tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65421051514516692232024-03-05T00:19:48.934-08:00PowerPoint to VideoPowerPoint to video, Power Point 2007 to video, PowerPoint to AVI, PowerPoint to mpeg, PowerPoint to FLV, Convert PowerPoint to video, PPT to Video, PowerPoint to WMV, PowerPoint to MP4Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-39711132850841206502011-01-10T23:01:00.000-08:002011-01-10T23:14:48.241-08:005 Ideas for Making Your Girlfriend Happy on Valentine's Day 2011<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><p align="left">Valentine's Day is taken as the representative of precious time to experience, show and enjoy love. Have you felt that Love and romance blossom in the air? What will you do to please your "Snow White" on such a day full of love? It is really a tough task to plan it. Ok, get some inspiration about how to <strong>make your girlfriend happy on Valentine's Day</strong> from the following. </p><br /><br /><br /><h2>1. Send Followers to her on Valentine's Day</h2><a href="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/images/articles/send-flowers.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/images/articles/send-flowers.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p>Flowers may be too traditional, but they are always what girls like. Once your sweetheart opens her eyes, flowers come as the first surprise on Valentine's Day. Flowers sent to your girlfriend should speak for themselves. Please notice that the most suitable flowers may be not the best or the most expensive ones. Remember to send her flowers she likes. It is good to be clear that not all girls love roses. The package of flowers also means a lot. You'd better describe your requirements clearly to the florists. Don't forget to have the flowers wrapped in an attractive and personal manner.<br /></p><h2>2. Accompany her for the whole Valentine's Day<br /></h2><p align="left">Focus on her and neglect the rest of the world. Don't say things like "I have important tasks to finish", or "I have other emergent things to do". There is just one Valentine's Day each year. Leave your work to the other day or finish it earlier. Take her to the place she wants to visit and do the things she loves to do. </p><h2>3. Set romantic atmosphere of Valentine's Day </h2><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/images/articles/dance.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/images/articles/dance.jpg" /></a><br /><p align="left">You can make reservations at her favorite restaurant or pick a place that you two have never been to. Invite her to dance after dinner, or you can do something special. Get a DVD and play your DIY Valentine's DVD slideshow. She will be touched by your careful actions. Check ways to <strong>make diy DVD slideshow</strong> with <a href="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/"><strong>PowerPoint to DVD converter</strong></a>. What a romantic day!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><h2>4. Think out wonderful gift ideas on Valentine's Day</h2><p>It is a must to send her gift on Valentine's Day. What should you give to her? Chocolates, fresh flowers, cards, soft toys and jewelry are all what girls appreciate, but not all girls like these. Think out what she actually wants! Whether you can please her depends on your daily care on her. Of course, if you really fail to come up with an idea, why not use Google or other search engines to search for "Valentine's Day Gifts" or "Unique Valentine's Day Gifts". At least you'll get an idea through this way.<br /></p><h2>5. Express your love out on Valentine's Day </h2><p>Valentine's Day is the best chance for you to tell how you love her. Think up an innovative way to court her. Show your deep and sincere heart to her. If you love someone, please flaunt your feelings on this auspicious day! You can make a valentine's day PowerPoint video of you two to her for courting. This video can be viewed on Web, portable devices like iPad, iPhone, mobile phone, etc. Whenever she wants to see you, she can enjoy the video. See how to <a href="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/ppt-to-video-overview.html"><strong>convert PowerPoint to video</strong></a> here. </p><p>Love is what people pursuit eternally. <strong>Valentine's Day</strong> is a day to express your love and to celebrate the spirit of love. It is a day that completely belongs to the people who love, care and lives for their loved ones. Make her happy on Valentine's Day! Enjoy the happiness!</p></div></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-76462961017760374452010-02-28T23:24:00.000-08:002011-01-10T22:42:57.274-08:00Marriage Relationships Advice - How a Couple can Maintain a Good Relationship after Marriage<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pAiMUxa2Tc"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pAiMUxa2Tc</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Watch this video from YouTube by chance. It describes differences among after "married 7 days", "married 7 months" and "married 7 years". Very funny but impressive video!</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZqV71aboB10fPPfwBkytQB2r7WTWz4i_nwrBsrsZce8RyP-VT1yAaIl956m8Lov6K45K-6WGN239yP77pD17n6jG_65cWIJju1r9XHw16EwmVrejqgubnKR4omLX9YoA4kBW-cXq1VM/s1600-h/engage-ring.