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Using the research, language, and thesaurus tools

Using the research, language, and thesaurus tools

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Using the research, language, and thesaurus tools

- We're just about done with going over how to edit actual content, but this one's important because we've all had good old fashioned writer's block. Don't forget that the whole reason we're doing this is to create a great presentation. Content should always come first above all else. You want your audience to believe in what you're telling them. The PowerPoint presentation should be just a tool to get there, but sometimes the words don't come that easy. There's some tools built in that we can use. Let's take this word Personality in our Mission slide. I'm going to click and drag, and highlight to select the word Personality. I'll click the Review tab, and from here I'll click Smart Lookup. It's going to open up a new Insights pane on the right-hand side. The first thing I'll get is the pronunciation of the word. I have a definition and some examples of it in a sentence, as well as some synonyms. I can explore the word with Wikipedia, and I can also do a Bing web search. I can click…

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