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▾ dictionary english-french, presentation noun ( plural: presentations ) —, présentation f (often used) ( plural: présentations f ), exposé m ( plural: exposés m ), present ( sth. ) verb ( presented , presented ) —, présenter (qqch.) v, exposer qqch. v, gratifier v, present adjective —, présent adj ( présente f sl , présents m pl , présentes f pl ), actuel adj ( actuelle f sl , actuels m pl , actuelles f pl ), existant adj ( existant m sl , existante f sl , existants m pl , existantes f pl ), give a presentation v —, slide presentation n —, corporate presentation n —, brief presentation n —, introductory presentation n —, product presentation n —, case presentation n —, public presentation n —, group presentation n —, general presentation n —, educational presentation n —, professional presentation n —, presentation room n —, technical presentation n —, presentation note n —, full presentation n —, budget presentation n —, detailed presentation n —, flash presentation n —, presentation device n —, balanced presentation n —, stimulus presentation n —, presentation seminar n —, thematic presentation n —, false presentation n —, mere presentation n —, careful presentation n —, presentation deadline n —, convincing presentation n —, individual presentation n —, tasteful presentation n —, at the present time adv —, present position n —, present situation n —, present context n —, present danger n —, present subjunctive n —, present year n —, present activity n —, present debate n —, present town n —, present note n —, present discussion n —, present worth n —, ever-present risk n —, present scheme n —, present stage n —, present degree n —, present n —, ▾ external sources (not reviewed).

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Presentation [ˌprezənˈteɪʃən] n, 1. presentation (act of presenting) :, 2. presentation (act of giving) :.

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How to give an oral presentation in French

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Published on November 18, 2016 / Updated on November 9, 2022

Eventually in life, the time will come when you will have to present in front of a group. If you are giving a speech in a foreign language like after learning French, it can be very challenging since it often adds extra insecurity to the mix. We will give you some tips on how to give an oral presentation in French:

Preparation is key. In order to succeed in your presentation, know your topic well. You will be the expert in the classroom and realizing this will boost your self-confidence and keep your nerves under control. Remember to use technology to your advantage, visual aids (maps, photos, film clips, graphs, diagrams, and charts) can enhance a presentation, but don’t rely completely on them since it might be distracting for your audience.

Pay attention to your posture, stand straight and don’t rock back and forth on your heels, or do anything that might distract from your content. Speak in a clear, audible voice, loud enough to be clearly heard in the back row.  Never, ever mumble and be confident about your research and content.

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Tips to give an oral presentation in french.

• Structure and order . France is not an exception. Let the audience know at the start how your presentation will be structured. A brief outline will prepare them for what you are about to say.
• It’s not what you say but how you say it.  This may sound like a cliché, but it’s a general rule for life. Understand that you will probably be nervous, accept it and move on. Deep breaths will help control the speed of your speech and will give the impression that you are more confident in what you are saying. Avoid having spicy food or caffeine drinks right before and make sure your breathing pattern is normal.
• Talk! don’t read . Nobody enjoys seeing a speaker burying his or her face in a script, reading stiffly from a piece of paper. Try to talk from notes, or, if you use a written-out text, try to look down at it only occasionally. In a speech, it is crucial to be able to transmit the ideas and concepts that you have been preparing and working for so hard, so don’t worry too much about the words.
• Make eye   contact  with people seated in all parts of the room, another fundamental aspect of public speaking. Don’t be afraid of using your hands to emphasize your ideas. Sharing space with the audience can also communicate your interest in sharing your results with them, so don’t be afraid of moving around the stage to help you reach out to every corner of the room, and also cover up any nervousness you may be experiencing.
• Don’t be afraid of questions and interruptions.  Actually, this is one of the best things that can happen, because it shows that someone in the audience has engaged with what you’re saying, and, if you have the time to offer a brief response, it can actually lead to genuine progress on the point you were making. Plus, two-way conversation is always a tension-reducer.
• Always try to make an impact with your audience.  Something that they’ll remember. Finishing strong can be a good way to achieve that. Always be sure to have a compelling conclusion to your presentation in which you highlight and summarize the points you made to your audience.

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How to Introduce Yourself and Others in French

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When you meet French speakers , you need to know how to introduce yourself and what to say when you are introduced. French can be a bit tricky when introducing yourself or others depending on whether you know the person to whom you are making the introduction(s) or even if you have had any contact with the person. In French, those circumstances all require different introductions.

