Change PowerPoint Slide or Page Size to A5

Do you want to change the PowerPoint slide size to A5 size (or any other size). Follow these steps:

1. Choose File Page Setup. PowerPoint 2007 users can select the View tab on the Ribbon, then choose Slide Master. In the Slide Master tab on the Riddon, choose Page Setup.
   
   Either way, this will bring up the same Page Setup dialog box.
   
   
2. Now choose the Custom option in the Slides sized for drop-down list.
   
   
3. If your dialog box shows inches, type in 5.8 x 8.3 inches (or 8.3 x 5.8 inches) -- if you see centimeters, type in 14.8 x 21.0 cms (or 21.0 x 14.8 cms).
   
   
4. Change between portrait and landscape mode as required.
   
   
5. Click OK to get back to PowerPoint. PowerPoint 2007 users will also need to click the Close button on the Slide Master tab of the Ribbon.

Animate a word or phrase in a larger text box

Do you want to animate just a word or a phrase in a larger text box? You cannot really isolate and animate it within the text box unless it is a full bullet or paragraph.

But there's a workaround -- follow these steps:

1. Create a new text box which contains just the word or a short phrase that you want animated. Match it in formatting (text color, size, font type, etc.) to the same as the text in the larger text box.
   
   
2. In the larger text box, remove that word or phrase from the rest of the text, and compensate for the removed space with empty spaces using the spacebar.
   
   
3. Now place the word or phrase text box right over the existing box, in the position that you want it to be. You might have to tweak it by repositioning or resizing the box.
   
   
4. Now animate the text box that contains the word or phrase.