Powerpoint Books for Dummies

You can insert a full instance of Windows Media Player on a slide so you have all of the playback controls for a movie. So you have a slide like this:

In PowerPoint 2003:
– Insert >> Object
– From the bottom of the list choose WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

The media player is now inserted on the slide.

- Troy @ TLC

There are some great new products coming out that make use of laptop PCI Express Cards – such as SD card readers or the ultra cool MoGO Bluetooth mouse/presentation remote.

But the confusion comes from the fact that there are actually 2 “standards” for express cards, each a different size and they look similiar to the older PC Card. An important note is that the express card 34 will fit and work in the larger express card 54 slot.

So for reference here are the 3 cards, just match up shape/size to the plastic sleeve in your laptop and you know what to purchase.

Troy @ TLC

… video, audio or PowerPoint . You can also create ‘gates’ between chapters using quizzes and the suchlike. The Web …

When was the last time you purposefully used the Insert key on your keyboard??

Have you ever purposefully used it…

This key can also be disabled, and the easiest way is through Microsoft Word.

In Word 2003:
TOOLS >> CUSTOMIZE >> OPTIONS >> CATEGORIES (on left) >> OVERTYPE >> CURRENT KEYS area >> select INSERT and REMOVE

In Word 2007:
Office Button >> Options >> Advanced >> Editing Options >> Use Overtype Mode (it looks like this is not turned off as the default –yeah!)

- Troy @ TLC

… is arguably the most popular PowerPoint to Flash conversion tool available. That’s no fluke, the tool works …

… own content – information.  If you create a document or PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheet, you own it.  If someone wants …

Dave Ferguson and Janet Clary reminded me of an important addage… It’s about the learner, stupid! They were more polite than that, of course. Please read the comments and Dave’s incredibly helpful blog post . I’m still processing their comments, but they helped a lot. My original thought, and one I need to revisit, is having the students bring one of their original PowerPoints . Preferrably a smaller one. Do the initial basic conversion DURING the training. For most of the students, this should take care of the basics of using Captivate. There is no reason for me to …

Marshal McLuhan
Slide 163: Powerpoint , audio, video, podcasts, simulations to
augment lectures
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Thinking aloud…..advice and recommendations welcome….. ———————————- We have been getting progressively more demand from both within our IT group and from outside departments to convert their 100+ slide information-heavy PowerPoints into 100+ slide information-heavy Captivate projects that they can put on our LMS. In response – the Director asked me to help develop a plan that would make our SMEs more independent. Essentially, letting them do the conversion themselves. Of course – I twitched a little. The thought of having hundreds of dull …

I had a conversation recently with someone that referenced a post I did back in June (It Takes A Lot Of Images). I showed this capture of my prepared images for 1 presentation:

There is a lot there, especially considering it was all for a 90 minute meeting. But my point is that if we go back to PPT 2000 the number of images would easily be twice as many. Back to PPT XP/2003 it would have at a minimum a 3rd more.

PPT XP/2003 with the semi-transparency features eliminated a large number of accent graphics that needed to be prepared in Photoshop and imported. Now with PPT 2007 I now do a lot of the image preparation (custom bevels, strokes, reflections, shadows, etc.) right in PowerPoint. So with each new version I accomplish more working directly in PPT, minimize the production time and have more material for tutorials and tips for ThePowerPointblog!

- Troy @ TLC