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The Nancy Duarte Interview

Wednesday, November 2, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

Nancy Duarte has been a Principal of Duarte Design since 1990. Her firm is in the heart of the Silicon Valley and the client list is loaded with Fortune 500 companies. Her passion for business communications that are clear, meaningful and attractive has opened doors for her in a business world full of cluttered and complex visual communications.

In this interview, Nancy talks about design, inspiration and rules.

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Updated Compression Software Reduces the Size of PowerPoint Files

Wednesday, November 2, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 2:50 am

Neuxpower Solutions has released NXPowerLite 2.0, a brand new version of their presentation compression tool. NXPowerLite reduces the size of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations (as well as StarOffice and OpenOffice.org presentations saved in the PowerPoint format) by compressing the graphics and embedded documents contained within them, making them easier to manage, distribute and use.

Focus on TurningPoint

Friday, October 21, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:23 am

TurningPoint 2006, a natively integrated PowerPoint-based audience response solution was a featured product at the recent PowerPoint Live conference in San Diego. Not only was the product demonstrated, but TurningPoint was used as it was designed, to gather information throughout the conference sessions from the audiences.

Microsoft Office 12: The Inside Story

Friday, October 21, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 4:43 am

When the revamped suite hits the market in the second half of 2006, Office 12’s new UI will present commands from the perspective of users rather than software developers, reported Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft group program manager for the Office User Experience. Microsoft’s number-one goal was “to focus on what [users] want to do rather than on how they do it,” Larson-Green said in a recent online interview.

Creating Video for iPod

Wednesday, October 19, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 5:33 am

Apple has released its new video-equipped iPod and I’ve already started receiving questions about creating PowerPoint presentation output that can work on these video iPods. There is no automated one-click solution yet, but Apple does have a tutorial for creating video content for the iPod.