PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Clean the Screen

After I clean my glasses, I am always amazed by how much more clearly I can see. The same is true of the computer screen. In everyday use, it accumulates dust, dirt, and fingerprints. An occasional cleaning is definitely in order. The correct way to clean your monitor depends on the type of monitor you have. Here are a few tips for the two most common types of computer screens.

Learn more on the Compu-KISS site

Filed Under: Miscellaneous
Tagged as: Display, Maintenance

Microsoft Expression

Microsoft Expression is available as a free download now, for both the Mac and Windows. For those who don’t know, Expression, a product acquired from Creature House is in the same class as CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, and Macromedia Freehand. It’s also Microsoft’s first product that exports to Flash SWF. At over 50 MB, it is a big download.

More info can be found on the Microsoft website.

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Tagged as: Microsoft

Wrapping Images in PowerPoint

Glen Millar shows you how you can create a wraparound style shape in PowerPoint using PowerPoint’s guides and shape editing tools.

Here’s the tutorial link on his site.

Filed Under: PowerPoint All Versions
Tagged as: Glen Millar, PowerPoint, Shapes

Making Your PowerPoint Memorable: Q&A with Nelson Cowan

How can you make your PowerPoint presentation more memorable? Align it with the way the mind forms memories, according to Nelson Cowan, Ph.D., who works in the working-memory laboratory of the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri. An expert in the field of short-term memory, Nelson is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, and author of Attention and Memory: An Integrated Framework. Although Nelson’s research deals with basic aspects of human information processing rather than with bulleted lists in PowerPoint, he suggests relevant points that should be considered in any presentation.

Although Nelson’s research deals with basic aspects of human information processing rather than with bulleted lists in PowerPoint, he suggests relevant points that should be considered in any presentation. Read more in this feature, where Nelson Cowan is interviewed by Cliff Atkinson.

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Tagged as: Cliff Atkinson, Interviews, Nelson Cowan

A Story that Hunts: Q&A with John Seely Brown

As former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation, and director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center for 12 years, John Seely Brown, Ph.D., is one of the world’s most innovative thinkers at the interesting intersection where technology and people meet.

The co-author of The Social Life of Information and the author of countless articles and papers, John brings an impressive background to bear on the critique of a social technology called PowerPoint.

Read more in this interview feature. Cliff Atkinson talks to John Seely Brown.

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Tagged as: Cliff Atkinson, Interviews, John Seely Brown