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Do you work on PowerPoint for Windows and often need to share presentations with someone who uses a Mac? Or do you work in a cross-platform environment where both Windows and Mac machines exist? Or maybe, you have one of those new Macs that allow you to boot to both Windows and Mac OSs – and you want your PowerPoint presentations to look, play, and print the same all the time – irrespective of whether you are using a computer running Windows or a Mac.
Cross-platform hiccups happen for more than one reason – it’s not unusual for the same company to have both Windows and Mac machines, or there might be a requirement to create an important presentation that needs to be compatible with whatever platform a client has. It might be that the designer hired to create a presentation or a template might use a Mac when the presenter is using a Windows machine, or even vice versa. Regardless, the differences between the Windows and Mac versions of PowerPoint have been giving presenters a fair share of problems.
Read more about being cross-platform compatible with PowerPoint.
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Now that we have discussed what animation is? (and where you should draw the limits as far as animation goes), let us get started showing you how you can work with animation in PowerPoint. PowerPoint uses the term Custom Animation for animation added to slide objects.
Learn about animation types in PowerPoint 2007 for Windows.
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Andre Vlcek is an Australia-based sales consultant and Managing Director of Sales Psychology Australia. He specializes in designing and building advanced selling strategies for sales teams.
In this discussion, Andre discusses the Visual Effects: Relational Presentation concept that he evolved with Robert Lane.
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Harman Singh graduated with a Masters degree in Computer Science at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. Here, he did Masters Research in the field of eLearning and distance education. Under the guidance of his mentors, Dr. Steve Walsh and Dr. Tom Miller, he founded authorGEN Technologies in 2002 with the vision of providing teachers with tools to teach online. In this conversation, Harman discusses authorSTREAM, their slide-sharing site.
Geetesh: Tell us more about the new improvements at authorSTREAM, including enhanced profile features.
Harman: We’ve experimented with a lot of things on authorSTREAM. The basic idea behind bringing in the new design was to increase usability, performance, navigation, and PowerPoint uploads. We’ve introduced “Your Stuff”, “Like it/Dislike it”, “Active Users”, and updated the presentation page layout.
“Your Stuff” refers to the users’ dashboard. Your Stuff is a single page from where you can see all featured presentations, active users, and what’s up on authorSTREAM. You can also easily access “Your Uploaded Presentations” page, Profile, and the “Import contacts” page. Now, you can add your web address and information about yourself to your profile. Your web address will be visible on your presentation pages and on your Profile page, thus providing you with as many link-backs as the number of presentations uploaded by you.
“Active users” is a way to acknowledge the sincere efforts of dedicated PowerPoint uploaders who spend hours to create wonderful presentations. Recent updates on authorSTREAM include Guest uploads, a Facebook application, PowerPoint for Peace, and Present Live. Improvement efforts are still on, and you will see a lot of other features in the coming days.
Geetesh: How did these new features evolve – did they come about as a result of user feedback? Also, how can a user send feedback to authorSTREAM?
Harman: Well, some came from user feedback and support queries, while the others are a result of brainstorming within the team. We always wanted that users should not feel restricted while sharing PowerPoint online. Why would you use PowerPoint if you don’t require animations, sound, and automatic timings? You could rather share a document or a PDF. We understand that sharing a PowerPoint presentation online should be exactly the same as you are watching a PPT on your computer within PowerPoint. authorSTREAM is the solution that addresses all such issues.
authorSTREAM offers the following features, which any PowerPoint lover would expect from an online PPT sharing platform:
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Ellen Finkelstein is the author of several PowerPoint, Flash, and AutoCAD books, including the bestselling Flash CS4 For Dummies.
Her company, Ellen Finkelstein, Inc., helps clients create presentations and designs that communicate clearly and achieve their goals. She maintains a website that offers PowerPoint and Flash-related tips, and a selection of free backgrounds.
In this discussion, Ellen discusses her Flash CS4 For Dummies book.
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