Evergreen April Fools Jokes and Pranks

April Fools' Day has been one of the best holidays. It is just around the corner and you get to play nasty pranks and practical jokes on people - and be cautious to get away with it!



The impossible coins:
This April Fools' practical joke is old but it still works. Superglue some coins to the sidewalk or any spot that has a lot of people walking around. Make sure it's an appropriate place, and then watch people break fingernails to get the coins.



The hidden snakes:
All you need is a rubber snake and some fishing line. Tie the fishing line around the snake and then attach the other end of the line to the inside of a cupboard or anything that opens and closes. Set it up so that when they open the door/cupboard the snake will jump out when they do. This is a totally easy prank to pull off.



The spicy tea:
When your colleges are away from work for a while, put some bastard hot chilies into their tea. Just wait to see their facial expression with a big surprise.



The hair dryer:
Get up really early and sneak into your victims’ bathroom and fill their hair-dryer with baby powder. And when they turn it on, their head will be pure white just like an old person!

The doors:
Switch the "Pull" and "Push" signs on a set of doors. Watch as people get confused trying to open the doors.

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10 Tips to Consider on April Fools Jokes

1. I believe the most important thing to consider when you are looking to plan an April Fools joke is to know your intended audience. Know their sense of humor and also interests. After all, the last thing you would want is to pull a joke that they think isn't funny or could not care less about. So know your target.

2. Do not wait until the last minute to try and pull something off. Plan a few days or weeks in advanced depending on the size and scale of the prank. Last minute attempts at pranks, generally, fail.

3. Consider all of the consequences of your joke (if there are any). You do not want to be the guy or girl who thinks they have a great prank and hurts the person (physically or mentally) or people you were pranking. Even worse, end up getting yourself hurt or in trouble.

4. Think about events or things that may have happened within the past year to you or the person you are pranking and see if you can come up with an idea based on past events. If you are looking to prank a community, consider the type of community and what it revolves around. Pranks that are based on stuff that happened a number of years ago generally aren't as funny as more recent things.

5. No one likes elementary school jokes such as "Your shoes are untied…. APRIL FOOLS!" – keep those in elementary school. If you're going to prank someone make it worth-while to you and them. Something that can be remembered and talked about.

6. Depending on the magnitude of the prank it may be worth getting other people involved to help you pull it off. Team work is key.

7. If you want your joke to be successful keep it to yourself or the group of people you are working with. Telling people who are not involved in the joke will lead to a failed attempt – chances are they will tell someone who is not supposed to know.

8. Do not reuse the same pranks year after year. Even worse would be to use the same prank in the same year on more than one person. If you are going to do it right, keep it fresh and new.

9. If you cannot think of a joke which you are not happy with chances are it's not a good one. Trust your gut – if you think it would make a good joke, go for it. No one says you must have an April Fools joke every year. If one year you cannot think of a good joke wait until next year and plan a great one.

10. The worst joke of all time is telling your significant other you want to leave them. Generally not the best idea.

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How to Make PowerPoint Image Slideshow

Question:

My dad is making a PowerPoint Presentation that consists of images of my grandfather for his birthday. He has 150 slides that he has arranged in chronological order by year. I would like to know if there is any way you can import all the images at once and create individual slides for each of them without having to individually import every picture one-by-one and making a new slide for each.

Solution:

Actually we can handle this problem with an ease. Maybe you have not noticed one function of PowerPoint (for all versions) yet, which is called "Photo Album".
With this function, you can easily create a photo album, with one photo on one slide with a single mouse click.

First, run your PowerPoint, in the toolbar you will find "Insert", click it, and choose "Photo Album" below.



Second, in the pop up window, click "File/Disk" button



Third, another window show up, find the folder where your photos are, select them all, click "Insert" on the lower right corner.



That's it, an individual slide is created for each of the photos.

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How to Add a MP4 Video into PowerPoint 2007

As we know Office PowerPoint provides us a "Insert" function to add picture, music and video into PowerPoint slide. Many people like to add short videos to make the PPT more attractive. But the video format supported by PowerPoint is limited. The best formats that all PowerPoint versions can support are AVI and WMV, which are created by Microsoft itself.

But if you want to add a MP4 video to PowerPoint, which is the representative of High definition videos, you have to check your PowerPoint version first.