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 217px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443563801186936098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZqV71aboB10fPPfwBkytQB2r7WTWz4i_nwrBsrsZce8RyP-VT1yAaIl956m8Lov6K45K-6WGN239yP77pD17n6jG_65cWIJju1r9XHw16EwmVrejqgubnKR4omLX9YoA4kBW-cXq1VM/s320/engage-ring.jpg" /></span></a><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">A romantic relationship is essential to most marriages. But only a small minority of couples can maintain a romantic relationship after marriage.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Let me give you some advices of how to maintain a romantic relationship after marriage all the time.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Advice 1: Focus on Commonalities</strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">A romantic relationship needs husbands and wives to share emotions, experiences, and beliefs. While happily married coup 0les can rattle off their differences, they will also always make statements about the things they have in common. The more couples focus on these things they have in common, the deeper intimacy is allowed to grow.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Think about the times you have felt the most connected with your spouse. One of the best exercises anyone can do to make their marriage a more romantic relationship is to focus on what you do have, and not on what you wish were different. Remember, it’s not about trying to change your spouse, making him or her think, feel and behave more like you. Instead, try to understand these differences and not pass judgment. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Advice 2: Spend time together</strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Studies indicate that marital happiness is highly correlated with the amount of time spent together. This means getting to know each other better and spending time together. Plan together and you’ll find that the planning takes time and effort. These shared plans do so much good for a marriage because they acknowledge the importance of your union and give you a sense of future together. Busy couples should actually schedule time together, such as going on lunch dates or turning off the TV at night, to enjoy each other’s company. This way, you are intentionally connecting and showing each other attention and appreciation, factors that are crucial to a romantic relationship.<br /></p></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Advice 3: Give Compliments</strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Lovers shower compliments upon each other (even when not really necessary) and this actually helps in nurturing your romance. It is very natural for lovers to get busy with daily work, family and home post marriage. But in this hustle bustle, many a times both forget to compliment one another when she is wearing her hair differently or he is looking more handsome on a particular day. So take time out of your work and kids to notice his/her looks and give complements. Not just looks, you can also compliment your partner on his/her work, achievements, etc. This will surely work in re-injecting romance in your marriage. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Advice 4: Be Interested in His/Her Life</strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">It is not really possible to like each and every habit of your spouse. For example, a wife may not really be interested when her partner spends the entire morning cleaning his car. On the other hand, a husband may not really appreciate the reality shows wives like watching on TV. But think again. They are not really that bad. Are they? Moreover if you genuinely sometimes take interest in things that interests your life partner, he or she will really appreciate your gesture and reciprocate.<br /></p></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Last advice: Surprises can be Fun </strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">With the daily tensions, there is more need of romance in your life. Giving your partner little surprises goes a long way in elevating moods and lessening anxieties. Here I give some tips to you:<br /></p></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Tips 1: Unexpected kissing</strong> </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">When was the last time that you surprised your spouse with a kiss? Giving your partner a smooch when he isn't anticipating it will catch him off guard in a pleasant way. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Tips 2: A Surprised Gift</strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">You can leave cute love messages (or a small gift @^.^@) for one another under the pillow. Watch this video for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xh7Xpv8VS8">some gift ideas</a>. </span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;">I think making a <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/valentines-day-ppt-video-slideshow.html">Sweet Video Slideshow</a> with a Free <a href="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/ppt-to-video-overview.html">PowerPoint to Video converter</a> is also a good idea. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-JU-sB2tgajiP1rRQMUp77WrQR-KPiwAS5j2Q9UDcdZu3Dy98j06qYJV39my2xpweC7aCJbSbYNpvgTo9yO58keeaQJyI7xlRVWiuTzqDRSH54MYyZ0SAGioMf0rJqQYjEwu2q4O68M/s1600-h/2008112016354131_2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 34px; HEIGHT: 48px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443573032251476210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-JU-sB2tgajiP1rRQMUp77WrQR-KPiwAS5j2Q9UDcdZu3Dy98j06qYJV39my2xpweC7aCJbSbYNpvgTo9yO58keeaQJyI7xlRVWiuTzqDRSH54MYyZ0SAGioMf0rJqQYjEwu2q4O68M/s200/2008112016354131_2.jpg" /></a>Go and try it yourself!