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The PowerPoint Ezine - 30
by Geetesh Bajaj
Contents
Office 2003 Launched
PowerPoint to EXE
PowerPoint Live
Quick News
SecurePack 2
PowerPoint Classroom Links
Office 2003 Launched
Microsoft launched the Office 2003 System suite
of products on October 21st at New York, USA.
Charirman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates' keynote
at the launch event started with "Today, we are introducing
more software products on a single day than any day in our history...." You
can hear an on-demand webcast
of the New York launch event here...
Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates delivering
his keynote at the Office 2003 System launch event at
New York on October 21st, 2003
Picture courtesy Echo Swinford
Microsoft has used the Great Moments at Work theme to promote
the Office 2003 System product - you'll
find more info here...
In addition, Microsoft is making trial versions of various Office
2003 programs and compilations available on CD for the cost of
shipping - this
offer is open worldwide...
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PowerPoint to EXE
PowerPoint 2003 includes the new Package for CD feature,
which we'll use with a cool and undocumented Windows utility to
create a standalone EXE file from PowerPoint 2003 presentations
that can play on any system with Windows 98 SE or higher installed.
I need to add that this technique uses the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer
and thus inherits all its abilities and limitations - for instance,
it doesn't support OLE or the use of Action Settings | Run Program
procedures.
Having said that, this technique outputs much more than a standalone
EXE. Other benefits it offers include email, protection, ease of
use for the end user, nothing permanently installed, etc.
Learn the technique here...
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PowerPoint Live 2003 Concludes
PowerPoint Live, the premier event for PowerPoint users
just concluded successfully from October 12th to 15th at Tucson,
Arizona, USA. An amazing amalgamation of PowerPoint users and experts,
coupled with vendors and sponsors assured that the event made the
news everywhere.
Rick Altman, who spearheaded the event announced that PowerPoint
Live would be held again next year in October at San Diego, California,
USA. The event site should be updated to reflect the upcoming event
soon - watch this space and I'll keep you posted!
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Quick News
Microsoft announced the release of the final version of Producer
2003 on October 20th, 2003. This free standalone add-in for
PowerPoint 2003 makes it easy for anyone to communicate effectively
by combining PowerPoint presentations with audio and video to
create rich-media presentations that can be viewed on demand
via a web browser. Learn
more...
LexisNexis, a leading provider of legal, news and business
information services, today announced it would provide free
legal research to users of Microsoft Office 2003 System. LexisNexis
will provide a legal research option on Microsoft Corporation’s
new Research Task Pane featured in Word 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint
2003. More
info...
Microsoft has announced a free update to its Plus! Digital
Media Edition enhancement pack for Windows XP. The new v1.1
update includes brand-new features and enhancements for two of
the most popular features of Microsoft Plus! DME, including the
new Plus! Photo Story 2 with Video CD burning and more Plus!
Dancers. More
info and download options here...
Hemera announced the launch of their BizArt product,
which is an extensive image collection specifically designed to
meet the visual needs of business professionals. Featuring over
56,000 high-quality images on CD and DVD including stock photos,
vector clip art and Photo-Objects, BizArt is oriented towards a
business user who needs to complement web sites, marketing collateral
and presentations. More
info... Macromedia launched Breeze Live, a distinctly different
application than its Breeze online rich media converter product.
Breeze Live is a web-conferencing product that competes with the
likes of Microsoft Office Live Meeting, WebEx Communications and
MeetingPlace. Learn
more...
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SecurePack 2 Launched
Shyam Pillai and Chirag Dalal announced the immediate
availability of SecurePack 2, a new version of their PowerPoint
add-in that packages PowerPoint presentations into secure EXE files.
New abilities include:
- Pack multiple presentations with linked files and the Microsoft
Viewer to create a single protected standalone executable.
- Embed or include the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer in the packed
show.
- You can control whether to use PowerPoint on the target system,
if present or to enforce the usage of the viewer.
- Expire the show after a certain date.
- Run other show after expiry, ideal to display contact information
after expiry instead of a system message.
- Compress the contents of the packed show.
Shyam adds that "...we are embedding the old Microsoft PowerPoint
Viewer since it works on all systems. We are testing the support
for new PowerPoint 2003 Viewer currently. All users of version
2.0 will get a free upgrade when we release it with the PowerPoint
2003 Viewer support. Users of version 1.0 can upgrade for $40." Thank
you, Shyam.
For more info, visit the SecurePack
website...
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PowerPoint Classroom Links
Education World has a technology article titled PowerPoint
- Creating Classroom Presentations.
Electric
Teacher has project ideas and tutorials for PowerPoint usage
in the classroom.
Dr.
Alice Christie maintains a great page with many more links
to PowerPoint use in a classroom.
Patrick
Crispen offers classroom Internet presentations using PowerPoint.
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Events & Seminars
PowerPoint Live
October 10 to 13, 2004
San Diego, California, USA
Rick Altman, R Altman Digital Consulting
http://www.pptlive.com/
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Credits
During the preparation of this issue of the PowerPoint Ezine,
I received assistance, content or feedback from Deepak Gulati,
Echo Swinford, Rick Altman and Shyam Pillai (all in alphabetical
order). I would like to use this platform to thank them for their
help.
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