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![]() Wednesday, October 08, 2008 – Permalink – 100 Free TemplatesCan't have too manyMicrosoft provides a lot of free templates for Office applications. For PowerPoint here are one hundred that can be feely used: Office.Microsoft.com
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Sunday, October 05, 2008 – Permalink – Good Dog, Bad DogWhich side are you on?BoxesandArrows.com is an online magazine. "Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape. There are various titles and professions associated with this undertaking — information architecture, information design, interaction design, interface design" Recently they published an critique of PowerPoint starting with this bulleted (naturally) list of events:
Understanding PowerPoint by Dan Brown See all Topics powerpoint Labels: General <Doug Klippert@ 3:19 AM
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 – Permalink – Jagged Text on ChartAnimation problem"The text in a graph may appear jagged and less defined if you apply a custom animation to a Microsoft Graph chart object in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 slide show. The affected text includes the axis text, the legend text, and other text labels. Some solutions:
Labels: Troubleshoot <Doug Klippert@ 7:04 AM
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Friday, September 12, 2008 – Permalink – Create Your Own ScreensaverChoose your own imagesWindows has a feature that allows you to create a screensaver from images saved in a folder. You can use pictures you already have or use a PowerPoint slide show.
Labels: General, Instructional, Other uses, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 2:32 AM
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Sunday, August 24, 2008 – Permalink – Presentation BlogEavesdrop on the prosI like to read what the professionals are doing in any field. Here's a blog I stumbled across that is: "A group weblog dedicated to sharing resources that can help anyone involved in any aspect of the presentation process achieve better results."
"A weblog devoted (mainly) to visual communications in the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare sectors." See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Performance, Presentation <Doug Klippert@ 4:09 AM
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 – Permalink – Ungroup and AnimateTweak chartsThis tutorial combines the ability to break graphics into pieces and PowerPoint's animation tools. It's from Glen Millar's PPTWorkbench: Complex Animations
Labels: Animation, Graphics, Instructional <Doug Klippert@ 3:47 AM
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Friday, August 15, 2008 – Permalink – Connectors and Org Charts"Attachers"PowerPoint can create an Organizational or Flow chart more easily than using the old Orgchart applet. (In 2002 +, OrgChart was replaced with the Insert diagram or Organizational chart button on the Drawing toolbar.)
"Use the Microsoft Office diagramming tool to create an organization chart in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. Build and lay out a chart, style it effectively, and get editing tips that'll help you adapt it." (Length: 40–50 minutes)
"Connectors are very important tools in PowerPoint drawing. They attach themselves to PowerPoint shapes, and will move with that shape as it is moved around the slide. This tutorial will show many things: See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Graphics, Instructional <Doug Klippert@ 3:36 AM
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 – Permalink – Stop Online HelpUse local HelpWhen Office 2003 first came out, one of the new features was that the help files were "live." Rather than using stale information installed years before, the application connected with Redmond for the newest and best solutions. This can be a problem depending on how you connect to the Internet. If you're using a dial up service, or speeds slow to a crawl. Here is a way to use local information.
Labels: General <Doug Klippert@ 4:02 AM
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 – Permalink – Big Bang DemoAnimation exampleA Technology Example
PowerPoint2Go.com Presentations by Steve Bell (There is a downloadable file. The hyperlink is near the middle; the bolded words "Download This File". It includes the PowerPoint viewer. If you don't need the viewer, just open it in WinZip and extract the Bomb.ppt and the Fuse to Expl.mp3 files) ![]() See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Animation <Doug Klippert@ 4:55 AM
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Monday, August 04, 2008 – Permalink – Typography for the rest of usReal world fontsChoosing a type face can be fun, but also overwhelming. You want to convey the message without obscuring the thoughts in an avalanche of weird shapes. Cameron Moll has a web site/Blog called Authentic Boredom; his "platitudinous web home." Recently he explored: The non-typographer's guide to practical typeface selection "I honestly believe typeface selection is one of the most transparent ways of detecting good - and bad - design. You can tell plenty about a designer merely by the typefaces he/she chooses. So you'd be wise to start with trusted faces, and you'd be even wiser to know something about the history of each typeface." Also see: Who was that font I saw you with last night? See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Fonts <Doug Klippert@ 7:17 AM
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Saturday, August 02, 2008 – Permalink – Picture ToolbarPowerful toolWord, Excel, and PowerPoint use similar toolbars to edit graphics. In 2007, these appear on the Ribbon when the graphic is selected. Here's a description of how it works:
"In PowerPoint you can control images using the Picture toolbar which automatically appears whenever you insert a picture in a slide. In case you do not see this toolbar, you can right-click on the image you have just inserted and choose 'Show Picture Toolbar'."