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">If you practice these ideas, you will quickly see how you can light the fire of intimacy in your marriage and rekindle your romantic relationship. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Further reading:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/articles/powerpoint-to-movie.html">PowerPoint to Movie – Total Guide to you <br /></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p></span>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-64906031768265863042010-01-27T22:05:00.000-08:002010-01-27T22:06:27.770-08:00Tips to Celebrate Wonderful Groundhog Day<p>Groundhog Day is coming! Are you excited to know whether Mr. Groundhog will see its shadow or not on February 2nd? Do you expect the emerging of warm and lifesome spring, especially after this cold winter with heavy blizzard? Then <b>how to spend the Groundhog Day wonderfully and effectively</b>? The following are some suggestions for you. </p><br /><p><img src="http://www.acoolsoft.com/images/article/groundhog-day.jpg" alt="groundhog day" width="450" height="224" /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <b>Days before the event -- Learn the history and customs of Groundhog Day:</b></p><br /><p>You must know some traditions about Groundhog Day, but are you sure you have really known it? Can you answer the relating questions instantly and correctly, especially when your little kids or international friends ask you these questions? It will give you a fresh feeling when you know what you thought you had known for years more deeply. Therefore, start to find out the relating historical stories and customs of Groundhog Day. You can consult the elder, and also google it. It is certain that you will find a new world. </p><br /><p>It will be much better and meaningful if you can synthesize the knowledge to make a Groundhog Day slideshow with PowerPoint and share it online; thus more people can benefit from your excellent job. As for how to share your Groundhog Day show online, you can directly upload it to slide sharing Websites or convert your slideshow to video with<a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/#176"> free PowerPoint to video converter</a> and then upload the video to sites like YouTube, Myspace, etc.</p><br /><p>Reference websites about Groundhog Day for you:<br /><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_day">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_day</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.groundhog.org/">http://www.groundhog.org/</a></p><br /><p><b>On Groundhog Day -- Take photos and videos:</b></p><br /><p>Photos and videos are the witness of the big activities. On the Groundhog Day, please be sure to make full use of your camera to keep the happy moment. What is good to record? Ok, check it below:<br /><br /> <br /><br /><b>Groundhog Day rally</b> -- If you go to famous places for the Groundhog Day yourself, remember to catch the precious views for those who fail to present there. Take pictures about people’s reaction when the woodchucks appear. And it is more interesting to take photos of Mr. Groundhog. </p><br /><p><b>Parade and ice engraving</b> -- In Canada, it is exciting to record the Parade of “the Groundhog King and Queen” which is featured with the shows about typical Canada folkloric. Besides, the snow and ice sculpture is a great choice to take photos. </p><br /><p><b>Banquet</b> – What’s the type of Groundhog cookies this year? Take photos for memorial. The small things can show people’s emotion more effectively. </p><br /><p>Apart from what are mentioned above, you certainly can take photos of anything you like. When you take photos, please pay attention to some photography tips for high-quality photos. See photography tips here: <a href="http://malektips.com/digital_cameras_help_and_tips.html">http://malektips.com/digital_cameras_help_and_tips.html</a></p><br /><p>After you take so many Groundhog Day photos, you can edit them to make the images more wonderful. There are two free online photo editors for you: picture2life.com and flauntr.com.</p><br /><p><b>After Groundhog Day -- Exchange ideas and feelings:</b></p><br /><p>Did Mr. Groundhog see its shadow this time? Exchange the feeling with your family, friends or neighbors. If you like, you can make another slideshow in which you are able to add photos, videos taken on the Groundhog Day. It must be a marvelous and fresh show for people to learn and enjoy Groundhog Day next year. <br /><br /> <br /><br />The celebration of Groundhog Day shows people’s wish for light, warmth and happiness. Actually no matter whether the woodchuck saw its shadow or not, this festival brings excitement to people. If Groundhog Day comes, can spring be far behind?</p>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-41763241814516058322010-01-26T23:47:00.000-08:002010-01-26T23:50:21.774-08:00Convert PowerPoint to Video Free – Acoolsoft Released PPT to Video FreeJan 27th, 2010 – Acoolsoft, the professional provider of DVD, video and flash maker based on Microsoft PowerPoint, today announced the release of<a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com#105"> Acoolsoft PPT to Video Free</a>, a totally <strong>free PowerPoint to video conv</strong>erter which enables users to convert PowerPoint presentations to video with high quality.