PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint Ezine: Issue 73

Wednesday, May 9, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 7:24 am

This is the first ezine issue released after my vacation, and you have a link to all my pictures. Two great giveaways in which you can take part follow. Don’t miss the chance to win copies of Neuxpower’s NXPowerLite 3 or Ppted’s Graffiti collection of PowerPoint templates.

You can also take part in an annual survey from a presentation industry body, and be updated with all that has been happening in the world of PowerPoint with snippet style info-links.

Impatica and DynoPlex Announce Solution Bundle for PowerPoint

Wednesday, May 9, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 6:28 am

Impatica Inc., a pioneer in the viewing and projection of PowerPoint presentations using mobile handhelds, and DynoPlex, Inc. a leading developer of wireless document management solutions, announced today an innovative solution bundle comprising Impatica ShowMate and DynoPlex eFile and Online File Storage. PowerPoint presentations stored on the DynoPlex Online File Storage service are automatically impaticized or converted into Impatica’s compact format and downloaded over-the-air to BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion. Once on the handheld, the PowerPoint presentation can be viewed in full fidelity on the BlackBerry handset or projected using Impatica ShowMate.

Note: DynoPlex was acquired by QuickOffice, who in turn were acquired by Google.

Office 2004 for Mac Gets Updated

Wednesday, May 9, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 6:22 am

Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit released an update for Office 2004 for Mac. According to Microsoft, this update enhances security and stability, including fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.

PowerPoint unexpected quits have been resolved.

Mix07: Expression, Silverlight, and Harmony

Sunday, May 6, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 4:05 am

The just-completed Mix07 conference was the launching pad for more than just Microsoft Corp.’s Expression and Silverlight products. Independent software vendors also demonstrated upcoming products that work within the same Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) graphical subsystem as Expression and Silverlight.

Boulder, Colo.-based Electric Rain released Harmony, which it claims is the first software to convert applications built in Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash to the XAML code used by Expression and Silverlight. It also showed off beta software called StandOut Presentation Solution, which CEO Mike Soucie said is similar to Microsoft’s popular PowerPoint software.

InfoComm International Annual Presentations Professional Survey 2007

Wednesday, May 2, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 12:06 pm

Every year, Lisa Lindgren coordinates with the media for this professional survey on presentations for InfoComm — and this year too, she sent these details. All participants will receive a free survey report. Make sure you participate.

How do you compare with your peers:

What types of organizations do presentation professionals work in?
What areas of expertise and background do presentation professionals have?
Do you outsource your content development/delivery/overall communication strategy/technology/visual/graphic development, or do you do it in-house? How often does your organization contract with outside production firms for presentation development?
What types of challenges do presentation professionals experience today, and how concerned are they about these challenges?

Find out by participating in InfoComm International’s annual 2007 Presentations Professional Survey. This online survey should only take you about 15 minutes to complete.

To thank you for sharing your opinions and experiences, you will receive a free survey report by email.

To be sure your responses are included; please complete this survey by May 18, 2007.

This survey is completely confidential and anonymous. All data will be consolidated with other participants and will not be available to anyone as individual responses.

To participate, click here.

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