PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

SmartArt graphics are a new feature in PowerPoint 2007 (and Office 2007). Like charts, these are info-graphics but the similarities end there. Whereas charts are based on figures, the foundations of SmartArt graphics are based on logic, which helps convey relationships, hierarchies, and flows through a combination of simple shapes and text. Organization charts and cycle relationship drawings are all common examples of SmartArt graphics.

Learn more features of SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2007, SmartArt, Tutorials

Change Animations in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002 for Windows

Many times, users just remove an animation and apply another one instead. The need to change an animation may arise for several reasons: You realize that another animation type would work better in a given slide, or you want to make all animations across the entire presentation consistent, or you want to use a more subtle or exciting animation. Whatever your need may be, you need to remove an animation and then add another one. PowerPoint’s Change Animation option makes this a one-click step.

Learn how you can change one animation to another in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Animation, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003, PowerPoint 2007, Tutorials

SlideBoom Supports Open Document Format

SlideBoom, a leading slide sharing platform, announced support for Open Document Presentation (ODP) files. The ODP file format is increasingly being used in free office suites like OpenOffice, NeoOffice, or IBM Lotus Symphony and proprietary software packages like Sun Microsystems’ StarOffice. SlideBoom continues to support for PowerPoint and some other file formats.

More info can be found on the SlideBoom blog.

Filed Under: PowerPoint for the Web
Tagged as: ODF, Online Presentations, SlideBoom

Tell A Story in 30 Slides: SlideShare Contest

SlideShare announced the very interesting Tell A Story in 30 Slides contest that invites participants to submit a story about themselves, their travels, or something they love. Just tell it with words and pictures, and in 30 slides.

Everyone who enters the contest gets a free Fuze Meeting account ($270 value). Learn more about how to enter contest here.

Jonathan Boutelle of SlideShare adds: “We launched a new contest yesterday that will be of interest to your readers. The theme is “tell a story”, and the top prize is $5000. The judges include Om Malik, Pete Cashmere (Mashable), Ann Handley, Don Tapscott, and Tony Hsieh (Zappos). There’s already some really nice entries up, and I think the theme is going to elicit some very interesting work this time (PowerPoint as narrative device).

Filed Under: Companion Programs
Tagged as: Companion Programs, PowerPoint, SlideShare

Animate Text in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

As part of the animation tutorials series, we have seen how you can add an animation to any slide object in PowerPoint. However, there’s more to animating text than just adding an animation since PowerPoint provides specialized options for animating paragraphs and bulleted text. In this tutorial we will learn to use these special options to animate text sequentially by words, by letters, and by paragraph levels.

Explore options available for text animations in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Animation, PowerPoint, Tutorials