PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

You Can’t Steal This Projector

Just read this fascinating thread on stolen projectors, and it all started with why Hitachi’s orange projector won’t get stolen! But it moved on to more interesting conversations. Ars Technica says The ED-X10 projector, created mainly for use in educational facilities, is one ugly-lookin’ orange beast. Its security system features a transition detector, which tracks if the projector is moved.

Read more on the Ars Technica site.

Filed Under: Hardware
Tagged as: Hardware, Projector

Real PowerPoint Help

Do you get frustrated working with Microsoft’s presentation program, and can’t find the answers anywhere? Then you’ll love this book, Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances, authored by Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, Echo Swinford.

You can’t buy this book and expect to learn how to create PowerPoints – this one is to keep on your bookshelf and refer to when you hit a roadblock. And of course, it’s so much fun to read even when you are just creating nice presentations – at least you’ll know exactly what to do when disaster strikes – and you might be even able to do something about it – after all, prevention is better than cure. Yes, this is first aid for PowerPoint – keep it handy!

You May Also Like: Book Excerpt from Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances

Filed Under: Books
Tagged as: Books, Echo Swinford

Impatica Happiness for Indezine Visitors

Indezine has negotiated an amazing deal with our friends at Impatica. From now until March 31st, Indezine customers can purchase a license of Impatica for PowerPoint for the incredible price of $149. That’s $350 off the regular price! So now you know why we call it a happiness offer.

You can also view a real demo of the product, and download a trial version..

And if you have any questions about the promotion, feel free to get in touch with us.

Filed Under: Add-ins
Tagged as: Add-in, Impatica, Offers

Microsoft Office 2007 Delayed

Office 2007 to be late, too

Fresh on the heels of a delay in broad availability of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed late Thursday that it is also pushing the mainstream launch of Office 2007 to next year. As with Vista, Microsoft hopes to finish the code for Office 2007 this year. The company said work will be completed by October, when it will make Office 2007 available to business customers that have signed up for Microsoft’s volume-licensing program.

Read more on the ZDNet site.

Office Delayed, Along with Vista

Just after announcing a four-month delay on its Vista operating system, Microsoft said Friday it will also push back the launch of the consumer version of Office to next year, the second embarrassing delay this week for the software giant. The Redmond-based company said the new version of Office will be available to business customers through a volume-licensing program in October of this year, but retail availability for the software will be pushed back to January 2007 to coincide with the release of Vista.

Read more on the Red Herring site (link no longer exists)

Microsoft delays Office software to 2007

The 2007 Microsoft Office package, which includes the Word processor, Excel spreadsheet, and PowerPoint presentation software, will be made available to business customers in October 2006, the world biggest software maker said. Earlier this week, Microsoft delayed the consumer launch of its much-anticipated Windows Vista software until January 2007 from an earlier target of the second half of 2006 and pledged to ship the next version of its operating system to business customers in November.

Read more on the Reuters UK site (link no longer exists)

Exec says new Windows head will change culture

Last week, the world’s largest software maker tapped Steven Sinofsky, a veteran executive from its Office business software segment, to lead its Windows group only days after Microsoft delayed the consumer launch of the much-anticipated upgrade to its mainstay operating system. Sinofsky comes to the Windows group, which has not shipped a new product in nearly five years, with a reputation within Microsoft as an effective taskmaster and a track record of on-time new software releases delivered in regular intervals.

Read more on CNET News (link no longer exists)

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2007
Tagged as: Office 2007, PowerPoint 2007

InfoComm International Presentations Professional Survey

How Do You Compare with Your Peers…

Let’s first answer these questions:

• 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 Presentations Professional Survey. This online survey should only take you about 10 minutes to complete.

To thank you for your participation, you will receive the results of this survey by e-mail, once compiled. You will also get three Microsoft PowerPoint or one Corel Presentations master, or one Apple Keynote, all free of charge. In addition, you will have a chance to win one of five $50 Amazon gift certificates.

To be sure your responses are included; please complete this survey by April 28, 2006. 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 (link no longer exists)

Filed Under: Miscellaneous
Tagged as: Infocomm, Survey