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Solving the PowerPoint Predicament: An Interview with Tom Bunzel

Thursday, November 9, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

Tom Bunzel specializes in knowing what other presenters need. He has appeared on Tech TV’s Call for Help as “Professor PowerPoint” and is a featured speaker at the PowerPoint Live conference each year. Tom is also a “technology coach” for the Neuroscience Education Institute giving one-on-one instruction to physicians.

In this interview, Tom Bunzel speaks about his book, Solving the PowerPoint Predicament.

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Microsoft on Schedule for Big Launch

Thursday, November 9, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 5:17 am

Microsoft is gearing up for a huge product launch on November 30. That’s when the company will officially announce the business availability of a whole raft of new products, including Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007.

Closed Captioned Video in PowerPoint

Wednesday, November 8, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

PowerPoint MVP Austin Myers has developed a step-by-step tutorial on inserting closed captioned video in PowerPoint.

Austin adds, As we build presentations with video, we often overlook the fact that many people suffer from a hearing loss and cannot hear the audio portion of the video. In the past, it wasn’t feasible to add closed captioning to video in PowerPoint because you could not place text “on top” of a running video from within PowerPoint. We recently found a method to change this and allow users to both create a closed-captioned video in PowerPoint and distribute it to others.

Microsoft Announces RTM for Office 2007

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 6:33 am

Microsoft announced that Office 2007 has been RTMed (Released to Manufacturing) — this means that the final copy has been released although it might be a while before it is actually available.

Microsoft Office 2007 Available December 1

Microsoft announced today that it has completed the code for its 2007 Office system, a major overhaul for the best-selling productivity suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and a slew of other applications (depending on which version of the suite you buy). U.S. and Canadian customers can download a fully functioning 60-day trial of the suite starting on December 1.

Office 2007, It’s Done

Microsoft announced this morning that Microsoft Office 2007 has been released to manufacturing, setting the stage for its shipping to corporate customers later this month, and to retail early next year.

This is probably the biggest change to Office since Office 95, nearly a dozen years ago. The family menu system has been replaced by the “ribbon” user interface, especially in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Microsoft is making a big bet on this new UI, as it makes all of these applications look very different.

But most of these aren’t new features at all; just old features that the ribbon makes easier to find. The problem, though, is that many people are resistant to change, and the ribbon interface does take some getting used to. After all, we’ve had the File, Edit, View, Window, and Help pull-down menus for a long time.

About.com Reviews Cutting Edge PowerPoint For Dummies

Monday, November 6, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:27 am

About.com recently reviewed my book Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies. Wendy Russell, who is the Presentation Software Guide at About.com says that the writing style is so easy going that you will enjoy the experience of just reading this book. The tips and tricks are invaluable for making a presentation that viewers will sit up and notice.