PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Using the Presentation Companion from PowerPoint Mobile

If you have a new Windows Mobile-equipped phone, or if you are considering buying a new phone, then you must look at how PowerPoint Mobile 2010 works with the free Presentation Companion add-in for PowerPoint 2007 and 2010. Chances are this factor is powerful enough to influence your decision!

Thanks to Rohit Bhatia of Microsoft, who helped me with my questions on this feature.

Learn how to use PowerPoint Mobile along with Presentation Companion.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint Mobile, Tutorials

Animated Slides: Scratch Card

Abdelkader Aissaoui provided us with a sample animated slide that demonstrated an Airport Flight Schedule Counter. And now he provides us with a Scratch Card that you can actually scratch inside PowerPoint! This slide mimics how you would scratch a card to reveal some numbers, either as a pay phone card that he illustrates, or even as a scratch card that promises a reward.

Download this presentation and change your own scratched message.

Filed Under: Presentation Bank
Tagged as: Animation, PowerPoint, Presentation Samples

Animated Slides: Airport Flight Schedule Counter

This slide mimics an airport flight schedule counter. Please feel free to download this presentation and change your own alphabets or numbers as required.

Abdelkader Aissaoui is a mechanical engineer from Algeria. He works as a Reservoir Engineer in an oil company. As part of his job, he needs to create presentations often. This has helped him develop his PowerPoint skills. Abdelkader plays with visual effects and animation tricks to keep his audiences focused and concentrated.

If you want to submit a sample presentation of your own, contact through the feedback form.

Filed Under: Presentation Bank
Tagged as: Animation, PowerPoint, Presentation Samples

File Formats in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Quick, how many file formats (types) can PowerPoint save your slides to? If you take count of every single format from the necessary to the rarely used (and forget the missing ones), then the number is 26. Some of these could be genuinely helpful, such as the MPEG-4 Video export and others like GIF, JPG, PNG, WMF, and EMF ensure that you get good graphic outputs. And RTF outlines can often be a blessing.

Explore various file types in the Save As dialog box in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Interface, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials

File Menu and Backstage View in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

In PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft replaced the File menu with the Office Button. In PowerPoint 2010, the Office Button is replaced by the File menu! However, this File menu is completely different from what you might have used in older versions of PowerPoint.

Explore Backstage view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2010
Tagged as: Interface, PowerPoint 2010, Tutorials