For the FrontPage toolbar see: FrontPage Picture Toolbar See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Graphics <Doug Klippert@ 2:22 AM
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Saturday, July 26, 2008 – Permalink – AnimationsTutorial about Cool PowerPoint Animations"This tutorial is more of a demonstration of what cool custom animation effects can be achieved just by using the standard PowerPoint 2002 / XP / 2003 / 2007 wipes."
See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Animation <Doug Klippert@ 4:44 AM
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 – Permalink – Screen Beans and PowerPointA Bit Better"A Bit Better Corporation is a small consulting firm helping companies communicate and create products with maximum impact. Partners Cathleen Belleville and Dennis Austin bring over 46 years of high-technology experience.
BitBetter.com:
Some of the information is a little dated, but still usable. See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 5:44 AM
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Friday, July 18, 2008 – Permalink – Signing MacrosSecurity levelsThere are three levels of Macro security:
"If you've used Access 2003, you've probably seen several security warning messages - Access 2003 cares about your security. An important part of Access 2003 security is digitally signing your code. As Rick Dobson shows, you can do it, but preparing for digital signing is critical. Also: Other links: <Doug Klippert@ 5:02 AM
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 – Permalink – Broadcast PowerPointShows on the Internet"There are many different ways you can deliver a presentation. You can make an on-screen presentation using a laptop or desktop computers and a multimedia projector, you can use an overhead with transparencies, you can generate paper printouts and use a flip chart, or even present using 35mm slides. PresentersUniversity.com Web Delivery of PowerPoint Presentations PresentersOnLine.com: Broadcasting PowerPoint Presentations Live over the Internet Microsoft Office Assistance: PowerPoint 2003 Add-in: Presentation Broadcast "The presentation broadcast add-in, which synchronizes the audio and video delivery in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and earlier presentations and enables you to deliver presentations to participants in different locations, is not available in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. Instead, Microsoft Office Live Meeting can help you collaborate online and share presentations with individuals or large groups in different locations. All that you need to use Live Meeting is a computer and an Internet connection. " Presentation Broadcasting documentation Broadcast PowerPoint presentations to small groups See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Addin, Presentation <Doug Klippert@ 2:17 AM
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Sunday, July 06, 2008 – Permalink – Fade In/Fade OutHow to create the effect"It is relatively simple and can be done quickly. The only part that slows you down is setting the colors. The Fade in technique is explained below. You can apply the same and reverse the color scheme to attain the Fade out effect." Create multiple copies of an object. You can Copy the object and then use Ctrl+V to Paste it multiple times. Change the color or shade each time the object is pasted, or using the Tab key, go through the objects and format each with a different degree of color. Next select all the objects. Drag the mouse around the collection of objects. With the objects selected, use the Align or Distribute option on the Drawing toolbar to Align Middle . You may also have to use Align Center . The objects will be perfectly aligned, one on top of the other. With the objects still selected set the animation to Appear 0 seconds After Previous event. You may have to change the timing to 0.1 seconds. MVPS.org: Fade In/Fade Out effect Download a sample here See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 5:10 AM
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 – Permalink – Selecting ObjectsWhere's the doggy?Constructing a presentation can involve multiple images or shapes on one slide. Objects are piled on top of each other in the order that they are created. You can move items forward or back by using Draw>Order on the Drawing toolbar. (Drawing Tools> Format in 2007). However, how can you select an object if it is buried under other graphics? PowerPoint allows you to cycle through every object on the slide by selecting one object and then using the Tab key to cycle through all of the objects on the slide. Objects can be graphics or text boxes; Shift+Tab cycles backwards through the objects. Click on any visible object; press the Tab key until you see the selection boxes that indicate which object is selected. Here's a Flash tutorial by Sonia Coleman.
