PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

SmartDraw – The Paul Stannard Interview

Paul Stannard is the CEO of SmartDraw, a provider of business graphics software. Stannard started the company in 1994 with no debt, no capital, and no outside funding. Recognized for its explosive growth by Deloitte & Touche and Inc Magazine, SmartDraw generates more than 2 million visitors each month.

In this interview, Paul discusses SmartDraw, visuals and PowerPoint. He also speaks about SmartDraw’s success story, their support infrastructure and shares some trivia.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Interviews, Paul Stannard, SmartDraw

Play Director Movies in PowerPoint

With widespread discussions around inserting Macromedia Flash movies into PowerPoint, it would seem reasonable to expect similar interest in embedding Macromedia Director movies into presentations. However, that has not been the case. Extensive research over several months revealed virtually no information available online regarding this topic. Ultimately, the process had to be explored independently.

The technique used is now documented in detail on the Microsoft site.

Filed Under: Companion Programs
Tagged as: Director, PowerPoint

Troubleshooting Video in PowerPoint

What do you do when you have video problems within PowerPoint? Echo Swinford explores a 6-step process, such as turn down your hardware acceleration, shorten part length, update drivers and programs, etc.

Echo Swinford provides some answers.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Echo Swinford, Multimedia, Troubleshooting, Video

The Ellen Finkelstein Interview

Ellen Finkelstein is the author of How To Do Everything with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (and 2002) and a regular contributor to Presentations magazine, where she writes for the Creative Techniques column. Her company, Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. helps clients create presentations that communicate clearly and achieve their goals. She maintains a web site that offers PowerPoint tips and a selection of free backgrounds.

In this interview, Ellen talks about PowerPoint and her books.

Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Ellen Finkelstein, Interviews, PowerPoint

Create a PowerPoint Template in PowerPoint 2003 for Windows

Much of the PowerPoint world has no design training and yet people are expected to create presentations that are a combination of aesthetics and content. Luckily, part of that problem can be resolved if you start with a good template. So this article talks about templates. Many people don’t know how to create templates, so I’m going to explain how you do it.

Read more on the Computor Companion site.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2003
Tagged as: Templates, Tutorials