Archive for December, 2006

6 Do’s to Open Your Presentation

Take advantage of your opening
You have the highest interest at the beginning and end of your presentation. George Morrisey first put forth the Retention Curve principle, and it’s a good one you can use to your advantage.

So open strong by using these six sure-fire methods:

1. Start with a bang. […]

Energize PowerPoint Presentations!

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The PowerPlugs for PowerPoint Lineup

PowerPlugs: Ultimate Combo
The […]

PowerPoint 2007 bugs

As of its manufacture date, mid-November 2007, PowerPoint 2007 has a few known problems.
Links to Excel items may break:
Error message when you try to update a link in a PowerPoint 2007 presentation: “Some linked files were unavailable and can’t be updated”
If you save your PowerPoint 2007 presentation to PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation format, First/Next/Previous/Last slide links, […]

The Applications of PowerPoint Presentation Compression

PowerPoint presentations can be informative and eye-catching, conveying information in a unique and memorable way. Unfortunately, most PowerPoint presentations are also very large files that can cause major sending, storage and bandwidth issues.
PowerPoint compression tools offer a way to more easily distribute large PowerPoint presentations without sacrificing image quality or content. But in how […]

How to Embed YouTube Videos in PowerPoint

No, you can’t do it automatically and it is kind of a pain in the butt. After a lot of trial and error I have my method down, so I thought I would share it with you all.
1. Use KeepVid to download the YouTube video as an .flv file.
2. PPT won’t recognize FLV files as […]