Basic Introductions

French uses the verb  se présenter, not  introduire,  meaning to introduce something into something else, which translates into English as "to insert." The most basic introduction in French, then, would be:

• Je me présente. = Let me introduce myself.

Using s’appeler is the common way of introducing yourself in French. Don’t think of it as “to name oneself” because it will only confuse you. Think of it in the context of introducing your name to someone, and link the French words to that context instead of applying a literal translation, as in:

• Je m​'appelle ... = My name is...

Use je suis with people who already know your name, such as those you have already talked to on the phone or by mail but never met in person, as in:

• Je suis... =  I am...

If you don't know the person or have never spoken to him on the phone or contacted him by email or mail, use  je m’appelle,  as noted previously.

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There are also distinctions between formal and informal introductions, as well as singular versus plural introductions, as noted in the tables in this and the subsequent section.

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In French, when you are meeting people , you have to be careful about using the correct gender , as well as whether the introduction is formal or informal, as in these examples.

French Names

Nicknames — or  un surnom in French — are much less common in this Romance language than in American English, but they are not unheard of. Often, a longer first name will be shortened, such as  Caro  for Caroline or  Flo  for Florence. 

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Cheek kissing  is certainly an accepted form of greeting in France, but there are strict (unwritten) social rules to follow. Cheek kissing is generally OK, for example, but not hugging. So, it's important to learn not only the words that go with cheek kissing — such as  bonjour  (hello) — but also the social norms that are expected when greeting someone in this manner. There are also other ways to say " hello " and ask " How are you? " in French.

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Change the spell-checking language on a PowerPoint presentation

I received a PowerPoint presentation with dozens of slides, each of them with a number of text boxes. Although the presentation is written in English, the language for spell checking is set to Canadian French. I’m trying to change the language to English, but even if I select all the slides and select a new element on the Language dialog box, the language of the text boxes remain the same. So I have to go slide by slide selecting the text boxes and then changing the language individually.

Is there a better way to do this?

The version of PowerPoint I have installed is 2002 SP3.

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• Can't seem to add an answer (despite having sufficient rep). For the mac users out there: macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=38622 provides an amazing apple script that can be modified for many uses. –  Etienne Low-Décarie Jan 3, 2013 at 3:01
• Here is a gist of the above mentioned applescript: gist.github.com/4440395 –  Etienne Low-Décarie Jan 3, 2013 at 3:02

6 Answers 6

I know an answer has been accepted already (which I gave +1 to since it works and is well written), but to some people the idea of creating, saving, using a macro may be too scary (or they may have security settings in place that make this hard to achieve). So an easier solution is to use normal built-in functionality to do this. The trick is to be able to select all the objects on all the slides at once, rather than the slides themselves, and this is easily achieved in the Outline view (sadly an underused feature, but great for reorganising a slide deck, promoting and demoting whole chunks, eg bullets > new slides or vice versa).

I don't have PowerPoint 2002 ("XP") so I am not sure if you need to follow instructions for 2000 or for 2003 so I cover both here:

• In PP 2000 : Go to the outline view, which is the second icon from the left at the bottom left of the screen (looks like lines with indentations).
• In PP 2003 onwards : Go to the "normal" view (three pane layout) and at the top of the slide navigator choose "outline" rather than "slides"

In older versions, make sure you have the Outlining toolbar visible ( View > Toolbars > Outlining ) and click the Expand all button (later versions let you get at this through right click).

• Ctrl-A to select all.
• Tools > Language > Choose your language to set.
• (from Powerpoint 2013) REVIEW > Language > Set Proofing language

Likewise while you have everything selected you can change other things like fonts, colours etc. Although of course in many case this is better done by changing the slide master, a presentation that has had many editors may have lots of 'hard' formatting set which deviates from the underlying master and needs resetting to be consistent. You can also reset individual slides to the master style, but this may result in placeholders moving as well, which may be undesirable in some situations.

• Just a quick note: perhaps make the following sentence bold, so that the solution is immediately clear: 'The trick is to be able to select all the objects on all the slides at once, rather than the slides themselves, and this is easily achieved in the Outline view' –  Rabarberski Jan 14, 2011 at 9:57
• 4 Thanks AdamV, great answer! The problem with this approach, however, is that depending on how the textboxes were added to the slide, they might not show in the outline view. Which was the pretty much the case for almost every object on the presentation I had to fix. –  Leonardo Mar 16, 2011 at 0:59
• Yes, I guess if people add lots of independent text boxes these need to be selected using a method such as the original macro posted. –  AdamV Mar 21, 2011 at 9:56
• For me, this only worked on existing text in PowerPoint 2010. For newly added text, the language would still change in certain cases. –  Pieter Apr 14, 2014 at 13:28
• This is by far the cleanest way of dealing with this. It works in 2013 version too. –  GoTTimw Feb 11, 2016 at 16:12

This thread contains the answer that worked for me.

