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August 21, 08 - Convert QuickTime to AVI with RAD Video Tools
There may be many times when you need to convert a QuickTime movie to another file format so that you can use it in on a PowerPoint slide or another program that doesn't work with the QuickTime format. In this tutorial, I'll show you how you can use RAD Video Tools, a free program to do the conversion from QuickTime to AVI files that are more PowerPoint friendly.
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August 20, 08 - iSpring Free 3.5
There are so many options and approaches available out there for great PowerPoint to Flash conversion these days. Yet, there has to be something out there that stands apart -- what about a product that you cannot find any faults with, and something that scores high in our evaluation test? What if we told you this product is actually free!
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August 19, 08 - slide:ology: The Nancy Duarte Interview
 Nancy
Duarte has
been a Principal
of Duarte
Design since
1990. Her
firm is in
the heart
of the Silicon
Valley and
the client
list is loaded
with Fortune
500 companies.
Her passion
for business
communications
 that are
clear, meaningful
and attractive has opened doors for her in a business world
full of cluttered and complex visual communications.
In this interview, Nancy discusses
her much
awaited book slide:ology that
was released
this month..
Read
here...
August 16, 08 - SlideBoom: Conversation with Yury Uskov
 Yury Uskov is a founder and CEO of iSpring Solutions Inc., an innovative software company with their development center in Russia. iSpring Solutions has already launched several Flash technology projects including iSpring, a PowerPoint to Flash converter, and SlideBoom, an online service for presentations sharing. In this conversation, Yury discusses the SlideBoom site.
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here...
August 16, 08 - Calculate
By default, PowerPoint creates presentations in the 4:3 format -- and you can change the size of the slide to almost anything you want. But how do you know which size fits your display? It's a question of math -- add up the resolutions, and arrive at an optimum size for the slide. Or get a copy of our review product, which does the math for you..
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the review here...
August 16, 08 - Emergency Preparedness Systems: Conversation with Greg Friese
 Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P is president of Emergency Preparedness Systems LLC and a paramedic, educator, author, and outdoor enthusiast. In this conversation, Greg tells us about the training programs they create, and why do they use PowerPoint as the starting point for the creation of these programs.
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here...
August 14, 08 - Calculate: Conversation with Austin Myers
Austin Myers is a PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional) -- he is an expert in issues related to the use of multimedia in PowerPoint. Austin creates the PFCMedia and PFCPro add-ins for PowerPoint. In this conversation, Austin discusses Calculate, a small free utility that he created for PowerPoint users who face a dilemma trying to figure out what their slide size should be to take up the entire screen.
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here...
August 11, 08 - Theme XML Files
THMX actually stands for an Office Theme Document file -- but what it hides is more important in this case than what it stands for. A THMX file -- and any of the new file formats that Office 2007 and later use are actually XML based file formats -- also they are more like a wrapper that contain many disparate and related elements, as I will show you soon.
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more here...
August 7, 08 - StoryBored: Conversation with Scott Schwertly
 Scott Schwertly is an epic storyteller. Today, he owns and operates Ethos3 Communications, an internationally renown and award-winning presentation design and training company located in Nashville, TN. In this conversation, Scott explains why he believes that there is a story in everything.
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the conversation here...
August 6, 08 - PowerPoint Design Shift: Conversation with Julie Terberg
 As owner and principle designer at Terberg Design, Julie Terberg develops custom presentation solutions — unique for every client and purpose. Julie also conducts training sessions for those who want to expand their skills. In this conversation, Julie discusses the gradual shift that's taking place in the areas of PowerPoint design.
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the conversation here...
August 5, 08 - Show File Extensions
There are many tasks that can be performed in various versions of Microsoft Windows only if you are able to see the file extensions of file types. By default, all the new versions of Windows hide the file extensions -- but it is easy to change that default. In this article, I'll show you how you can do that for Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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August 2, 08 - iSpring Pro 3.5
iSpring Pro is a PowerPoint add-in that allows you to convert your PowerPoint presentations into Flash SWF movies with all the animations, slide transitions, audio and video clips, and inserted Flash SWF files intact. It works with all PowerPoint for Windows versions from 2000 to 2007.
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August 2, 08 - 101 Tips Every PowerPoint User Should Know: Conversation with Ellen Finkelstein
 Ellen Finkelstein is author of several PowerPoint, Flash, and AutoCAD books -- she has just released her new ebook called 101 Tips Every PowerPoint User Should Know. In this conversation, Ellen discusses this book, and how readers can benefit from all the tips in the book.
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the conversation here...
Jul 29, 08 - Studeous: Conversation with Jefferson West
 Jefferson West is a co-founder and the CEO of Studeous. Jeff is responsible for the marketing, public relations, and strategy at Studeous. Often traveling between schools and the company headquarters in Austin, Texas; Jeff is frequently in discussions with teachers, administrators, and students to get timely feedback from the people who use Studeous.
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the conversation here...
Jul 28, 08 - Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional
PPT2Flash Professional is a PowerPoint add-in which allows you to convert your PowerPoint presentations into Flash SWF movies with all the slide objects and movements recreated. It works with all PowerPoint for Windows versions from 2000 to 2007.
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the review here...
Jul 28, 08 - Artlandia LivePresets
Artlandia LivePresets is a new plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that creates live pattern swatches. Although Adobe Illustrator provides a few pattern swatches, the implementation in Illustrator is nowhere as featured and dynamic as it is within LivePresets.
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the review here...
Jul 28, 08 - PowerQUOTES
PowerQUOTES from PresentationPro is a very simple product -- in fact it is just a bunch of slides -- but it is something that can make a difference if you want that one slide to make your presentation stand out. And it doesn't look canned -- and that's because you can customize it as you want.
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the review here...
Jul 28, 08 - Breaking Murphy's Law: Conversation with Lee Potts
 Lee Potts has been blogging about visual communications and presentation-related issues since 2002. His current project, Breaking Murphy's Law (tagline: because when you're presenting, someone's always watching), launched in June -- and in this Indezine exclusive conversation, Lee discusses Breaking Murphy's Law, why he created it, and some cool stuff on the blog.
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the conversation here...
Jul 21, 08 - muvee Reveal: Conversation with Philip Morgan
 Philip N. Morgan is a seven year veteran of muvee and is its Chief Operating Officer. Before joining muvee Philip spent over 25 years working in television production and operations with stints at the BBC, ITN, TV-am, TVS, Orbit, TVBS and Sony Pictures Television. Philip is a keen photographer and videographer and enjoys cycling, jogging, travel and cooking -- and in this Indezine exclusive conversation, Philip discusses the cool, new features in muvee Reveal, and shwup.com, a new media sharing site from muvee.
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the conversation here...
July 15, 08 - muvee Reveal
muvee Reveal is the newest version of muvee -- it is a completely rewritten program that makes creating professional looking movies even easier. It also allows you to upload created muvees to the new shwup.com sharing site.
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Jul 14, 08 - PowerPoint Live Template Contest
As yet another PowerPoint Live conference makes itself visible on the horizon, I think it's a good idea to look ahead at what's going to be visible on the slides at the conference this year -- especially the new template design that will be provided to all speakers.
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Jul 1, 08 - PocketMac AudioExtractor
What if you browsed to any of the video sites like YouTube using the Safari browser on your Mac, and selected one of the movies to view on the site -- maybe this was a music video, an interview, a trailer, or just something else. And then you checked out another YouTube movie -- and then you shut down Safari altogether and launched your iTunes to hear the sound track of all the movie clip pages you visited. So how did the sound tracks get into your iTunes in the first place?
Learn
more here...
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