PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Microsoft To Release PowerPoint Patch

Monday, October 9, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 5:59 am

Together with a not-so-serious flaw in the .NET framework, Microsoft will issue 11 patches in all, including six for Windows and four for the Office suite, including flaws in PowerPoint and Word 2000. These patches are expected to be released on Tuesday, the 10th of October.

WildPresenter Lite

Friday, October 6, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 3:03 pm

In a separate review, we looked at WildPresenter which is actually a suite of applications that includes capture, an editing environment, and PowerPoint to Flash export options. Wildform, the company that creates WildPresenter recognizes that many users don’t need all those options. So, they created a scaled down version called WildPresenter Lite that limits the abilities to the editing environment only, so that you can create your own content with shapes, text, images, etc.

Read the Indezine review of WildPresenter Lite.

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Looking at SlideShare

Thursday, October 5, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 3:04 pm

SlideShare, the YouTube of PowerPoint

SlideShare launches today — the YouTube of PowerPoint. While PowerPoint destroys thought, so does TV. And misgivings aside, slides can be an art form in and of itself. They are objects you spin stories around. It is easy to embed a presentation and player within a site, blog, or wiki.

SlideShare brings PowerPoint to the Web-sharing world

SlideShare is a bit different from some of the other “Office-killer” apps popping up across the Web (and ZohoShow and Thumbstacks are also players). Rather than being a direct assault on Word and Excel, these PowerPoint-sharing tools are more what YouTube is to a video editing app: the next step in the process. After you’ve done the heavy lifting and created a presentation, they let you share it without sending a bunch of thick e-mails around.

WildPresenter Goes Pro

Thursday, October 5, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 1:58 pm

To create a distinction between WildPresenter and WildPresenter Lite for customers, Wildform announced a new upgrade for WildPresenter, and now it’s called WildPresenter Pro. The upgrade is free for current WildPresenter customers.

Leonard Dumanovsky of Wildform sent me a list of these improvements in the new version:

Slide navigation player export: View and navigate your output via a series of slide thumbnails.
Slide templates: Instantly generate a complete slide layout for text, images, video, and audio.
Automatic mouse-over-text capability: Mouse over text and have it change color which is great for navigation.
Streaming FLV capability: Add live streaming FLVs to your WildPresenter projects.
Improved PowerPoint to Flash conversion including support for WordArt and multiple master slides, prompting for missing media files, and better animation import.

More info and a free trial of WildPresenter Pro can be found here (link no longer exists).

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Effective Presentations Using The Latest Technology – Preparation

Tuesday, October 3, 2006, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 5:47 am

Mary Waldera explains how important preparation is to pull off a successful meeting. If you find yourself involved in an all-day long meeting or a conference that lasts several days with multiple speakers in a large venue setting, or even if you have a few speakers at client meeting, there are several things you can do to prepare for and equipment you can use to pull off a professional, informative, and well-executed presentation.