PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Encoding Video for PowerPoint

Monday, April 18, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:12 am

A codec is a compression technology, and you have several choices. I like Windows Media for two reasons. First, at similar data rates, Windows Media quality, when encoded using variable bit rate techniques, exceeds the quality of all competitive technologies, except for RealVideo, which is neck and neck.

Jan Ozer discusses more on Indezine.

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Tagged as: Codec, Jan Ozer, Multimedia

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PointeCast Acquires iCreate PowerPoint-to-Flash Online Training Product

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

PointeCast Corporation, a privately-held developer of rapid e-Learning tools announced that it purchased the iCreate PowerPoint-to-Flash online training product from Cisco Systems, Inc. PointeCast is incorporating the instant multimedia publishing capabilities of iCreate into its existing product suite, which includes web-based platforms for the tracking and delivery of multimedia training. The newly combined product suite will provide business users with the industry’s most user-friendly and cost-effective online training and e-learning development tools.

Grass Roots Software Announces Powertool for PowerPoint

Monday, April 4, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

Grass Roots Software announced the availability of Powertool, a new playback application for Microsoft PowerPoint users. Featuring dual-screen playback and a simple drag-drop interface, Powertool alleviates non-linear presentations for worship, corporate communication, and educational environments by enhancing PowerPoint’s ability to project a slideshow on a second monitor or data projector.

PowerPoint Article Resource Kit for Journalists

Friday, March 18, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

Journalists can download a free seven-page Article Resource Kit from Steve Hards of Perspector. This kit is full of ideas to get you writing about PowerPoint. Why? PowerPoint is everywhere, in all walks of life from business and politics to leisure and religion. Writing about it shows you are in touch with the everyday concerns of your readers. Offering them a different angle will set you apart.

Download the kit from the Perspector site.

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Tagged as: Perspector, PowerPoint, Resources, Steve Hards

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European Multimedia Award for DataPoint

Thursday, March 17, 2005, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:30 am

At the occasion of CeBIT, Europe’s leading multimedia associations announce the Winners of the European Seal of Excellence in Multimedia 2005. This time, Take-off’s DataPoint won the Gold Seal award. DataPoint interfaces PowerPoint with databases.

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Tagged as: Awards, DataPoint, Kurt Dupont, PresentationPoint

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