Aug 8, 07 - authorPOINT Lite

authorPOINT Lite is a freeware application which converts PowerPoint presentation to Flash while retaining its animations, sound and narrations. The converted presentation can be viewed in any web browser locally, or can be uploaded to authorSTREAM, a free online presentation sharing platform.

Aug 7, 07 - FlashSpring Pro 2.2

FlashSpring Pro is a PowerPoint add-in which allows you to converts your PowerPoint presentations into Flash SWF movies with all the slide transitions, custom animations, audio and video clips, and inserted Flash SWF files intact.

Aug 3, 07 - PocketMac Remote

Why not use the Apple Remote to advance your PowerPoint and  Keynote slides? You can't -- that remote may have the necessary controls but it does not know about animals named PowerPoint and Keynote! Luckily, an  enterprising company created a small program to rectify that omission!

Jul 27, 07 - MathType 6

MathType 6 is the newest version of a well known program that allows you to MathType 6create math equations and more within Word, PowerPoint and several other applications.

Jul 26, 07 - SWiSH Presenter

SWiSHzone creates a well known range of Flash output programs, and when they released their PowerPoint add-in that could create Flash output from a presentation, I really wanted to take a look at the product. Their PowerPoint add-in product is called SWiSH Presenter.

Jul 26, 07 - Wondershare DVD Presenter

Creating a DVD presentation from PowerPoint is something many PowerPoint users want to do -- and it is also one of the areas that is taken care of third-party add-in providers rather than Microsoft. In this review, we look at one such PowerPoint add-in product called Wondershare DVD Presenter.

Jul 24, 07 - PowerPoint Ezine 74

Giveaways and More
New Site: AbsolutePPT
Learning PowerPoint
News and Happenings
New Design Collections from Ppted

Jul 17, 07 - The Ellen Finkelstein Interview

Ellen Finkelstein is the author of How To Do Everything with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and the upcoming PowerPoint for Teachers: Dynamic Presentations and Interactive Classroom Projects. Ellen maintains a Web site that offers PowerPoint tips and a selection of free backgrounds. There, you can sign up for her monthly PowerPoint Tips Newsletter to get free tips, tutorials, and techniques.

Read the interview here...

Jul 16, 07 - Imaptica for PowerPoint 4

Impatica for PowerPoint takes your PowerPoint presentations, converts them to the Impatica formats that can be as small as 95% of the original file sizes -- and retains most of the PowerPoint formatting. Version 4 of Impatica for PowerPoint adds support for PowerPoint 2007 and Windows Vista. In addition, it adds several other new features.

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Jul 12, 07 - The Benefits of Converting PowerPoint to Flash

If you have mastered PowerPoint, you may wonder why you should bother converting your PowerPoint presentation to Flash. After all, most people in companies probably have PowerPoint installed on their computers...

Colby Devitt of Wildform explains more...

Jul 10, 07 - PowerShrink 2007

We have reviewed PowerShrink in the past -- so in this review, we will look at the new features that PowerShrink 2007 (aka PowerShrink 3) offers along with a brief walkthrough. PowerShrink 2007 is a PowerPoint compression product from TopByteLabs Computing, a software company based in Germany.

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Jul 9, 07 - Canon REALiS Projectors

Canon has made quite a buzz with their new line of REALiS projectors. What sets these projectors apart is their attention to color coupled with their portability. REALiS projectors are characterized by their small sizes and low weight factors on one hand -- and high color reproduction values and picture quality on the other. In this case study, we'll explore what's different about this line of projectors, and who is using them.

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Jul 6, 07 - ALLCapture 2

Capture of onscreen activity is a growing phenomenon -- what with the burgeoning of video sharing sites like YouTube. No longer is it only the techies who record onscreen activities to make training sessions -- now anyone can create and distribute these captured videos. Our review product: ALLCapture 2 makes recording and output of such videos even easier.

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Jul 3, 07 - PowerPoint Recovery

What do you do when the presentation that you have been working on for more than a month now refuses to open -- PowerPoint just displays the message that this presentation is corrupted.....It's better you look at options that will help you recover the presentation -- our review product does just that.

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Jun 26, 07 - PowerFinish Vol 5

PowerPoint template designs are aplenty -- and many vendors create textured and patterned designs that can be used in most presentation scenarios. However, trends change and new designs are created all the time in an attempt to create more contemporary looks. One of the newest such PowerPoint template collections is Volume 5 of the well known PowerFinish collection.

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Jun 23, 07 - Book Excerpts: How To Do Everything with PowerPoint 2007

This book extract from How To Do Everything with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 is an Indezine exclusive with permission from McGraw-Hill/Osborne. The book itself is the ideal resource for anyone who wants to create rich presentations with PowerPoint.

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Jun 21, 07 - Cinematize 2.03

Cinematize 2.03 is the newest Windows Vista compatible version of the product that allows you to extract audio and video clips off DVDs. These extracted movie clips can then be used in applications such as PowerPoint, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker, Premiere, iPod, etc.

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Jun 20, 07 - Mike Pearce: Using PowerPoint in School

Mike Pearce teaches social studies at Ellison High School in the Killeen Independent School District in Texas, USA. But Mike is not just another teacher -- he uses PowerPoint presentations to deliver a successful teaching system that has shown a phenomenal improvement in the results and passing rates.

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Jun 19, 07 - AKVIS Noise Buster 4

AKVIS Noise Buster is a Photoshop plug-in which reduces noise from digital images without changing the other aspects of the photo.

