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P.S. You Don't Have to Fight This One

by Celina Worley

Under thick, dark skies, the image of a young man cradled in earth comes into focus. Obviously he's in a fierce, undecided battle--he's fighting for his life. He looks like he's gasping for air, shocked to find he still has a pulse. Is this it? In both hands he is grasping his hope--a Bible.

How odd. A real soldier, in a real battle, with a Bible in his hands? Where are the hand grenades and semi-automatic weapons? It must have seemed equally out of place when the enemy heard praise songs drifting through the gorge. Another battle, in a far and distant time, was about to take place.

A few moments in II Chronicles 20 will get you up to speed. The inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem were going to be attacked not just by one, but by three enemies. Time to sharpen your spears, right? Nope. The country's president (King Jehoshaphat) declared a fast. No food, no water, just prayer. A lot of prayer. Finally, they get an answer. It's bold. You'll find it in verse 17: "You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you."

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        Create your own template folder in PowerPoint
        (note: this only works for PP 2000 or later)

        Normally, when you save a PowerPoint Template (.POT) file, PowerPoint points you by default at the \Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates folder, the root folder where it starts looking for templates.

        After you do this, the converted templates appear in the General tab of the New Presentation dialog box you see when you choose File, New from the menu bar.

        Wouldn't it be nice if you could categorize these templates to make it easier to find the one you need? Well, you can! In fact, you can add your own tabs to the New Presentation dialog. Let's say that you want to create new tab called My Templates.

      • First, you'll need to work out where PowerPoint stores its templates. The simplest way to do this is to start a new blank presentation, choose File, Save As, pick "Design template (*.POT)" as the Save As type. When you do this, PowerPoint switches you immediately to its default Templates folder.
      • Create a new folder within the Templates folder. You can do this from within the Save As dialog box: press Alt + 5 and type a name for the folder. The new folder opens automatically.
      • Save your presentation into the new folder as a Design template (*.POT) or note the full path to the folder and later copy your other template (*.POT) files into it. If you click the down-arrow to the right of the folder name in the "Save in:" you'll see the full path from the current folder back up to disk drive letter. Add "\" characters as needed and you've got the path. When you go to apply templates from your new folder, what you see depends on which version of PowerPoint you have:

        PowerPoint 2000
        The next time you choose File, New or Format, Apply Design Template from the PowerPoint menu bar, you'll see your new templates folder and within it you'll see all the templates you copied there.

        PowerPoint 2002 and later
        When you apply templates or start a new presentation, you'll see a "Browse" link at the bottom of the Slide Design task pane. Click this to open the Apply Design Template dialog box. There, you'll see your new template folder and in it, you'll find any templates you copied there.

        Note: until you copy at least one template (*.POT file) into your new folder, PowerPoint will not display its folder.




        Until next month, go with God and be powerful for His Kingdom,

        The Oxygen Team




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