For PowerPoint 2003 or below, there is no way to add a MP4 video.

For PowerPoint 2010, you can directly click "Insert" to add MP4 video to PowerPoint slide.

However, the PowerPoint 2007 is special that I need to explain it in detail.
Though you cannot click "Insert" to add a MP4 video directly, there is another way.

Step 1: Enable control.

Because the default state in PowerPoint 2007, the control function is hidden, we need to enable it firstly as follows:

1. Left click" office button" in PowerPoint 2007

2. Hit" PowerPoint options" to open it

3. In the open box, select" Popular" tab, check the option that "Show developer tab in the ribbon", at last click" OK".



Return to the PowerPoint edition interface, there will be a new option-"developer" on the toolbar.

Step 2: How to Insert a MP4 video

1.Click" developer" button to enter its menu layout

2. Select" More controls" button in " control" area, there will pop up a dialogue box



3. In the dialogue box, select" Windows Media Player", click" OK" to close the dialogue box. Then the mouse will become"+".

4. Drag the mouse, the player interface of Windows Media Player will appear in the PPT.

5. Select the player interface, right click, select" properties", a dialogue box will pop up.



6. Input the path and name of video file in" URL" option.

7. Close" properties" window, and you have inserted the MP4 video successfully.

When playing the MP4 video that is inserted into the PowerPoint, you have full control options such as play, pause, volume or stop.

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How to Turn PPSX to PPTX

Today when we I was wandering on the Internet. I find someone ask about how to turn a PPS file back to PPT so they can edit it. Because when you double click on it, it will directly open as a show, and at the end, it will quite, you have no option to choose. They said it won't work if directly change the suffix .pps back to .ppt.
Yes, I have save a PPT file to PPS before, but vice versa, I don't have the experience. As a curious man, I tried for a while and finally find out that: if your PPT is make in PowerPoint 2003, you can directly change the suffix.But for PowerPoint made in 2007 with PPSX or PPTX format,it doesn't work. Now I want to share with all of you. It is quite simple actually.

The simplest Method 1:
1. Run PowerPoint, click "Open"



2. Find the correct path of the PPS file
3. Click "OK", it will be opened just like PPT
4. "Save as" to a PPT format.

Another Method which I find first:
1. Run PowerPoint
2. Drag the PPS file into PowerPoint, you will see the PPS file will like a picture
3. Right click on it, choose "Presentation Object" --> then choose "Open"



Now, a new PowerPoint window will pop up, and that is a PPT file, you don't have to "Save as", it is a PPT file now.

Easy, isn't it? There are thousands of small tips and skills when using PowerPoint, as long as we learn more, we will find PowerPoint easy and interesting.

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How to Add Music to PowerPoint 2007 and Playing Across Slides

Many people asked the question on how to add music to PowerPoint 2007 and at the same time the music can play across the entire PowerPoint slides.

To add music to PowerPoint 2007 is quite easy, I think almost all of us know how. And to make it play repeatedly, all we need to do is to make a few further settings.

For most of the tutorials are about PowerPoint 2003, I will tell you how to make it in PowerPoint 2007, which is a little different, from the very beginning.

Step 1: Insert the music to your PowerPoint
From the toolbar, “Insert” > “Sound” > “Sound from File”








Then in the popup window, choose a song and click “OK”







You will then get a message about how do you want the music to start in the slide show.







Step 2: (The main part) Settings to make the music play across the slides
“Animation” on the toolbar > “Custom Animation” > Right click on the music and select “Effect Options”







You will need to set when the music stops in “Stop Playing” > “After number slides”, set the number as the last slide to enable the music to play across the whole PPT.







Step 3: Finally, embed the music into the PowerPoint 2007
You need to enlarge the file size setting of PowerPoint 2007, click the round Office button > “PowerPoint Options” > choose “Advanced” in the pop up window > find the “Save” option on the right > set the max file size in “Link sounds with greater file size than” box, the number should be bigger than the file size of the music.







The only thing is that the file size of the final PPT file could be quite large.

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How to Reverse Text in PowerPoint

Question: How to reverse text in PowerPoint?

For some instances, we may want to put a line of text upside down or vertical. Actually it is a quite useful skill to make the PowerPoint more flexible and appealing. How to make it? Please follow me.