The steps I followed were:

• Create a new macro: 1.1. Go to Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor. 1.2. Insert a new empty module by selecting Insert, Module.

Paste this code on the right panel and save the macro:

msoLanguageIDEnglishAUS can be replaced by any desired language. The full list of languages can be found here .

Execute the macro (by pressing F5 within the editor, or by selecting Tools, Macro, Macros, ChangeSpellCheckingLanguage, and clicking Run).

After that all text elements within the presentation will have the new spelling language.

• 1 This code it will not affect Shape s in groups. A more generic code is posted in superuser.com/a/1119420/245595 –  sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Aug 31, 2016 at 6:52

After many presentations where I did it by hand or used a one-off macro, I finally broke and made it into a proper PowerPoint Add-In.

I've uploaded it to my web site: PowerPoint LanguageFixer

It takes care of:

• setting the default language
• all shapes with text frames
• text frames in grouped shapes (as far as possible)
• text in tables
• stuff on the slide/note/handout master

Just set one of the text boxes to the language you want, select it and click the button.

Here are two options depending on your situation:

Situation 1: The originating copy of Office was installed from a Canadian French language based install media.

You will be able to set the default language to English, but core functions will use the native language of the installation media.

The only fix is to uninstall the Canadian French version, and install from an English-based install media or copy/paste the entire presentation to a new doc and re-format.

Situation 2: Everything seems to be English, but in limited circumstances foreign languages appear.

In this situation, here are repair instructions for Office 2002:

• Click the Start menu
• Point to Programs
• Point to Microsoft Office Tools
• Click Microsoft Office XP Language Settings.
• Click the Enabled Languages tab.
• Go to the Default version of Microsoft Office box
• Select the language you want
• Click OK. A message will appear telling you what changes will be made.
• Click Continue

I hope this helps.

• Thanks for your answer! It wasn't any of those situations, though. What happens is that every text box can be set to a different language for spell-checking, and in this particular scenario all the elements had the wrong language. The default language in the system (and in the office installation) is English. –  Leonardo Oct 15, 2009 at 21:48

I've had the same problems with presentations made with German PowerPoint and being manually translated into English. The problem is that the language setting is essentially a formatting which is applied to each text box element on its own.

I am not aware of any convenient solution -- I have had to either live with the mismatch or manually changing the language "format" of each individual text box on each slide. Not fun, so mostly I live with it.

The code posted by Leonardo is simple and generally effective, but it will not affect Shape s in groups. A more generic code uses recursion to deal with that case too (slightly changed from here , which is in the same thread as the code by Leonardo):

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10 Common French phrases: How to structure a speech or talk

Whether you’re giving a presentation or simply introducing yourself to a group of people, knowing how to structure a speech or talk in French can be a valuable skill.

In this lesson, we’ll go over 10 common French phrases for structuring a speech or talk.

Bonjour à tous. (Hello, everyone.)

This phrase is used to begin a speech or talk, and to greet the audience.

Je vais parler de ___. (I’m going to talk about ___.)

This phrase is used to introduce the topic or theme of the speech or talk.

Tout d’abord, je vais ___ . (First, I’m going to ___ .)

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Ensuite, je vais ___ . (Next, I’m going to ___ .)

This phrase is used to introduce the second point or topic of the speech or talk.

Après cela, je vais ___ . (After that, I’m going to ___ .)

This phrase is used to introduce the third point or topic of the speech or talk.

Pour résumer, j’ai parlé de ___. (To summarize, I talked about ___.)

This phrase is used to summarize the main points or topics covered in the speech or talk.

En conclusion, ___. (In conclusion, ___ .)

This phrase is used to wrap up the speech or talk, and to give a final statement or message.

Merci de votre attention. (Thank you for your attention.)

This phrase is used to express gratitude to the audience for listening.

Avez-vous des questions ? (Do you have any questions?)

This phrase is used to invite the audience to ask questions or seek clarification.

Je suis à votre disposition pour répondre à vos questions. (I’m available to answer your questions.)

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker is willing and available to answer any questions or concerns the audience may have.

Learning these common French phrases for structuring a speech or talk will help you to communicate more effectively in formal settings.

