Presentation Proofing For Internal Use Only

Using Macabacus to Check Presentations

 Macabacus can check for missing opening / closing  Here, we have some bullet formatting issues
parentheses / brackets (like the one missing here  For example, this bullet is too large
 Macabacus can also flag flag repeated words  And this one is not properly aligned
 It can also check bullet punctuation for consistency.  This one is just right
 We can also check for incorrect/inconsistent spacing around
slashes/ dashes - this is good
Macabacus Will Check Table
 Macabacus will check for missing “quotes, as well as
"straight" quotes that do not match the format of “smart” Cell Margins, Too
quotes
Uiweb Iuy
fuwyebf wbeuyfbw
uy
 Footnotes are easy to screw up, but Macabacus helps ensure
they are correct(2)
 There are several ways to abbreviate millions and billions
• Many people use $23mm, for example. But others might
use $23M, or even $23 MM
 This bullet contains text that uses the wrong font
 This text has the wrong proofing language set

1. This is a footnote.
2. This is another footnote.

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Macabacus Also Inspects Charts

Chart Title
6

5
5
$4.40 4.5
4.3
4
3.5
3
3 $2.80
$2.40
2 2
2 $1.80

0
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4

Series 1 Series 3

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