If you are sharing a PowerPoint presentation with others, you may decide to embed fonts in the PowerPoint file. This will ensure that others can use those fonts, even if they are not installed on their machine.

If you have used a custom font that another user does not have, it will be replaced by the default font on their machine. The presentation will then have an inconsistent look to it.

Be aware that embedding fonts in a PowerPoint file will increase its file size. However this is typically a small price to pay for a consistent and reliable presentation.

To embed fonts in PowerPoint presentations;

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This blog post looks at how you can create a looping PowerPoint introduction. This is when a few select slides are set to loop continuously before the main presentation begins.

It provides something for the audience to watch whilst they are gathering in the room. It can be a useful technique for creating a buzz, and setting the expectations for what is to follow.

To do this we will need to create two custom shows. One for the looping introduction, and another containing the main body of the presentation. We will then need to link the two shows so that the presenter can easily exit the loop and begin the presentation when needed.

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Microsoft Project has many settings that control the behaviour of the application, and of your projects.

These settings can be accessed by clicking the File tab on the Ribbon and then Options. There are many useful options in here, but this blog post focuses on 5 MS Project settings you need to know.

Calculate Multiple Critical Paths in  a Project

Although a project can only have one true critical path (the tasks that directly affect the finish date of the project). You may wish to view the critical path for each independent series of tasks.

This can be done to view the critical path for each subproject for a large master project, or maybe you have different independent series of tasks that are performed by different departments or regions in the project.

The Calculate multiple critical paths checkbox is found at the bottom of the Advanced category in the Options window.

Watch this video on using multiple critical paths in MS Project.

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In Microsoft Project you can display different project information next to the task bars in a Gantt Chart. This ensures that you can see the information you need to see about a task without having to keep looking over to the table.

You can display the information in different positions in relation to the bars such as to the left, right, above, below or in the middle. However, Project only allows one piece of information per position.

This can limit the feature somewhat so we will look at how to add multiple fields next to the task bars in a Gantt Chart.

Create a Concatenated Field

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