Additionally, it is helpful to learn basic French vocabulary and grammar rules to build your language skills. With practice and persistence, you’ll soon be able to deliver speeches and talks with ease in French.

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Select text, and then click the "Review" tab and select Language > Set Proofing Language to choose the language of any selected text. To change PowerPoint's default language used for its interface as well as any text you insert, head to Options > Language.

Creating a PowerPoint presentation in a different language? You can change the text language (used for spelling corrections) or the interface language (used for menus). Here's how.

The instructions below will work for all recent versions of Microsoft PowerPoint. This includes the version of PowerPoint included with a Microsoft 365 subscription .

By default, PowerPoint will use the same language to check your presentation's text and grammar as your Office installation's default language. However, you can customize the text language used for any text you insert into PowerPoint.

To do this, open your PowerPoint presentation and select any text you've inserted. Next, press Review > Language > Set Proofing Language on the ribbon bar.

In the "Language" box, select a language from the list provided and press "OK" to save your choice.

The text you've selected will now use this language to check for spelling and grammatical errors. If you want to change back at any point, repeat these steps and select your usual language instead.

Related: How to Turn Off Spell Check as You Type in Microsoft Office

PowerPoint uses your default locale language (such as U.S. English) to choose the text for menus and buttons. It also uses this language to set the default proofing language for any text you insert.

If you're in a locale with multiple languages, however, you may want to switch between them. For example, if you're based in the United States, you may wish to use Spanish as your default proofing language for presentations.

This will mean that any text you insert uses this language---you won't need to change it manually. Likewise, you may want to change your interface language to match.

You can change both of these options to use an alternative language in PowerPoint's settings menu. To start, open PowerPoint and select File > Options.

In the "PowerPoint Options" window, select "Language" on the left.

On the right, choose a new language in the "Office Display Language" section and press the "Set As Preferred" option.

This will determine the language used for menus and buttons.

Next, choose a new proofing language in the "Office Authoring Languages And Proofing" section. Press "Set As Preferred" to make it the default proofing language for PowerPoint in the future.

Adding a New Language Pack

If you don't see a language you want to use as your interface or proofing language, you'll need to install the language pack for it first.

To do this, press File > Options > Language in PowerPoint and select either of the "Add A Language" buttons.

Next, select the language you want to use from the pop-up list and press the "Install" button.

Microsoft Office will take a few minutes to download the new language pack. If you're prompted to, press "OK" to confirm and begin the installation.

Once the language pack is installed, select it from your list in the "Office Display Language" or "Office Authoring Languages And Proofing" sections. You'll need to press "Set As Preferred" to make it your default interface or proofing language.

When you're ready, click "OK" to save your choice. PowerPoint will exit and relaunch to display the new language.

Related: How to Change the Language in Microsoft Word

Le présent: the present tense in French grammar

When to use le présent, how to conjugate the present tense in french, type 1 -ir verbs, type 2 -ir verbs, important irregular verbs: avoir, être, aller and faire.

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What is le présent ?

The present tense in French grammar (le présent) corresponds to the English simple present . It talks about facts, current situations and repeated actions in the present, as well as scheduled future actions. To conjugate a verb in the French present tense, we add specific endings to the infinitive of the verb depending on whether it ends in -er, -ir or -re.

Learn all about le présent in French grammar with Lingolia’s quick and easy examples, then put your knowledge to the test in the exercises.

Le garçon s’appelle Félix. Tous les mardis, il va à l’entraînement de football. Il joue au football depuis cinq ans.

Mardi prochain à 14 heures, son équipe a un match important.

We use the French present tense to express:

• facts and ongoing situations in the present
• actions that happen once, multiple times or never in the present
• a future action that is already planned or agreed upon (requires a specific future time indicator)
• the duration of actions that started in the past and are ongoing in the present. Note: French uses the present tense to express this idea, but English talks about duration using the present perfect simple or continuous tenses.

To conjugate French verbs in the present tense, we remove the infinitive ending (-er, -ir or -re) and add the following endings:

The table below shows the present tense conjugation of -er verbs:

Spelling Rules and Exceptions

• For verbs ending in -ger , we add an e before the letter o in the nous form in order to preserve the pronunciation of the g .
• For verbs ending in - cer , the c becomes ç before the letter o in the nous form in order to preserve pronunciation.
• For verbs ending in -yer , the y becomes an i in the singular forms as well as in the 3 rd person plural. (For verbs ending in - ayer , we can write either i or y .)
• For many verbs that end in - eler or - eter, the final consonant is doubled before a silent e . (Exceptions: acheter buy , déceler discover , geler freeze , haleter pant , harceler harass , modeler model , peler peel )
• If the final syllable of the word stem contains an e or é, we give it a grave accent ( accent grave ) in its conjugated forms (apart from the 1 st and 2 nd person plural).
• Remember: the verb aller is irregular .

