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We reviewed ConceptDraw Office in November 2008, and already the folks at CS Odessa have released a free update for all registered users of ConceptDraw Office. For those of you who are not aware of ConceptDraw Office, it is a three-program suite comprising:
A diagramming and vector drawing software program.
A brainstorming tool that utilizes mind mapping techniques to help organize ideas and tasks.
A professional project management software application.
Tanya Kozovaya sent me this list of improvements:
You can learn more about these updates on the CS Odessa site.
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First of all, this is not a tutorial. Rather, it is a walkthrough that shows proof of concept of integrating a Microsoft Access database within a PowerPoint slide. What’s more? The sample presentation that has been provided lets you use any Access database as the source for your presentation slides!
You can download the sample presentation and database files. You will need to have both Microsoft Access and PowerPoint installed on the same system for this to work. Also, it works best if versions of both the products are identical, as in PowerPoint 2003 and Access 2003 or PowerPoint 2007 and Access 2007.
Integrate a Microsoft Access database in PowerPoint 2007, 2003, and 2002 for Windows..
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This article by Robert Lane and Dr. Stephen Kosslyn explores how the human brain handles visual input and the implications for PowerPoint presentations. We recommend eliminating most of those carefully thought-out words on slides and replacing them with certain kinds of rich imagery. Doing so efficiently feeds the brain what it likes to see, and allows you to communicate messages in ways not possible with words alone.
Learn about how the human brain handles visual input.
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Yury Uskov is the founder and CEO of iSpring Solutions Inc., an innovative software company with the development center in Russia. Yury has a Masters degree in Software Engineering and since 2001 have been working in rich media industry inspired with the idea of making the best solution for online presentation sharing. iSpring Solutions has already launched several Flash technology projects, including iSpring, a PowerPoint to Flash converter, and SlideBoom, an online service for presentations sharing. In this conversation, Yury discusses the new SlideBoom Pro account.
Geetesh: Tell us more about how the SlideBoom Pro account evolved, and how it differs from the free account.
Yury: As you know, SlideBoom is a professional solution for sharing PowerPoint presentations which offers a full set of services for publishing presentations on the web. Sharing and distributing PowerPoint presentations on the web was normally quite difficult, as PowerPoint PPT files are usually large to send, they require the proper version of PowerPoint installed, etc.
SlideBoom makes presentation sharing as easy as never before. It takes just a few clicks: upload a presentation to SlideBoom, and send a link to anybody. SlideBoom has become extremely popular due to the rich set of features, and excellent presentation quality. Plus, it’s available for free.
Those who use PowerPoint presentations on a daily basis require additional capabilities for online presentation delivery. We are happy to supply them with advanced features available under the Pro account now.
Professional service cannot be free, but the pricing is quite moderate: The Pro account is available for $99 per year, including SlideBoom technical support.
SlideBoom service can be a perfect online companion to iSpring desktop products for PowerPoint to Flash conversion. While free SlideBoom Basic accounts are targeted to users of the non-commercial iSpring CONVERTER freeware, SlideBoom PRO accounts are primarily designed for customers of the advanced iSpring PRESENTER product, widely used in a business sphere.
SlideBoom PRO (link no longer exists) accounts add several advantages essential for professional work with presentations:
The greatest difference is that Pro accounts can be used to publish business and marketing presentations while Basic accounts are valid for sharing non-commercial content only.
Pro account users can create private groups, and invite other SlideBoomers to join their private discussions.
SlideBoom Pro allows upload and share of up to 500 presentations.
Pro account users are offered an option to create and customize their own Slidelog (slides + weblog), their personal space on SlideBoom.
Pro accounts provide 3 additional Slidelog players with various navigation control features and playback options: presentation playback autostart, automatic presentation replay.
Compression ratio for images and audio can be easily set before uploading to SlideBoom.
Geetesh: What sort of branding options do you allow in the Pro account — and how is that a convincing reason to upgrade to the Pro account?
Yury: Branding options are available for Slidelog and customizable players.
You can customize your Slidelog, posting your company logo and choosing a color scheme that matches your company colors. It’s easy to set up a custom appearance for your Slidelog by changing navigation elements and sidebar blocks.
The players also change their colors according to a color scheme, and display your company logo over your content if needed. For example, you may want to include company logo in a presentation when it appears at third-party sites and blogs or only into its offline versions that should be delivered on CD/DVD.
If you’d like to have personal web page at SlideBoom, brand your presentations, and require advanced sharing experience—then Pro accounts are the right choice. For $99/year, you get the maximum from SlideBoom.
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We have already covered the fill and line options in PowerPoint 2003 and earlier. While these versions of PowerPoint do not have a dedicated “effects” set like in PowerPoint 2007, they do offer some effects like shadows and 3D. In this series of tutorials, we will first explore shadows.
Learn how you can apply Shadow Effects to shapes in PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows.
Although PowerPoint provides 20 preset shadow styles, you can still create your own customized shadow, or edit the preset shadow styles using the Shadow Settings toolbar.
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