<br /><br /><strong>Key Features of Acoolsoft PPT to Video Free:</strong><br />- Intuitive user interface guarantees friendly using experience <br />- Convert one PPT, PPTX, PPS or PPSX to WMV, MOV, ASF or MKV at a time<br />- Customizable output video setting like video resolutions, frame rate and bit rate<br />- Retain all features in the original PowerPoint, such as pictures, animations, transitions, sounds and video clips<br />- Make the output video more personalized with your own logo<br /><br />For person who want to get batch conversion ability and convert PowerPoint to more popular video formats like AVI, MPEG, FLV, MP4, HD video and hardware compatible video, they can upgrade to <strong>Acoolsoft PPT to Video Pro</strong>. <br /><br />Search for more detailed information of this free PowerPoint to video converter, please visit: <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com#105">http://www.acoolsoft.com</a><br /><br /><strong>Who will Benefits from Acoolsoft PPT to Video Free:</strong><br />- Business men who use PowerPoint to promote their business<br />- Students that use PowerPoint for mobile learning<br />- Teachers or trainers who make courses with PowerPoint<br />- Individuals that want to share their presentation or PowerPoint photo album online<br /><br /><strong>How to Get Acoolsoft PPT to Video Free:</strong><br />Login here: <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com#105">http://www.acoolsoft.com</a> . Follow the instructions after clicking Download, and you will get it in few minutes for free.<br /><br /><strong>About Acoolsoft Software Co., Ltd.</strong><br />Founded in 2007, Acoolsoft aims to develop practical PowerPoint converters to help users present PowerPoint slideshows in most available ways. The four main products are PPT2DVD, PPT to Video Pro, PPT to Video Free, and PPT2Flash. To give the best product quality and the best customer and support service to users is always the aim of this group.<br /><br /><strong>For more information, please contact:</strong><br />Anna Lee<br />Email: biz@acoolsoft.com<br />Tel: +86-755-86117747Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-17099055679453959922010-01-26T02:53:00.001-08:002010-08-25T00:01:46.855-07:00Convert PowerPoint to WMV with Free PowerPoint to WMV Converter<p>Maybe some people around you are searching ways for converting PowerPoint to WMV. How can we do this? Or if there is any free way to <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/#155">convert PowerPoint to WMV</a>?</p><strong>What is WMV?</strong><br /><p>WMV stands for Windows Media Video - developed and controlled by Microsoft. </p><p>It is a generic name of Microsoft's video encoding solution and doesn't necessarily define the technology what it uses. The latest version of WMV (now, summer 2005, the latest one is called WMV10) doesn't have much in common with MPEG-4, but uses Microsoft's own video encoding technologies instead.</p><strong>Why People Want to Convert PowerPoint to WMV Free? </strong><br /><p>By converting PowerPoint to WMV:</p><ul><li>Your PowerPoint can be played through many video players or further being burned to discs. </li><br /><li>Your presentations can be viewed on many portable devices like Blackberry and Pocket PC. </li><br /><li>You no longer need to worry if the PowerPoint version on your computer is the right one to open a PowerPoint sent from others. </li></ul><p>Overall, converting PowerPoint to WMV free can help you widely share your presentations. </p><strong>How to convert PowerPoint to WMV Free? </strong><br /><p>With a free PowerPoint to WMV converter like <strong>Acoolsoft PPT to Video Free</strong>, it can be a piece of cake to <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/#155"><strong>convert PowerPoint to WMV free</strong></a>. </p><p>First, open this free PPT to WMV converter, and then import your PowerPoint to the program.</p><p>Next, choose the Output Video Formats of WMV. You can also set the output video size, quality and so on. </p><p><img title="PowerPoint to WMV" alt="PowerPoint to WMV" src="http://www.acoolsoft.com/images/article/free-powerpoint-to-mov.jpg" width="450" height="331" /> </p><p>Last, click Start, and your PowerPoint presentations will be automatically converted to WMV in a few minutes.</p><p>Converting PowerPoint to WMV free can be really an easy job, just depends on how you do it. Have a trial of this <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/#155"><strong>free PowerPoint to WMV converter</strong></a>, we believe you will get more!</p><p>Further reading:</p><p><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/pptx-to-movie-converter.html#244">PowerPoint to movie</a> - Top 3 Methods about PowerPoint to Movie Conversion </p><p><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/convert-powerpoint-to-flv.html#244">PowerPoint to FLV</a> - How to convert PowerPoint to FLV</p>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-31129627738116696212009-08-20T18:37:00.000-07:002009-08-20T18:44:50.269-07:00Top 5 Free Tools for YouTube Video<span style="font-weight:bold;">YouTube</span> - a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. For better enjoy yourself from it, here I would like to list some top free tools to help you.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Free YouTube Downloader for Win</span> – download videos you like from YouTube to your local drive for Win<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Free Video Downloader for Mac</span> – download FLV video from YouTube, Google, Break, MySpace and other YouTube-like video sharing sites for Mac<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Free PPT2YouTube</span> – convert PowerPoint to YouTube videos, enables you easily to upload PowerPoint to YouTube for sharing<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Free YouTube video Converter</span> – convert YouTube video to a certain video format that can be played on your iPod, PSP, iPhone, mobile phone, etc.