The majority of -ir verbs belong to type 1, which means that the plural forms add -iss- before the present tense endings:

Many common verbs are conjugated in this way: applaudir applaud , choisir choose , divertir amuse , fleurir bloom , grandir grow , grossir put on weight , guérir cure , haïr hate , maigrir lose weight , nourrir nourish/feed , obéir obey , pâlir go pale , punir punish , ralentir slow down , remplir (re)fill , réjouir celebrate , réunir meet , réussir succeed , rougir blush , saisir grasp , vieillir to age , etc.

Type 2 -ir verbs can be divided into two kinds: verbs that are conjugated in the same way as -er verbs, and verbs that are conjugated with -s/-s/-t in the singular forms

*Other verbs that follow the same conjugation include: accueillir welcome , couvrir cover , cueillir gather , découvrir discover , ouvrir open , souffrir suffer , etc.

**Other verbs that follow the same conjugation include: courir run , fuir run away , mentir lie , partir leave , sentir feel , servir serve , sortir go out , etc.

Note: the verbs venir and tenir are completely irregular .

Regular -re verbs are conjugated as follows:

* The following verbs are conjugated in the same way as construire : conduire drive , cuire cook , déduire deduce , détruire destroy , instruire instruct , introduire introduce , nuire harm , produire produce , reproduire reproduce , réduire reduce , séduire seduce , traduire translate .

** The following verbs are conjugated in the same way as vivre: suivre follow , poursuivre chase , revivre relive , survivre survive .

Spelling Rules & Exceptions

• Verbs ending in -aître (traditional spelling) or -aitre (official spelling since 1990) such as connaître/connaitre know , paraître/paraitre appear , naître/naitre be born and their variations such as reconnaître/reconnaitre recognise , disparaître/disparaitre disappear , renaître/renaitre be reborn are conjugated as follows: Example: connaître know – je connais, tu connais, il/elle/on connaît, nous connai ss ons, vous connai ss ez, ils/elles connai ss ent

Many verbs that end in -ire (boire drink , croire believe , dire say , écrire write , faire do/make , lire read , plaire please , rire laugh ...) are irregular and change their stem in the plural forms. There is no general rule to learn the conjugations of these verbs, it’s best to learn them by heart.

Verbs that end in -dre and -tre

The verb prendre take and its related forms apprendre learn , comprendre understand , surprendre surprise , etc. lose the d in their plural forms. In addition, the n is doubled in the ils/elles form.

Verbs that end in -indre (atteindre wait , craindre fear , éteindre turn off , joindre combine , peindre paint , plaindre pity , teindre dye ...) lose the d in the singular and plural forms. In addition, we transform the n to gn in the plural forms.

Verbs that end in - oir such as recevoir receive , apercevoir glimpse , concevoir design , décevoir disappoint , percevoir perceive are conjugated as follows:

Note: the verbs avoir have , devoir must , mouvoir move , pouvoir be able to , savoir know , voir see und vouloir want are irregular and are not conjugated in the same way as recevoir . Check out their conjugations on our page on irregular verbs in French and practise in the exercises.

Le présent continu: the present progressive in French

The présent continu , also known as the présent progressif or the présent duratif , is the French equivalent of the present progressive in English (I am doing, he is going, etc.). Like its English counterpart, it demonstrates that an action or event is in progress at the moment of speaking.

The présent continu is formed as follows:

present tense conjugation of être + en train de + infinitive

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I set the language to English, but PPT suggests French spelling corrections

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I have resent the language in my ppt several times to be English, yet in my ppt it still sees English words as wrong and suggests French corrections.

I use MS Office/PowerPoint 2010 at home with Windows 7, and transfer/also use MS PowerPoint 2007 and Windows Vista at work.

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Does this happen only to this one presentation or to all presentations, including new ones you've just created?

How did you reset the presentation to be English? 

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I have noticed it before, but not with every presentation, and it was not problematic enough to put more time into, this time it is, the presentation notes are important to be correct, formatted, proofed, etc., and it is showing correct English words as incorrect, very time consuming.