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Jun 14, 07 - The Tom Mucciolo Interview

Tom Mucciolo is president of MediaNet, and a recognized industry expert in visual communications, business presentations and leadership skills. He has served as a skills consultant for major corporations since 1985, concentrating on the script, visuals, and delivery associated with presentations, especially electronic events.

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Jun 5, 07 - The Carmine Gallo Interview

Carmine Gallo is a communications coach for the world’s most admired brands. His client list includes Intel, Chase, Barclays, IBM, Nokia, and many others. He is an Emmy award-winning journalist and former anchor, host, and business correspondent for CNN, Fox, CNET, and CBS. Gallo writes a bi-weekly column on the subject of business communications for Businessweek.com and he is the author of two books aimed at business professionals who want to become better speakers and presenters.

Read the interview here...

Jun 4, 07 - PowerPlugs Templates

A well defined template can make all the difference to a presentation by imparting good background choices, sensible layouts, font choices, and color schemes.

Our product for review does provide many of these capabilities -- and it's both a product and an online service. CrystalGraphics' PowerPlugs annual subscription of PowerPoint templates allows you to choose from their large template collection for a fixed price.

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Jun 2, 07 - Book Excerpt: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 on Demand

This exclusive book extract from Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 on Demand is presented here with permission from Pearson Education.

The book, authored by Steve Johnson is in full color, and explains common PowerPoint procedures using a series of numbered steps with tons of screenshots that are captioned.

Read the excerpts here...

May 30, 07 - Rip CD Tracks

Many users tend to buy another program just to rip their CD tracks to use them in a PowerPoint presentation.

In this tutorial, I'll show you how you can convert audio CD tracks to WAV, MP3, and WMA files using nothing apart from the free copy of Windows Media Player that's included with every copy of Windows XP and Vista.

Learn here...

May 29, 07 - The Terry Irwin Interview

Terry Irwin is a consultant surgeon in Belfast, Northern Ireland working for the National Health Service (NHS). Terry is also a long time PowerPoint user and co-author of a book on PowerPoint geared towards the designing of medical presentations. In this interview, Terry discusses the use of PowerPoint in medicine, and his book.

Read the interview here...

May 24, 07 - Reflection Effects in PowerPoint

Although it's easy to add reflection effects in PowerPoint 2007, there is a less obvious way of recreating a similar reflection effect in earlier versions of PowerPoint as well. This tutorial will provide the steps to recreate a reflection effect using Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 or 2003.

Sandra Johnson shows you how...

May 22, 07 - PointClips

Visuals make a presentation look good -- but users expect more from visuals in PowerPoint these days. They want the visuals to be kind to the presentation file size, and animate well. Most visual types don't live up to those expectations since they are sourced from clip media collections created for general use including the print and web. PointClips, the product that I am reviewing today surprisingly overcomes all these limitations because all this content is created within PowerPoint itself -- using PowerPoint's own drawing tools!

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May 18, 07 - Book Excerpt: Special Edition - Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

This book, authored by Patrice-Anne Rutledge, Geetesh Bajaj, and Tom Mucciolo is probably the most detailed volume on PowerPoint you'll find anywhere -- in addition it also looks beyond PowerPoint to design sense, presentation and speaking skills. The book has been completely updated for PowerPoint 2007 and includes a free CD that contains software that you can use.

Read a free chapter here...

May 18, 07 - Chart Objects in PowerPoint

A chart in PowerPoint comprises several, individual objects that we like to call "chart objects". On this page, we will explore each individual chart object-- before that, we'll show you how you can select these objects individually.

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May 15, 07 - ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5

Mind maps are an effective way to organize any information in visual form -- and ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5 can help you create the outline of your next PowerPoint presentation more effectively, as we'll explore in the rest of this review.

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May 12, 07 - Book Excerpt: Relational Presentation

This Indezine exlusive book extract is from Relational Presentation: A Visually Interactive Approach, a book describes all aspects of a presentation style known as Relational Presentation.

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May 10, 07 - PPTmovie

PPTmovie, a new product that I am reviewing today allows you to convert any PowerPoint presentation to one of the several video formats it supports -- these output formats allow you to burn your presentation to a CD or DVD and and play it back on a DVD player. You can also make your presentation-movie available on YouTube or another video sharing site, or transfer it to a portable device such as iPod, or mobile phone.

Read the review here...

May 9, 07 - PPTminimizer 3

In today's media driven age, we are surrounded by audio visual content like pictures, video clips, sounds, etc. And yes, we all like to insert them into our Powerpoint presentations, resulting in huge file sizes. Products like PPTminimizer 3 provide a solution to this problem.

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May 8, 07 - PowerPoint Ezine 73

Giveaways and More
InfoComm Presentations Survey
Learning PowerPoint
News and Happenings

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May 4, 07 - AKVIS Frame Suite

AKVIS Frame Suite, a Photoshop compatible plug-in contains an impressive collection frames and edge effects that can be used to add a creative flair to your images. And if you are not happy with the default frames provided, you can tweak them and create your own preset.

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Apr 18, 07 - Classic Menu for Office 2007

The biggest feature in Microsoft's new Office 2007 suite is most certainly the interface. Gone are the menus and the toolbars -- now all the commands are available in the various tabs of the Ribbon. An interesting add-in for Office applications like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel now brings back the menus and toolbars -- all inside a new Ribbon tab called "Menus"! The add-in is called Classic Menu Manager.

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Apr 16, 07 - muvee autoProducer 6

muvee, pronounced "mew-wee" is a wizard style video application that's amazingly easy to use and the results are nothing short of outstanding. The software does everything for you from capturing your video input to creating a DVD.

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