1. animating these messages
2. for an indefinite period
3. while making them available to a fluid audience
   

None of the templates at Ppted.com are free -- these are all designer templates. I just wanted to say that because lots of readers write in to say that their Indezine passwords don't let them download all the Ppted templates for free!

• Articulate Quizmaker 2 -- quickly create Flash-based quizzes
• Articulate Engage -- easily add stunning interactive content to your e-learning courses
• Articulate Knowledge Portal -- host, manage, and track Articulate-powered e-learning content
• Articulate Online -- effectively track e-learning activity without the usual cost and hassle
  

• Microsoft Office 2000
• Microsoft Office XP (2002)
• Microsoft Office 2003
  

Someone asked me this question today:

When you put in the auto number thing so that you can see what slide number you are on, can you start that at any number?

Yes, you can! Let me start by showing how you can put in the slide number first. These instructions are for PowerPoint 2003, but should work in previous versions, although things work a little differently in PowerPoint 2007.

1. Choose View, Header and Footer to summon the dialog box that you can see in Figure 1.

2. Check the option that says Slide number, and click Apply to All to view slide numbers on all slides.

Now, let us assume you want the slide number to start from 31 instead of 1 -- why would you want to do that? There are several reasons, but most of the time, you might want to break up your presentation into 2 or more smaller presentations, and you then want the slide numbers to start from a number other than 1.

Here's how you can do that:

1. Choose File, Page Setup.
   
   
2. In the resulting dialog box that you can see in Figure 2, choose Number slides from "n", where "n" is your starting slide number.
   

Figure 2: Renumber your slides from a number other than 1.

Tip: You can also renumber your slides from "0", this means your second slide will be numbered "1".

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1. Edit the source presentation to work with the capabilities of the rich media converter product (such as Articulate Presenter) -- this approach results in smaller files.
   
   
2. Use your existing presentations unchanged, and capture this onscreen with a product like TechSmith Camtasia -- this approach requires that you use a powerful system, and also does result in larger files.