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Perspector 2.3
by Geetesh Bajaj, June 26th 2005
See Also: The
Adrian Doyle Interview
This is a review of the update - the
full Perspector review can be found here...
The new 2.3 update, which is free to registered users of the earlier
versions includes several usability improvements - the new toolbar
inside PowerPoint also looks different as you can see in Figure
1.
Figure 1: The Perspector toolbar
The most noticeable change is the first icon called Panel -
and this is actually the harbinger of all new changes in this update
of Perspector. Certainly, the CEO of Visual Exemplars (Adrian
Doyle),
the company that creates Perspector was referring to the new Panel
when he
said:
"Customers were telling us that Perspector is a great product
but they had the impression it was going to take too long to learn
to use. It was a step too far to work up a
dramatic 3D image with Perspector after spending considerable time
putting their PowerPoint presentations
together. We have therefore changed Perspector to make it very
easy for people to import and adapt
ready-made images to start them off."
If you've used the task pane in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003, you'll
feel at home with the Panel since it works in almost the same way
providing a seamless way to insert and edit Perspector content
inside PowerPoint. Figure 2 shows a screenshot of PowerPoint with
the new Perspector panel.
Figure 2: PowerPoint with the new Perspector panel.
More information can be found on the Perspector site where you can also download a trial version.
I wish to thank Steve Hards of Visual Exemplars for providing me
with a pre-release copy of Perspector 2.3
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