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Free Video to FLV Converter</span> – Convert any kind of video format to FLV for better quality after being uploaded to YouTube<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Free YouTube Downloader for Win</span><br /><a href="http://www.flash-on-tv.com/free-youtube-downloader.html#105">Wondershare Free YouTube Downloader</a> is totally a free program for users to download YouTube video clips to enjoy them off the Internet. It can automatically detect the YouTube video and other similar streaming FLV video when you are surfing on web pages. It has the following features:<br />1. Totally free YouTube downloader<br />2. Support downloading and playing all high quality videos on YouTube<br />3. A built-in FLV player<br />4. Support batch download multiple video clips at a time<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipP2WrpR1yHdeJLuXboktzVW89yaK_aDAxTW43n5TiE9gRPwg1Dd2LG8-y9ZrrkvgWGSEjnbGnUwYr1NkV9uIRLdWt3kNGOxZOCN-sb428U4yZUzH90x-urPOup82BPK0jZrFRki2kTNE/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipP2WrpR1yHdeJLuXboktzVW89yaK_aDAxTW43n5TiE9gRPwg1Dd2LG8-y9ZrrkvgWGSEjnbGnUwYr1NkV9uIRLdWt3kNGOxZOCN-sb428U4yZUzH90x-urPOup82BPK0jZrFRki2kTNE/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372225493562893426" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Free Video Downloader for Mac</span><br /><a href="http://www.moviesmac.com/mac-free-video-downloader/#105">iSkysoft free video downloader for Mac</a> is a free video downloader for downloading FLV video from YouTube, Google, Break, Metacafe, MySpace and other YouTube-like video sharing sites for Mac. It automatically detects the Internet videos and allows users to download full-length movies played in Safari and Firefox browsers on Mac OS instantly. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Free Acoolsoft PPT2YouTube</span><br />For many reasons, you may want to upload your PowerPoint to YouTube, such as the following:<br />1. Broadcast yourself on YouTube with promotional PowerPoint<br />2. Advertise your product or service with PowerPoint online<br />3. Share your unique or funny presentations <br />4. Share your PowerPoint slide show or photo album with friends or families on YouTube<br /><br />But PowerPoint is not in a video format that YouTube accepts, so you need some tools to convert the PowerPoint to a certain video format first.<br /><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/free-powerpoint-to-youtube-overview.html#105">Free Acoolsoft PPT2YouTube</a> is a just such a free tool which helps you easily convert fantastic PowerPoint to YouTube video for free. All you need to do is to import your PowerPoint files and click Start, after that, this PPT2YouTube tool will automatically convert PowerPoint to MP4 for free with animations, transitions, sounds and video clips retained. And then you can effortlessly upload it to YouTube for wide sharing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Tn5RUmiSq-22WujvVZjfS7aM8Rny2BLcQGc9b44l_ECJnduyS5GPmNGuB0LRsIQ2MnkUHTAhDtNcvR6XEq7rQxWVnJm93iq6E2m4DHK5z0ltl_HgND-MfxHYRTFA0BddvimQ0G8GGoY/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Tn5RUmiSq-22WujvVZjfS7aM8Rny2BLcQGc9b44l_ECJnduyS5GPmNGuB0LRsIQ2MnkUHTAhDtNcvR6XEq7rQxWVnJm93iq6E2m4DHK5z0ltl_HgND-MfxHYRTFA0BddvimQ0G8GGoY/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372226152544040850" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Free YouTube Video Converter</span><br /><a href="http://www.catchyoutube.com/">CatchYouTube</a> enables users to convert YouTube videos into any number of different video and audio formats and then to download them to computer. Here is how it works:<br />1. Cut and paste the YouTube URL into the CatchYouTube.com web site.<br />2. Follow the easy instructions to save the video to your computer<br />3. The conversion process is performed directly online, you don’t need to download any software<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVVQmhjngU65wTcmfBJD0Ic3brkBqY_MnxN0MdNoL09cZSon6kY1qYaVnuiiONkpH6UMzQloGhTY9ylumq8I0ursVhGj1zxiAmPCzlzd_gmZ25Ir8mxTNlyh48mR0RPH9d8A-E5UImQ0/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVVQmhjngU65wTcmfBJD0Ic3brkBqY_MnxN0MdNoL09cZSon6kY1qYaVnuiiONkpH6UMzQloGhTY9ylumq8I0ursVhGj1zxiAmPCzlzd_gmZ25Ir8mxTNlyh48mR0RPH9d8A-E5UImQ0/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372226727359379730" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Free Video to FLV Converter</span><br />Not all video formats are accepted by YouTube, and in order to get a higher quality after you upload your video to YouTube, it is recommended to convert your video to FLV. This <a href="http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-Flash-Converter.htm">Free Video to Flash Converter</a> helps users convert video to flash (SWF or FLV) to publish video on site. For example, convert AVI to FLV, MP4 to FLV, MPEG to FLV, WMV to FLV, MOV to FLV, and 3GP to FLV. It’s free for both personal and commercial use. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCN7qr7c7LLEblq9biN9J8PexiQIYs85Dw7jmZ7Mvva4PC9dzCRqpICfL44zqj-BKJoNBXPLWGMbhufex1kD1K4QwHXXSagJSA52AYwh3vL5OmMyBxvw1fWKoIAlkicgnetU2Qgpo80/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMCN7qr7c7LLEblq9biN9J8PexiQIYs85Dw7jmZ7Mvva4PC9dzCRqpICfL44zqj-BKJoNBXPLWGMbhufex1kD1K4QwHXXSagJSA52AYwh3vL5OmMyBxvw1fWKoIAlkicgnetU2Qgpo80/s320/4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372226968591795490" /></a><br /><br />There are also many other free services for YouTube. If you are interested in it, you can find them in my following articles.