Step 1: After open your PPT file, select the line you want to reverse, and there will come up "Format" option on the toolbar.



Step 2: Click "Format", find the "Rotate" below, click it, there are five options, choose "Flip Vertical" for example, you will see the line as the picture shows below.



Step 3: Click "More Rotation Options" to make advanced adjustment. For example, set the "Rotation" as "165°", the text will show as follows.



Have a try and make a wonderful PPT by yourself.

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How to Add Bookmarks in PowerPoint 2007

PowerPoint is widely used in our daily life, whether you are trying to make a presentation in class, give a speech to public, or introduce our products in business affairs, you will use it. Someone suggest a good PowerPoint contains no more than 10 slides. But most of the time, a PowerPoint may contain 10 to 20 slides and several chapters. It is a good way to create a menu to organize it and build a shortcut to each chapter or return to the main menu.

Adding bookmarks in PowerPoint makes it possible. Here takes PowerPoint 2007 as an example to show how to do that. The basic idea is to create hyperlinks between the slides.

Step 1: After creating the menu for your PowerPoint, select the sub-title, right click, choose "Hyperlink"




Step 2: In the pop up window, choose "Place in This Document", and there will be the list of all the slides on the right, select the one you want to link to and press "OK".



Step 3: Create a shortcut back to main menu.

Repeat the steps talked above, you can make a great bookmark in PowerPoint 2007.
If you prefer graphical hyperlinks, you may put a bookmark on an image. First insert an image and then right click on the image and choose "Hyperlink" in the same way as for text above.



Easy, isn't it? Don' t hesitate, make one for yourself!

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How to Make Your Resume Looks Good

When you are finding a job, the resume is the first thing the employer can get to know you. Basically, a resume is a brief overview of your experience and skills putting together to sell yourself as one of the best choices for a prospective employer to interview. It initiates the process of introducing yourself to the employer. So the quality of your resume determines the whole job hunting process. Some may say the most important is that you have the true knowledge and ability to do the job well, which unfortunately cannot be judged unless you have got that job.

The content is the most important of your resume, but it doesn’t mean the more you write the better your resume will be. I recommend the resume to be no more than 2 pages. Basically, your resume should include the following information.



(1) First of all, you need to put your complete contact information on top. That includes: full name, full address, phone number, and E-mail.

(2) Open your resume with your education. Include all the schools that you have attended and your GPA. Do not put anything below middle high-school.

(3) After education, list all your previous job experiences and the volunteer experience that you had and any special awards or honor rolls. This is the most important part of your resume. If you have much experience, remember to keep it concise if you want to list them all. Or you can pick a few and illustrate them in some detail.

Another thing to bear in mind is to make it easy to read. You should choose the right background color, font and page structure. Take a reference of the successful resume samples on the Internet will help you a lot. One thing you should not forget is to make it look good after printed on papers.

Usually the resume is created in Word, Excel, or Photoshop. It is fine if you make it in Photoshop, for the resume is saved as an image, and it will look quite nice after printing. For those who make resume in Word or Excel, I suggest you save it as a PDF file, for one thing you never know what version of word or Excel processor your recipient is using. For another, a PDF file will look much better than Word or Excel after printing.

That’s it. As long as your resume is informational and looks good, it will absolutely impress the employer and more job opportunities will come to you.

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What Should We Learn From the Japan Earthquake – Preparedness

A massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan, 130 km from Tokyo, at around 2:46pm on March 11 causing huge damage with blackouts, fire and tsunami and even the nuclear leak in Fukushima.

We all know Japan is a country confronts lots of earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis for its unique geological location. Ever since the Great Hanshin Earthquake which happened in January 1995 in Kobe city, killed 6,000 and injured 415,000 people, the Japanese government has made great efforts to educate the whole nation about how to survive in an earthquake and improve the infrastructure, such as the quality of the buildings, the prediction and alert system of earthquakes.

These efforts finally pay off. We can see how the Japanese unify to pass through this disaster with great discipline. Also much fewer victims than Sichuan Earthquake in 2008 has been reported even though the 1 million Sendai city is right on the corner of the epicenter.

