PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

The Katherine Murray Interview

Katherine Murray is the author of more than 50 books on technology and writes articles for various Microsoft sites. She also writes and edits the Microsoft Mindshare newsletter and contributes articles to CNET’s TechRepublic. In addition to books and articles, Katherine publishes BlogOffice, a blog sharing tips and ideas related to various versions of Microsoft Office.

In this interview, Katherine talks about her life as a book author, and about her new Office 2007 book.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Interviews, Katherine Murray, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint

Wildform Announces Wildform Online

Colby Devitt of Wildform says that their new Wildform Online Service has gone live, and it is an easy, cost-effective alternative to expensive LMS Systems.

Wildform Online customers can:

• Publish quizzes, test, surveys and & presentations and securely deliver that content to any audience.
• Track who is viewing their e-learning courses, and how they respond to their quizzes and surveys with detailed, easy-to-understand reports.
• Have quiz and survey results sent to anyone on the web.

Wildform Online offers several pricing plans starting at only $19.99 month. Also, a 30 day free trial is available at the Wildorm Online site.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous
Tagged as: Colby Devitt, PowerPoint, WildPresenter

The James Gordon Interview

James Gordon has been a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 2000 and can be found in the Microsoft Macintosh newsgroups for Excel, PowerPoint and Word. PowerPoint users will recognize Jim as the creator of InsertPicture add-in for Macintosh. At SUNY University at Buffalo, Jim works helping faculty, staff and instructors with a wide array of technologies for higher education.

In this interview, James talks about PowerPoint for Mac, and his add-in programs.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Interviews, James Gordon, Office for Mac, PowerPoint

FlashPoint: The Indezine Review

It’s hard to believe now, but there used to be a time when PowerPoint to Flash converters were so expensive, and few are far in between. Some of those products were in fact hosted on the servers of the program vendors, and you had to use your browser to upload and download content all the time.

Nowadays, this capability is available in products that range from free to a hundred dollars whereabouts. And these products work on your desktop, not on some remote server.

FlashPoint is one such application—and in this review, we are going to see how the application performs using our new PowerPoint to Flash benchmark presentation.

Read the Indezine review of FlashPoint and FlashPoint Professional.

Filed Under: Add-ins
Tagged as: Add-in, PowerPoint, PowerPoint Flash

Microsoft Details Office 2008 Mac Versions

Microsoft further detailed its plans for Office 2008 for Mac on Tuesday, saying that it plans to release three versions of the product including one with a Macintosh version of its Expression suite.

The standard version of the product includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage. Retail price will be $239.95 for the upgrade, and $399.95 for the full version. The Special Media Edition includes the Expression studio and will retail for $299.95 for the upgrade and $499.95 for the full. Student and Teacher Edition includes only Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and will retail for $149.95.

Read more on the BetaNews site.

Filed Under: Microsoft Office
Tagged as: 2008, Microsoft Office, Office for Mac, PowerPoint, PowerPoint 2008