I checked the default Windows language on my computer/control panel - it is English-US, and the editing language in MS PowerPoint: PowerPoint Options/Popular/Language Settings/English US

Even while on one of the notes pages that is showing correct English words as incorrect, and shows French words as suggestions when I right click/click Spelling, I have clicked PowerPoint Options/Popular/Language Settings/English US, confirmed that English is the language enabled for proofing and the default language, and it still shows incorrect/French suggestions as corrections.

thanks for any help you can offer,

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Is this something you could email me?  I might be able to do a little cyberchiropractic jujitsu on the file for you, walk on its back, scare the French out of it.  ;-)

If nothing else, you might want to send a portion of the presentation along.  I'd be happy to have a look at it.  email to steve at-sign pptools dot com if possible.

Include the ppt as an attachment and copy/paste your message above into the body of the email.

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How to change the check spelling language in PowerPoint?

When giving a presentation, you should make sure that everything has been checked for spelling and grammar mistakes. If you don’t edit these out, you will often appear like an amateur. Errors might also make it harder for the audience to absorb your message. To make sure that you catch these mistakes before they get into the show, you should rely on the spell check function. By default, this is set to the language which you most commonly use. However, you may not always be writing in this language. For this reason, let’s look at how to change the language in PowerPoint.

Highlight the text you want to proof

In some cases, you might want to apply this check to a section of the text. In this case, select the part using the left-mouse button. If you’re going to use different languages throughout the whole PowerPoint, ignore this step.

Go the language section

First, you will need to move to the  Review  ribbon. This ribbon should be on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on this to present a range of options.

Once this has been done, move to the  Language  section. Clicking on this will trigger a drop-down menu.

To change the language in PowerPoint, you will need to select the  Set Proofing Language  button.

Select the language that you want to use

After selecting Set Proofing Language, you will be given a list of possible options, as well as the default, which you are currently using.

You will need to go through this list to find the option that you wish to use. Once you’ve found this, click on the language to highlight your selection. Then, click the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. In some cases, this might generate a warning about changing the default language. To confirm the selection, click  Yes .

You have now applied the change to the PowerPoint. This change will make it easier for you to check spelling and grammar.

Do a spelling check

To make sure that it’s worked correctly, you might want to perform a spelling check. You can do this by navigating to the  Review  tab. There, you will find the  ABC Spelling,  which checks the spelling in PowerPoint. Clicking on this will cause PowerPoint to look over the entire presentation, searching for any mistakes. 

If the system finds any mistakes, it will go through them each one by one. You will then be able to either correct or ignore them, which can make it easier to proof an entire PowerPoint before you give a vital speech.

In today’s world, it’s common to give a presentation in multiple languages. For this reason, you will need to make sure that you can create a PowerPoint in numerous dialects. To help you do this, we looked at how you can change the language options to spot spelling and grammar mistakes in another language.

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Wholesale inflation rate could spell trouble for consumers in the months ahead

by KRISTINE FRAZAO | The National Desk

WASHINGTON (TND) — It’s a game of numbers no one seems to be winning. The brand new Producer Price Index, which shows how much manufacturers pay their suppliers , just hit its highest rate in a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“What this indicates is a lot of the progress that we’ve seen in slowing inflation - that stalled in early 2024," said Gus Faucher, Chief Economist with PNC Financial Services Group, in an interview with The National Desk Tuesday.

Known as “wholesale inflation,” the April rate rose 2.2%, with costs expected to be passed on to consumers in the months ahead, following three months of less-than-ideal numbers.

Speaking at the annual Foreign Bankers Association meeting in Amsterdam Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the waiting game for interest rates to be cut will likely go on even longer.

We did not expect this to be a smooth road but these were higher than I think anybody expected."

He added, "I don’t think it’s likely based on the data that we have that the next move that we make will be a rate hike. I think it’s more likely that we’ll be at a place where we hold the policy rate where it is."

Words like “sticky” and “stubborn” are now common ways to characterize what’s known as "services inflation" or what we pay for things like medical care, car repairs and travel.

Another worrying sign is what Americans owe on housing and non-housing expenses, known as "household debt" which has been steadily climbing and just reached $17.7 trillion , according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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The labor market is also still incredibly tight with a shortage of workers, and many of those who are working still struggle to make ends meet, admitted Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in an interview with Bloomberg Television Monday.

The cost of living in many areas is very high and it is a concern to Americans and it is President Biden’s top priority to do all he can to bring down the cost of living," she said.

We will have an even clearer picture of inflation on Wednesday with the release of the Consumer Price Index, which is what consumers pay for everyday goods and services.