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-11821343435592711602009-08-20T18:29:00.000-07:002009-08-20T18:33:21.543-07:00How to Add a Video from Online Video Site to PowerPoint 2010PowerPoint 2010 Technical preview was released with lots of new features. It helps us make PowerPoint presentations more dynamic with improved audio and visual capabilities. One of the new features of PowerPoint 2010 is that you can add a video from any online video sharing sites like YouTube into your PowerPoint directly. You no longer need to download videos onto your computer first, and then insert them to your PowerPoint.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How to insert video from online video site to PowerPoint 2010</span>:<br />To embed a video from online site like YouTube, click on the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert</span> tab in PowerPoint 2010. And then choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Video</span>. Finally, select <span style="font-weight:bold;">Video from Online Video Site</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pkfyAZ8k4uiB7SOCtEIRrIYxRuDZeM4Uilp5yZgq8pIJuJ0R46BCKMRlIfAAlibWAB3q6CPpbZ9GJbnL0rDuqOc3VOkkTqJLUIgHK16lIxnsvSKqn3YIDlSqLJzPw2WA8uZKmFAIeRM/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pkfyAZ8k4uiB7SOCtEIRrIYxRuDZeM4Uilp5yZgq8pIJuJ0R46BCKMRlIfAAlibWAB3q6CPpbZ9GJbnL0rDuqOc3VOkkTqJLUIgHK16lIxnsvSKqn3YIDlSqLJzPw2WA8uZKmFAIeRM/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372223683050527666" /></a><br /><br />After that, you will be able to see a dialogue box pops up which requires you to <span style="font-weight:bold;">copy the embed code from the site and paste</span> it into it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7SkBBOux25awaUnfSStpv-Od6fV6nCNtaKpoqDaYiZHu344dSRWmTypMrHeoeuFRZoEVk6hr3vab6Y2-6b1OOFW6hyphenhyphenXgH_iTaq51LdKvO1hcubyp7-_aQhyM4qzNIGhQ42nIHFJcjUc/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7SkBBOux25awaUnfSStpv-Od6fV6nCNtaKpoqDaYiZHu344dSRWmTypMrHeoeuFRZoEVk6hr3vab6Y2-6b1OOFW6hyphenhyphenXgH_iTaq51LdKvO1hcubyp7-_aQhyM4qzNIGhQ42nIHFJcjUc/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372223859128842386" /></a><br /><br />Go to the video you want to insert to your PowerPoint 2010. Here I take one of my YouTube video for example. You should be able to see an <span style="font-weight:bold;">Embed option</span> under the author’s profile. Copy it and paste it into the box above. Finally click Insert.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBBUY8MRbcwOC1yy6k8ianJDHNk7tyqULFGgN5hK_yZhYr-PDdk3Y2ZAFlSZ2TQquXdMlqB9Gc0SS_jCa_fgXWyGk_pTqdLzPQdXfCfdmY6bCmKLhmG_UB9G2_EG9WxB-JSQwEAJPetw/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBBUY8MRbcwOC1yy6k8ianJDHNk7tyqULFGgN5hK_yZhYr-PDdk3Y2ZAFlSZ2TQquXdMlqB9Gc0SS_jCa_fgXWyGk_pTqdLzPQdXfCfdmY6bCmKLhmG_UB9G2_EG9WxB-JSQwEAJPetw/s320/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372223988574457650" /></a><br /><br />One important thing to note is that: if you embed video from online video site in PowerPoint 2010, you will need to connect to the Internet to play them while showing the presentation.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-89335076872314806002009-08-03T02:15:00.000-07:002009-08-03T02:26:34.709-07:00Hot New Features of PowerPoint 2010 PreviewMicrosoft plans to release its Office 2010 software suite in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors, making it the first Office suite to support both versions. As its name suggests, both versions will be available sometime next year. So, what surprise PowerPoint 2010 will bring to us? <br /><br />To summarize, PowerPoint 2010 can help us make presentations more dynamic with improved audio and visual capabilities. In addition to this, we can effectively use web applications to make our work available anywhere, and work with other people on the same presentation much easier. Now let’s have a quick look on it clearly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. New Animation Tools in PowerPoint 2010</span><br />New Animation tools, including an animation painter to copy animation from one object to another and also more animation designs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C5SHGKUoIUj9q6w5Uout-UKBks0_rx0daOx9E_15QR08mg8m1WNOi0qj91a-RdI7G1qRMvIDkZYZ2eUQwRl8iwKgHj_07g1q4MaQq9rjk-6riu-ccXtIBOtrtMi_gars6ngZl5J__Cw/s1600-h/1-animation+tool.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 64px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C5SHGKUoIUj9q6w5Uout-UKBks0_rx0daOx9E_15QR08mg8m1WNOi0qj91a-RdI7G1qRMvIDkZYZ2eUQwRl8iwKgHj_07g1q4MaQq9rjk-6riu-ccXtIBOtrtMi_gars6ngZl5J__Cw/s320/1-animation+tool.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365664170328781906" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. New 3D transitions make livening up a presentation easier in PowerPoint 2010</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOJ7uRpu32qv66V9URpEWCYwDH9LrTPEnOcjSlXsosvy5gSeddqYKxMOlvNmlIHRJocbqZhMqoK6QBJ-5u4mQk-6x3622z_2fP67DeYb9lfnokSrxMiB68bdvkrI-2AymhWlyEkjQ7mI/s1600-h/2-transitions.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOJ7uRpu32qv66V9URpEWCYwDH9LrTPEnOcjSlXsosvy5gSeddqYKxMOlvNmlIHRJocbqZhMqoK6QBJ-5u4mQk-6x3622z_2fP67DeYb9lfnokSrxMiB68bdvkrI-2AymhWlyEkjQ7mI/s320/2-transitions.