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Insert Video Clips in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows

If you want to insert a video clip within your PowerPoint slide, spare a thought for why you would insert video clips in the first place. Most of the video clips are just added to grab attention. Before we show how you can add a video clip to your slide in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows, let us explore a few good reasons to add video clips.

Learn how you can insert a video clip on a slide in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.

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

PowerPoint for Court: Conversation with Herbert Rubinstein

Herbert Rubinstein has been involved in computer graphics for over 15 years as founder and CEO of ReGraphix, an award-winning creative house for graphics and design. In the past few years, Mr. Rubinstein has taken his presentation graphics experience and applied it to developing presentation techniques for the Courtroom. He has worked with the FBI, DEA, U.S. Customs Service, and other government agencies, as well as many law firms across the United States. In this conversation, Herb talks about his book and CD called PowerPoint for Court.

Geetesh: How are presentations created for the courtroom different than your conventional PowerPoint presentations?

Herb: I believe that the main difference would be in style. Courtroom Presentations need to be, stylistically speaking, bland. If the judge feels that you are trying to influence a decision by including design elements that are prejudicial, it will not be allowed.

Case in point. A Paralegal for a District Attorney prepared a Cast of Character illustration using the SmartArt feature of PowerPoint. For the background, he used a gray/blue, but it had little pinstripes, very subtle, in the background. The judge would not allow it to be presented, claiming that the pinstripe design was reminiscent of Prison Clothing and was therefore prejudicial to the client.

When designing for Courtroom display, you need to keep the design clean and devoid of distracting graphic elements.

Another area that is quite different is in the presentation. The show may need to be paused repeatedly because of objections from opposing counsel.

Geetesh: Tell us more about your new book on using PowerPoint in the courtroom.

Herb: The new PowerPoint for Court, updated for 2009, has all the screenshots from the latest version of PowerPoint. This e-manual is not meant as a complete PowerPoint bible, it has been designed specifically for the Legal Profession. You can hand this to a staff member and have them up and running creating cutting-edge Trial Presentation material in a very short time.

Dealing with audio clips, opening PDFs, proper preparation of images, inserting Flash animations, and how to work with Deposition Video are just a few of the many subjects covered and updated in this latest release.

If you want to continue winning in the courtroom, you must utilize the latest court technologies. PowerPoint for Court 2009 will help you and your staff accomplish this.

PowerPoint for Court 2009 is now available as an instant download, as well as on CD, and the price has been reduced! Now the CD package is $99 (with free shipping), and the instant download package is $89 with instant access to the Resource page on our website that includes all the resources mentioned in the book.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

Filed Under: Books
Tagged as: Books, Herb Rubinstein, Interviews, Legal, PowerPoint

Presentation Channels on authorSTREAM: Conversation with Dinesh Awasthi

Dinesh Awasthi is Product Manager for authorSTREAM at authorGEN (authorSTREAM’s parent company). In addition to developing the strategic product roadmap and implementation of various features on authorSTREAM, he works with the development team and keeps an eye on user feedback to formulate new releases. Dinesh holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications and certifications in Quality Management and Software Testing.

Geetesh: What are these new presentation channels on authorSTREAM?

Dinesh: authorSTREAM Presentation Channels are your personalized web pages that showcase a collection of presentations, be it on one topic or a theme. We realized that each individual usually has a bunch of presentations on each topic and that everyone has a variety of interests. authorSTREAM Channels allow users to create multiple channels, say each focusing on one topic of interest. For example, a channel on photography would cater to photography enthusiasts, and another one on China travel would help people find information on traveling to China. One can start a channel on ‘Global Warming’. Companies can create a channel for each of their products and services. We went a step further by empowering channel owners to allow other users to upload presentations in their (owner’s) channels. Say, an instructor might want to let all her students upload their English assignment presentations in one channel and so on.

Geetesh: How do you think channels will help users in a web-social way? Also, do you plan to provide a pro-level channel with more abilities?

Dinesh: We have visualized authorSTREAM Channels as a platform for creative collaboration. Channel owners can also invite other authorSTREAM members to add presentations to their channel. A university department can create a channel and allow its professors to contribute; a journalist can start a channel about a story, or an event where witnesses to the event can post their own point of view. A teacher can create a channel on a homework assignment and allow her/his students to submit their assignments there. This gives people the freedom and the ability to keep a lively discussion going about any particular topic or theme.

If you like a particular channel, you can subscribe to it with a single click, and authorSTREAM will keep you updated about it on your dashboard. Soon, you will also see the RSS feed of a channel. If you like to embed a particular channel on your blog or website, simply use the channel embed code — in a small area on your website, all the channel presentations would show up! The buzz has already started with people creating channels on fashion, spirituality, marketing, beliefs, etc.

In the coming months, we have plans to add pro-level channels with advanced features.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: authorSTREAM, Interviews, Online Presentations, PowerPoint

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

You need to reorder your animations mainly because you might have more than one animated object on a slide, and you discover that some re-sequencing of animations as they happen in relation to each other may provide a better result. For something of this sort, PowerPoint provides a Reorder option that lets you play with the sequence of the animation.

Learn to reorder animations on your slides in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002 for Windows.

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

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

Before you start removing an animation, there is something you need to decide:

1. Do you want to remove both the animation and the slide object that is animated?
2. Or do you want to just remove the animation, and let the slide object be?
3. Or maybe you don’t want to remove the animation or the slide object. Do you want to change the animation to another suitable animation effect?

Learn how you can remove animations from slide objects in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002 for Windows.

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