Labels: Graphics, Instructional, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 5:03 AM
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 – Permalink – Brainy BettyTemplates, Graphics and more"Very simply, you can download anything on this site for personal or business or educational use. You can share these downloads with others as long as you give it to them and not "sell" it to them.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 – Permalink – Organize PresentationThink backwardsSpeaker's Notes By Bob Denny Organizing content requires the ability to think backward "From the back end forward See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Presentation <Doug Klippert@ 8:21 AM
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Sunday, June 08, 2008 – Permalink – Live Notes SlideKeep a recordHow to create a "Live Notes" page in your presentation "Frequently there is a need to capture information in a PowerPoint presentation. For example, when making a presentation before an audience, there might be a need to capture comments and questions as the presentation proceeds. You might also have a need to capture answers to a quiz or survey, or to record game responses.
See more tutorials and PowerPoint downloads at Sonia Coleman's web site, Digital Studio. Labels: Addin, General, Notes, Presentation <Doug Klippert@ 7:01 AM
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Friday, May 23, 2008 – Permalink – SchedulerStart on timeYour PowerPoint show can be set up to start at a particular time, repeat a chosen number of times and, then, turn itself off automatically. Tushar Mehta has put together a step-by-step instruction sheet. He combines the Windows Task Scheduler with PowerPoint's Slide Show Set Up. This could be set up to run in a "kiosk" setting. Perhaps at a trade show or seminar. Multiple shows could be set up to run one after another or at different times of the day. PowerPoint Auto Scheduler Tutorial Also take a look at VisualCron -> http://www.visualcron.com for a standalone task scheduler See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Presentation, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 6:52 AM
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 – Permalink – TufteA contrary opinionIs there anyone who has not seen a PowerPoint presentation? In class, in business, at seminars, at any gathering of two or more people the blue screen of PowerPoint will appear. Edward Tufte has written a number of books, including: Beautiful Evidence, Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. He is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information design, and interface design. If you are ever within 300 miles of a city presenting Tufte's one day course: "Presenting Data and Information", GO! Tufte has written that: PowerPoint Is Evil Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely "Particularly disturbing is the adoption of the PowerPoint cognitive style in our schools. Rather than learning to write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and infomercials. Yea, but.... ![]() Comments: Hi Doug - I agree, Tufte is a smart man, and people should go see his talk. I saw him last year in Boston, and the price of admission included three of his books. He risks throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Sure, using many of the defaults in PowerPoint (or Excel or Word) will produce a less effective document. It is up to the user to adjust his/her use of such tools to avoid the narrow-mindedness that indiscriminate use of the tools can impart. PowerPoint's a decent tool, one I use frequently in conjunction with Excel and Word in the solutions I create. I didn't know you'd written a PowerPoint book. It looks like it's geared toward UI use of Ppt. Do you know of any sources dealing with programming of PowerPoint? - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services http://PeltierTech.com/ I've seen Tufte twice. I think he serves a purpose by exposing a viewpoint far to one side, so that others can say "I wouldn't go that far, but ..." There's not much on PP VBA. There are some references on RDPSLIDES.com and Shyam Pillai's site. See all Topics powerpoint Labels: General, Instructional <Doug Klippert@ 6:34 AM
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 – Permalink – Hide the SlideYou don't need to show everything!If you create a PowerPoint show that includes all of the information about the subject, the show will be much too long and tedious for most audiences. Go to Slide Sorter view. Hold down the Ctrl key and select slides that contain extra or supplementary information. Right-click the selection and choose "Hide Slide." None of the selected slides will be shown during the show, but if a question comes up that needs more detail, the hidden slide can be retrieved by typing its number on the number key pad and hitting Enter. You can right-click on a slide and choose "Go to Slide." The hidden slides are indicated by parentheses. BTW: In the Print dialog box, you can choose to "Print Hidden Slides." See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Presentation, Tips, VBA <Doug Klippert@ 7:50 AM
