slideboxx by Zinali has updated their software (now version 2.1) that helps you find and reuse slides. I’ve reviewed this software previously. Here are the new changes: It’s faster: slideboxx 2.1 is up to 3x faster for building your library and displaying slides It’s network-friendly: If your library is taking up too much space, you […]
Find your slides with slideboxx! Interview with Zinali CEO Charles Wolfus
Zinali LLC’s slideboxx is a program that helps you find your slides. For the past few years, Charles Wolfus has been co-founder and CEO of Zinali, LLC, a San Francisco-based company dedicated to improving PowerPoint search. For almost a decade, Charles Wolfus has worked closely with scientists, marketing staff, and executives finding ways to increase […]
slideboxx: Slide management software
slideboxx (by Zinali) helps you find slides from PowerPoint presentations using keyword search. Charles Wolfus of Zinali sent me a free copy (that’s my disclosure statement!) and I’ve been using it ever since. It runs with PowerPoint 2000 through 2007 slideboxx opens and works in your browser. It automatically indexes your presentations—which can take some […]
Attach objects exactly
If you want two objects to exactly touch each other, you may be frustrated as you try to move one exactly in place to touch the other. That’s because objects snap to an invisible grid rather than to each other. However, you can tell PowerPoint to snap objects to other objects: In PowerPoint 2000, choose […]
3D Effects with Radial Gradients
PowerPoint’s 3D effects can turn a square into a box and can extrude other AutoShapes, but circles just turn into disks. You can’t get a sphere. The way to make a circle look like a sphere is to add a radial gradient, but alas, PowerPoint doesn’t have good radial gradients. You need to go elsewhere. […]