If people can make enough preparation in our daily life and education system before earthquake happens, much more lives can be saved. There are many such information on the Internet, in various forms, while the PowerPoint may be the most informational and easy making. But it is not convenient to view PowerPoint, for a computer or Internet is needed. If the PowerPoint can be burnt to DVD discs, people can watch it and learn the basic survival tips anytime anywhere, all the need are DVD player and TV, which is quite common used. How nice will it be!

To burn PowerPoint to DVD is not difficult indeed. Let’s take a look at how to do it.

Step 1: Import the PowerPoint file
After launch Moyea PPT to DVD Burner, click "Add" button on the left to add PowerPoint file to the program.



Step 2: Output Video Options
Click "Next" to the output video options interface. "Norm" refers to the TV standard for your DVD output. Generally, NTSC applies to American users while PAL applies to European users. If you are not sure which one it should be, click "Help" to check it.



Click "Advanced Settings" to further adjust the "Slide Size", "video Layout", "video Quality", and conversion status for your DVD output, if necessary.



Step 3: Choose a right DVD menu or create your own
Choose the preset menu style or create a new menu by click "Menu Design".



In the pop up window, click each specific tab in the frame to make a change like background fill, button styles, icon styles and frame colors.



Step 4: Add background music
The Music feature gives you an alternative to sound inserting in PowerPoint. Click "Add Music" to add a favorite song as the background music.



Step 5: Burn PPT to DVD
Click "Start" button to enjoy the super conversion of PPT to DVD.



After burning PowerPoint to DVD, people can sit back toward a TV, and watch the PowerPoint-made DVD with their families and friends easily. With more earthquake knowledge and sufficient preparedness, there will be fewer casualties in the earthquake disaster.

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How to Embed a Video into PowerPoint 2007

Summary: 2 easy ways to insert video (movie) into PowerPoint 2007, play video in PowerPoint 2007.

With video inserted into PowerPoint can surely add attraction to PowerPoint presentation.

In this article, I will introduce two methods on "How to insert a video into PowerPoint 2007".

Method 1: Direct insertion

Step 1: On the "Insert" tab, point to "Movies", and then click "Movie from File".



Step 2: Click the video you want to use and then click "OK".

Step 3: After you click OK, you' are promoted with a message asking how you want the movie to start in the slide show. I recommend you choosing "Automatically "even if you want the movie to play when clicked. And that's done.

Tips:
1. This is the easiest way to insert a video.
2. When playing the video that is inserted in this way in the PowerPoint, it only shows the video thumbnail, and only has two control options: play or stop. So you can't select the playing time freely.
3. Only video in formats of AVI, MPEG and WMV can be inserted in this way.
4. Always put the movie in the same folder as your PowerPoint presentation.If you later move the PowerPoint presentation to another computer, copy the movie too. Keeping your movie in the same folder as your presentation ensures the link will still work. However, you should always test the movie on a new machine just to be certain. Re-insert the movie, if necessary.

Method 2: Windows Media Player Insertion

If you want to view the video in PowerPoint just like viewing in Windows media player, you can try this insertion method.

Step 1: Enable control. Because the default state in PowerPoint 2007, control function is hidden, we need to enable it firstly as follows:
1. Left click" office button" in PowerPoint 2007
2. Hit" PowerPoint options" to open it
3. In the open box, select" Popular" tab, check the option that "Show developer tab in the ribbon", at last click" OK".
Return to the PowerPoint edition interface, there will be a new option-"developer" on the toolbar.



Step 2: Insert videos.
1. Click" developer" button to enter its menu layout
2. Select" More controls" button in " control" area, there will pop up a dialogue box



3. In the dialogue box, select" Windows Media Player", click" OK" to close the dialogue box. Then the mouse will become"+".
4. Drag the mouse, the player interface of Windows Media Player will appear in the PPT.
5. Select the player interface, right click, select" properties", a dialogue box will pop up.
6. Input the path and name of video file in" URL" option.
An example of a file name is as follows:
C\:My video.avi
7. Close" properties" window, and you have inserted the videos successfully.

Tips:
1.This methods needs more options to insert a video.
2.When playing the video that is inserted in this way in the PowerPoint,it is actually playing in Windows Media Player,thus full control options are available: play, pause, volume or stop. So you can select the playing time freely.

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