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How to Remove Background Color in MS Word after Copy Pasting Text

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You may have downloaded or copied text from an online source and pasted it into an MS Word document. But you find it still keeps the original background color and other formatting that you would like to remove. You can do this in many ways:

7 Methods to remove copy pasted background color in Microsoft Word:

  • Use Notepad
  • Use the Paste feature
  • Use the ‘Clear all Formatting’ feature
  • Use the Shading feature
  • Use the Delete Background color feature
  • Use the Find and Replace feature
  • Use Page color feature

We will show in simple, step-by-step instructions how you can remove background color using the above features in MS Word.

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How to Add Alt Text to Image in MS Word

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You may have a diagram, chart, or an image in your Word document. Those who have difficulty seeing often use a screen reading program to hear the document rather than read it. Screen reading programs use Alternative text (Alt Text) in a document to describe the diagram, chart, or image.

You can easily add Alt text to an image in your Word document. We will show you how to do this in simple, step-by-step instructions:

4 Methods to add Alt Text to an image in Microsoft Word:

  • Add decorative image
  • Allow Word to generate alternative text
  • Add Alternative text
  • Edit Alternative text

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How to Do a Voiceover in Google Slides

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Voiceover enhances the quality of your Google Slides presentation. It adds context and useful information to explain what is on the slides. This gives your audience a great experience. This tutorial shows you step-by-step how to do a voiceover in Google Slides. 

8 Steps to adding a voiceover to a Google Slides presentation

Google Slides doesn’t have a built-in capability to record over slides. You can only add voiceover to google slides by inserting an audio file saved in Google Drive to each slide.

You can add a voiceover to your Google Slides presentation using the following steps: 

  • Create a Google Slides presentation
  • Write a script for audio files 
  • Record audio files for each slide
  • Trim and save the audio files
  • Convert the audio files to a format supported by Google Slides
  • Upload the audio files to Google Drive 
  • Insert audio into the slides 
  • Configure play settings

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How to Add a Video to a Google Slide

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Videos can make your Google Slide presentation much more engaging. You can add a video to a Google Slide from your computer or you can embed a YouTube video to a Google Slide. 

The Google Slides app has the built-in capability to play a video from a slide. This tutorial focuses on how to add a video to a Google Slide from your computer. This link explains How to Embed a YouTube Video in a Google Slide.

5 Steps to adding a video from the computer to a Google Slide 

In this tutorial, we take you through the process of adding a video from your computer to a Google Slide using the following steps:

  • Upload the video to the Google Drive
  • Insert the video from Google Drive to Google Slide
  • Reposition and resize the video
  • Adjust the format options of the video

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How to Insert Source Code in MS Word

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If you have ever tried to insert source code in MS Word, you know that it is a struggle. The formatting gets completely lost.

In most cases, copying and pasting programming code into a Microsoft Word document will not work.

In this tutorial, we will explore the proper way to embed your source code in MS Word. 

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How to Create a Pie Chart in MS PowerPoint

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By creating a pie chart in MS PowerPoint, you are visually demonstrating information. A pie chart is especially good to use to illustrate portions of the whole. We will show how you can:

1. Create a Pie Chart in MS Powerpoint.

2. Customize a Pie Chart in MS Powerpoint

We will show you all the above in simple, step-by-step instructions.

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What Is a Docx File and How to Open It

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What is a DOCX File?

Any file with a .docx file extension is a Microsoft Word document file. It has an Open XML Format. Microsoft uses DOCX files for nearly everything, including cover letters, resumes, reports, documentation, flyers, invitations, newsletters, and much more.

DOCX files usually contain text. But they can also include styles, objects, images, and rich formatting.

Microsoft has been using the DOCX format since Word 2007. Earlier versions of MS Word used the .doc file extension. It is easier to support the DOCX files, as they are XML-based, and their content is available as separate files. It might not seem obvious, but the final DOCX package is actually a ZIP-compressed compact file containing all the XML files of the document.

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