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 [...]
Dissolves are commonly used in video, but you can create them in PowerPoint, too, using the Fade animation. Some people use the Dissolve slide transition, but the results don’t look very good and you can’t control the timing. Here’s a sample slide:
Dissolve slide transition
This technique shows how to dissolve the first [...]
In another tip, Presentation styles, I discuss a kind of of presentation that’s fast moving, with lots of simple slides. Here I expand on that concept, with an example.
Once you know what you want to say, enter the words in the Notes pane, with about 1 sentence per slide. You can use less, [...]
Slide numbers are like page numbers. They show the number of the current slide. Slide numbers are easy to add, but they can be frustrating, as well. Sometimes they just don’t appear! In this tip, I’ll show you how to insert page numbers and also give you some troubleshooting techniques.
Slide numbers can be [...]
You can send potential clients or friends a CD that contains a presentation that runs automatically when they put the CD in their CD-ROM drive. If you add narration, the presentation will start automatically and run from beginning to end by itself.
This technique works well for sales brochures that you create in [...]
Recently, I’ve seen some articles on presentation styles.
For example, take a look at a presentation by Dick Hardt of Sxip Identity. If you’re interested in looking at an excellent presentation, watch this one. His slides are very simple; this is sometimes called the Takahashi or Lessig method. The method can be summed up [...]
You can play a sound or music file on a slide without clicking the mouse. Usually, you insert a file by choosing Insert > Movies and Sounds > Sound from File. You see a sound icon on the slide. A dialog box asks you if you want to play the sound automatically or when [...]
Slides with lots of text on them are hard for audiences to comprehend quickly. There’s just too much information. Either people listen to the presenter and ignore the slide, or more likely (and worse), they read the slide and ignore the presenter.
The brain simply has difficulty listening to one set of words [...]
In order to get the audience’s attention, you may need to turn their eyes away from your PowerPoint slides. The best way to do this is to black out the screen. Just press the b key on your keyboard and the screen goes black. Now you can answer questions, go off on a [...]
PowerPoint 2007 introduced the ability to recolor and adjust bitmap graphics. Bitmap files types include GIF, JPG, and PNG. You can recolor both inserted images and background images. These are exciting, new capabilities. Previously, you had to use third-party software to accomplish this task.
To insert a picture from a file, choose Insert>Picture [...]
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