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365664394324873938" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Directly insert videos from your file in PowerPoint 2010</span><br />You can now directly insert a video from your file to your presentation. Just click Insert, and then Video. Finally click Video from file…<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9k8JqXkfjoICftcE29GpXWWgH50_HODAJ4Lof0_ozkbRz5CbEMlJLXuQUK4bjRGOMbgvO_sCnt0GXe5km-wX9Sn0VNDYxX6wDGySWt1hAA44CdR06uxN5MNMyRXuVSDhhZwS7-Ufxk/s1600-h/3-insert+video.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9k8JqXkfjoICftcE29GpXWWgH50_HODAJ4Lof0_ozkbRz5CbEMlJLXuQUK4bjRGOMbgvO_sCnt0GXe5km-wX9Sn0VNDYxX6wDGySWt1hAA44CdR06uxN5MNMyRXuVSDhhZwS7-Ufxk/s320/3-insert+video.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365664590299892402" /></a><br /><br />Also, editing video is much easier in PowerPoint 2010. You can trim video clips within PowerPoint and add effects such as reflection or color washes. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwraqRpeEKTv_Iy4C4k935U9tcnlAUUwBts8iqLIVqix-hR0coY9I8BSmiaJQn2HvOn7wZVHEhMVi44514Kmqf43c9HmJ5rCUUMirRxjPO_8WN6Ov7YtzXfFzXVkUbzMAJL1ecKW8DgM/s1600-h/4-edit+video+tab.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwraqRpeEKTv_Iy4C4k935U9tcnlAUUwBts8iqLIVqix-hR0coY9I8BSmiaJQn2HvOn7wZVHEhMVi44514Kmqf43c9HmJ5rCUUMirRxjPO_8WN6Ov7YtzXfFzXVkUbzMAJL1ecKW8DgM/s320/4-edit+video+tab.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365664849956817762" /></a><br /><br />Here is an example:<br />This picture shows the way that the video displays before editing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UugEnprdpVXQz7ZSQTW8KBqZGIfvK8XMY0YZNitIU72YVk0lihByrD5nVIoM-2NPr-6lAbjNJIJ2nujfu-dAXaEZIYBtjQOEO1cYU_q_TXmtx-S8FDvWHREznqRFlBBgj78JrbMymVI/s1600-h/5-before+editing.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UugEnprdpVXQz7ZSQTW8KBqZGIfvK8XMY0YZNitIU72YVk0lihByrD5nVIoM-2NPr-6lAbjNJIJ2nujfu-dAXaEZIYBtjQOEO1cYU_q_TXmtx-S8FDvWHREznqRFlBBgj78JrbMymVI/s320/5-before+editing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365665202368457842" /></a><br /><br />This picture shows the way that the video displays after editing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmwTb7BdkubHhIMHZCX2jZPgSYHZD9vlPcAYQX3udznylFFxfvOBQr4J-i4b0xQJAAZJIpLJS7am83CcekZJxo8qQxo4gzaM7NZ6JIyYPKDbF2o0OSOHfhIwWx24dKhK394jw4Axobvk/s1600-h/6-after+editing.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmwTb7BdkubHhIMHZCX2jZPgSYHZD9vlPcAYQX3udznylFFxfvOBQr4J-i4b0xQJAAZJIpLJS7am83CcekZJxo8qQxo4gzaM7NZ6JIyYPKDbF2o0OSOHfhIwWx24dKhK394jw4Axobvk/s320/6-after+editing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365665334597140898" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Directly insert videos from online video sites such as YouTube, MySpace in PowerPoint 2010</span><br />Here are the steps of how to do it in PowerPoint 2010<br />1) Click Insert, and then select Video from Online Video Site…<br />2) Copy and paste the embed HTML into the box that pops up<br />3) Click Insert button, and then the video will be added to the presentation. Make sure your computer is connected with the Internet when show the presentation<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Create Video from PowerPoint 2010</span><br />You can convert your PowerPoint 2010 to WMV video files directly in your presentation. Click Back button, and then Share. Finally click Create a Video. <br />After you convert your PowerPoint 2010 to video files, you can share it online with others. Also, you can load the video to your smart phones for reviewing. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIxXYkngoIQVVjOuFJ7hwsIOpLaOpuJjeoHszXbway0u2a8o7PBI3Px-_gikA54_FmBmMC-MUi2QYJvmhXATL5IY4sIGjqRqU2M5iWqld_xGr9gD119XUclf57i80C4wIqeph3Abk-zk/s1600-h/7-create+video.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIxXYkngoIQVVjOuFJ7hwsIOpLaOpuJjeoHszXbway0u2a8o7PBI3Px-_gikA54_FmBmMC-MUi2QYJvmhXATL5IY4sIGjqRqU2M5iWqld_xGr9gD119XUclf57i80C4wIqeph3Abk-zk/s320/7-create+video.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365666032735087938" /></a><br /><br />With these new features, I believe PowerPoint 2010 will become a perfect tool for presenting our ideas, especially with the features of inserting video and creating video. So, let’s expect the release of it.<br /><br />However, if you are eager to convert your PowerPoint to stunning video files now, you can try this tool: <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/powerpoint-to-video-overview.html#105">Acoolsoft PPT2Video Converter</a>. It supports converting PowerPoint 2000/2002/2003/2007 to AVI, WMV, MPEG, MP4, MOV, FLV and 3GP. Except video output choice, you can also burn your PowerPoint to DVD with this <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/powerpoint-to-dvd-overview.html#105">PPT2DVD</a> tool.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-46142989549789876552009-07-15T00:33:00.000-07:002009-07-15T00:46:02.856-07:00Password Protection in PowerPoint 2007Password protection is applied differently in PowerPoint 2007 than in earlier versions, but it is just as easy. It is simply a matter of knowing where to look.<br />1. Click the Office button in the top left corner of the screen <br />2. Choose Save As. <br />3. In the bottom left corner of the Save As dialog box, click on the Tools button. <br />4. Choose General Options<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lM_B7bomCeVg0EXvLKXqvhjMr5ccbHXCnHvRGI0T9FhLTIa88h6tWj33BqAJgMb7U78KyJzpggGlg9JTZERUmUo2iWBuT49KFSFnEQYMIilzZgMXt2IVEh5k0skRUnBSu8Ek7bjni4g/s1600-h/2009-7-15+15-19-08.