Google has certainly overtaken Microsoft on the aspect of search. Does Presentations have the potential to offer Google similar success? In a nutshell, no. Ars Technica's Eric Bangeman, a frequent PowerPoint user, tested ... (view more)