PowerPoint
Date Created:
Last Updated: February 6th 2010
02/04/2010 12:23 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Convexion PowerPoint to Silverlight Converter: The Indezine Review
With the proliferation of PowerPoint to Flash converters everywhere, you might have wondered why there are almost no PowerPoint to Silverlight converters anywhere. After all, Silverlight is considered by many as Microsoft's response to Adobe's Flash. Add the fact that PowerPoint and Silverlight are both from the Microsoft stable, and the complete absence of PowerPoint to Silverlight converters is like a puzzle with no solution!
02/03/2010 06:17 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: SlideShare Channels: Conversation with Rashmi Sinha
Rashmi Sinha is cofounder and CEO of SlideShare, the world's largest community for sharing presentations. She manages design and business development at SlideShare. Rashmi blogs at www.rashmisinha.com about social software and running a startup. In this conversation, Rashmi talks about the new Channels feature on SlideShare.
02/03/2010 12:34 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Presentation Tree: The Paul Tumey Interview
Paul Tumey is the founder and director of Presentation Tree, a 10-year old PowerPoint design company in Seattle, Washington. Paul's background includes notable achievements in graphic design, writing, public speaking, publicity, and marketing consulting. In this conversation, Paul shares some wisdom about creating PowerPoint presentations, and talks about Presentation Tree, how it was founded and the type of work they do.
01/21/2010 09:54 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: myBrainshark: Conversation with Andy Zimmerman
Andy Zimmerman, VP of Business Development, is responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships and programs for Brainshark, the leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution provider for on-demand presentations. Andy played an integral role in the launch of myBrainshark.com in September 2009 and continues to drive the initiative. Prior to Brainshark, Andy launched SaaS offerings for other software providers including Theikos, a leading Salesforce.com partner (acquired by Astadia) and e-billing provider Edocs (now part of Oracle). Andy earned his BA from Brown University and MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
01/12/2010 11:23 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint: Conversation with Ellen Finkelstein
Ellen Finkelstein is author of several PowerPoint, Flash, and AutoCAD books -- she has just launched a new campaign that she calls Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint. In this conversation, Ellen talks more about this campaign.
01/11/2010 02:05 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: myBrainshark: The Indezine Review
Almost everyone these days is comfortable creating a set of slides using PowerPoint, but tell those same users to create online presentations or e-learning content, and you'll find them not too happy! myBrainshark is a free online application that makes it easy to create on-demand online presentations with just your PowerPoint slides and a phone connection to add voice-overs -- it all works very intuitively, and you can create your first online presentation in less than an hour.
12/22/2009 01:44 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: think-cell: Conversation with Markus Hannebauer
Dr. Markus Hannebauer is think-cell’s Managing Director and in-charge of Marketing, Sales, Operations and Finance. Markus has studied computer science and business and holds a doctoral degree in Artificial Intelligence from the Technical University of Berlin. In this conversation, Markus talks about how think-cell chart can help PowerPoint users create effective charts.
12/08/2009 12:11 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: XL-Addin: Conversation with Aurelian Laic
Aurelian Laic has worked in software development and IT consultancy since 1997 creating many business and enterprise applications. He's been working as consultant for large companies listed in DAX and M-DAX and has been writing articles for various security magazines. He is now the owner of a software company that creates XL-Addin. In this conversation, Aurelian talks about how XL-Addin can help PowerPoint users.
12/04/2009 11:39 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Better Beginnings: The Carmen Taran Interview
Dr. Carmen Taran's presentations and workshops help business professionals to use communication and presentation skills to increase revenue, train or motivate others, and overall to stand out from too much sameness in the industry. A published author, Carmen is frequently invited as a keynote speaker at various conferences. In this interview, she talks about her book, shares ideas about creating better presentations, and then discusses imagination and sincerity.
11/30/2009 09:14 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint 2007: Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
I already covered this concept using PowerPoint 2003, and now will be exploring the relationship between text boxes and text placeholders in PowerPoint 2007. But maybe someone just said stop, and asked me these questions: Aren't text boxes and text placeholders the same? Are they really different? And why should I bother even if they are different?
11/30/2009 12:14 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Text Placeholders vs. Text Boxes
Aren't text boxes and text placeholders the same? Are they really different? And why should I bother even if they are different? All these are valid questions, and the answers to them form one of the most important foundations in learning to create more structured presentations.
11/29/2009 09:07 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Slides / Outline Pane in PowerPoint 2003
In the PowerPoint 2003 Interface page, I already showed you the different parts of the program interface -- in this page, we'll focus on one particular area of the interface: the Slides/Outline pane, and it is normally placed on the left side of the interface. The Slides tab is normally active, but to get to the Outline tab, all you need to do is select the second tab shown in the pane.
11/27/2009 11:48 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: PowerPoint Cool Stuff: Create a Slide Show That Really Slides!
Ellen Finkelstein is the author of 101 Advanced Techniques Every PowerPoint User Should Know. This book contains several, cool PowerPoint tips, and one of them is excerpted on Indezine as an exclusive. Recently, it occurred to Ellen that the words "slide show" came about because early presentations looked like they were sliding as the slides were moved on and off the screen. Here's a technique that makes your presentation look as if it's sliding.
11/26/2009 10:55 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Dump that Text! Transform Your PowerPoint Slides into a Visual Feast
"Oh, no, not again! Don’t tell me I have to sit through another boring meeting staring at line after line of text on a wall," she mumbled. "Why can’t these people learn how to make their PowerPoint presentations more interesting?" We've all wondered the same thing, but monotonously bullet-pointed, text-filled slides continue to be the norm in most presentation venues. Be different: Show, don't tell.
11/26/2009 07:13 PM
PowerPoint Notes: Multiple Versions of PowerPoint on the Same Machine?
This questions has been asked often, and with PowerPoint 2010 coming up, it's been asked more frequently. The question is about having multiple versions of PowerPoint installed on the same machine, and if that can cause any problems?
