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Go beyond solid fill colors by using gradients! Follow these easy steps to add a gradient fill to your shapes, courtesy of Geetesh Bajaj, PowerPoint MVP.

Want your pictures in a circle, arrow, or even smiley-face shape? PowerPoint MVP Geetesh Bajaj shows you how.

How are three ideas or groups similar? How do the differ? You can illustrate these ideas elegantly by creating a Venn diagram with SmartArt graphics.

See how you can add text on top of a photo using either WordArt or by drawing a text box and then typing text.

You can use the project calendar to reflect the general working days and hours of your project, as well as regular nonworking times (such as weekends and evenings) and special days off (such as holidays). You can also control how much a work resource is available to work throughout the life of the project.

Work breakdown structure (WBS) codes identify each task's unique place in the outline structure of your project. WBS codes can be used for reporting schedules and tracking costs.

The Indicators field displays indicators that give different types of information about a task or resources. If you’ve ever been confused by the meaning of an indicator, this guide can help you out!

Learn how to create templates for others to use to create new presentations and overwrite the text in the default placeholders by adding custom prompt text.

Follow these step by step instructions to create a flow chart using SmartArt graphics.

Check out our new one stop shopping for all things SmartArt graphics!

History gives us the best indicator of future trends. The end of a project is an opportunity to create a history of your project's successes and failures and to share this information with your stakeholders. Use this goal, part of the Project Map, to learn how Project 2007 can help you use your completed project to improve your future projects.

The Project Help team is using Twitter to announce new and updated content, as well as other great resources.

In this article, Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson provide a nice refresher on the basics of project management, regardless of what software tools you use. They focus especially on the project triangle model.

View recordings from live events by Microsoft Office experts, see step-by-step demos by presenters, watch short videos for quick tips, or listen to audio-only versions of previously recorded webcasts and 5-10 minute "mini" podcasts focused more on specific tasks.

Learn how to change the style, color, and size of the bullets or numbers in your presentation. You can also change the number that you want to start from, increase or decrease indents, and increase or decrease spacing between a bullet and its text.

After a risk event occurs, you may need to respond to the risk in order to control the impact it may have on the project. Use this goal, part of the Project Map, to learn how Project 2007 can help you respond to risks.

Suppose you need to share your project plan, but there’s a column of information you don’t want to share with all your stakeholders. You don’t want to delete the information, either. It’s easy to hide information in Project 2007 and then bring it back again later. This demo walks you through the process.

The Project Guide provides easy-to-follow instructions to help you set up a new project. This tool is especially useful for new project managers or people who are still coming up-to-speed with Project 2007.

Read PowerPoint MVP, Geetesh Bajaj's, 10 favorite tips including how to put your picture in a star, create timelines, and create Star Wars-style credits.

See how you can quickly change the look of your presentation by applying a group of slide layouts, that contain combinations of coordinating colors, fonts, and effects.