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 – Permalink – Embed a ShowStick it in WordYou might like to distribute a short PowerPoint slide show, and include some extra material. Open Word and PowerPoint. Arrange the windows so that both applications can be seen. Labels: General, Presentation, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 6:20 AM
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 – Permalink – Forms and Slides Forms and SlidesPowerPoint in AccessThis download provides an Access database and a PowerPoint slide show. "Create a PowerPoint slide presentation from scratch using Access data. In addition, display and control a slide show from within an Access form. Walk through the solution and explore ways to extend the sample for your own applications. Here is an MSDN article: If you have some knowledge of VBA, you can probably figure it out from the code on the Access Form. Labels: Customize, Instructional, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 6:24 AM
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Monday, April 14, 2008 – Permalink – Click to TriggerMake it soA trigger is an object on your PowerPoint slide - a picture, a shape, a button, or even a paragraph or text box. When you click on it an action is initiated. The action might be a sound, a movie, an animation, or text becoming visible on the slide. Microsoft Office Online has a tutorial: Use triggers to create an interactive slide show in PowerPoint "Here's a Power User column for teachers. Want to involve your students more in a presentation? Set up "triggers" for them to click as they go through the show. Triggers (related to animations) let you add surprise to your slides while inviting your viewer to take part and have fun."
Labels: Animation, General, Presentation, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 6:26 AM
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Saturday, April 05, 2008 – Permalink – 'Tis the TemplateFree Holiday templatesThis can be considered a jumping off point for many holiday themed templates. Here are some sources for holiday backgrounds and clipart for PowerPoint. These sites also have material for the rest of the year. All 'Bout Computers: Holiday AutoShapes in PowerPoint by Kathy Jacobs Template Ready: Labels: Templates <Doug Klippert@ 6:11 AM
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Thursday, April 03, 2008 – Permalink – News GroupsWe're all in this together
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Monday, March 24, 2008 – Permalink – Educational Slide ShowsSuggestionsPurdue University has a collection of PowerPoint shows on a number of topics.
If you have eve had to prepare a paper with MLA/APA standards these shows may come in handy:
Purdue University See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Instructional, Presentation <Doug Klippert@ 5:37 AM
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 – Permalink – Default SaveChoose your own locationWhen you choose to save most Office files, the Save dialog box defaults to the Documents or My Documents folder. (The following directions work in 2007, but you need to click on the Office button in the upper left corner of the Window)
Change the folder where e-mail messages and attachments are saved Also: D.C. Everest school district Weston, WI: Office Default Paths If you don't want to change the default, but would like to be able to quickly go to an alternate site, open the Save or Save Attachment dialog box. On the left side of the box is the Places Navigation bar. If you click the Desktop icon, that location will be used to save the file. You can add spots to the bar. Browse to the specific folder. Highlight the folder and click the down arrow beside the Tools option. Select "Add to My Places." The file or e-mail attachment can then be saved where you want. See all Topics powerpoint <Doug Klippert@ 7:47 AM
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 – Permalink – Beyond Bullet PointsBy Cliff AtkinsonISBN 0-7356-2052-0 Microsoft Press 2005 About the Author
"But what might not be evident in the simplicity of this slide is what happens when the audience experiences it along with your verbal explanation. Because the slide design is simple, the audience can quickly scan the headline and visual and understand the idea. Then their attention turns to the place you want it. — to you, the words you're saying, and the way the information relates to them. Instead of making everything explicit and obvious on the slides, you can leave the slides open to interpretation so the audience is dependent on you, and you on them. Here's the latest edition: [Edited entry from 3/1/2005] See all Topics powerpoint Labels: Instructional, Presentation, Tips <Doug Klippert@ 5:36 AM
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