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lM_B7bomCeVg0EXvLKXqvhjMr5ccbHXCnHvRGI0T9FhLTIa88h6tWj33BqAJgMb7U78KyJzpggGlg9JTZERUmUo2iWBuT49KFSFnEQYMIilzZgMXt2IVEh5k0skRUnBSu8Ek7bjni4g/s320/2009-7-15+15-19-08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358589260225992546" /></a><br /><br />There are two password options available for you to add to your presentation. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Password to Open</span> <br />This is a security feature that will encrypt your presentation and allow you to control who has access to the file.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Password to Modify</span> <br />Sometimes you can allow others to see the presentation, but do not want any alterations made. By adding a password to this box, no one can make any changes to the presentation, without first entering the password.<br />You can choose to apply either of these password protection options, or both to your presentation. However, be aware that if you forget these passwords, even you will be unable to get back into the presentation.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-48480870644254377842009-07-07T22:45:00.000-07:002009-07-07T22:47:09.373-07:00Convert PowerPoint to YouTube Video for Free - Free Acoolsoft PPT2YouTubeFor many reasons, you may want to upload your <span style="font-weight:bold;">PowerPoint to YouTube</span>. Such as the following situation:<br />1. Broadcast yourself on YouTube with a promotional PowerPoint presentation<br />2. Advertise your product or company with PowerPoint on YouTube<br />3. Share your unique or funny presentation on YouTube with millions of people<br />4. Upload PowerPoint to YouTube as an alternative solution to share PPT with friends and families who are not in the same place with you<br />5. Enable your PowerPoint to be viewed without the need of Microsoft PowerPoint<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">But How to Upload PowerPoint to YouTube</span><br />PowerPoint is not in a video format that YouTube accepts. The mainly video formats that YouTube accepts are MPEG, MOV, AVI, FLV and MP4. So, for uploading PowerPoint to YouTube, you will need to convert your PowerPoint to one of the video format first. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/free-powerpoint-to-youtube-overview.html#105">Free Acoolsoft PPT2YouTube</a> is just a tool which can help users directly convert PowerPoint to a YouTube video for <span style="font-weight:bold;">free</span>. The output MP4 video file will retain all visual elements and animation effects in the original PPT. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27_YtKjUPWOQHqM_kczoFBVhEXfRtQbCTXn7w3Z8n8qaD0xl3RUpJFBBH911PRph0z0oayYE9_csepfaiIF91kNRo_Qrb4ninB5unGqAtQWYciVKil8g1eRB2wxQ7VIrnlMwcryxHFlc/s1600-h/2009-7-8+9-45-12.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj27_YtKjUPWOQHqM_kczoFBVhEXfRtQbCTXn7w3Z8n8qaD0xl3RUpJFBBH911PRph0z0oayYE9_csepfaiIF91kNRo_Qrb4ninB5unGqAtQWYciVKil8g1eRB2wxQ7VIrnlMwcryxHFlc/s320/2009-7-8+9-45-12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355961593564044642" /></a><br /><br />After you convert your PowerPoint to MP4 video with Free Acoolsoft PPT2YouTube, the next step is to upload the video to YouTube. Here are the steps:<br />1. Click "Upload Videos “in the upper-right-hand corner of any YouTube page.<br />2. Enter as much information about your video as possible, including Title, Description, Tags, and Category. The more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!<br />3. Determine if you want your video set to Public or Private.<br />4. Click the "Continue Uploading “button.<br />5. In the next window, click the "Browse “button to browse for the video file. Select the file you want to upload.<br />6. Click the "Upload Video" button.<br /><br />If you have any PowerPoint presentations that want to upload to YouTube, just try this <a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/free-powerpoint-to-youtube-overview.html#105">Free PPT2YouTube tool</a>. Convert your PowerPoint to a YouTube video for free and enjoy yourself with this fun.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-32363342853092253552009-06-24T20:22:00.000-07:002009-06-24T20:26:09.942-07:00How to Compress Photos in PowerPoint 2007<span style="font-weight:bold;">Picture Tools</span> <br />Reducing the file size in PowerPoint is always a good idea, particularly if your presentation is photo intense, such as in a digital photo album. Using many large photos in your presentation can cause your computer to become sluggish and possibly crash during your time in the spotlight. Photo compression can quickly reduce the file size of one or all of your photos at the same time. This is a great tool to use if you must email your presentation to colleagues or clients. <br /><br />1. Click on a picture to activate the Picture Tools, located above the ribbon.<br />2. Click on the Format button if it is not already selected.<br />3. The Compress Pictures button is located on the left side of the ribbon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoR-uDXsZcAQkMtBlGS8aPA6MR6moaihT9XVCVWHE42r5JL_RH7g8goGAgWbf7iLh8TijGLb22sMOLKVTOUa6Ei_ez0Y3t62O4P-yXhHpUL9rZzEw7-3AxZt3_BqGgGM5J1V8PmnG0AQE/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoR-uDXsZcAQkMtBlGS8aPA6MR6moaihT9XVCVWHE42r5JL_RH7g8goGAgWbf7iLh8TijGLb22sMOLKVTOUa6Ei_ez0Y3t62O4P-yXhHpUL9rZzEw7-3AxZt3_BqGgGM5J1V8PmnG0AQE/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351100812056656850" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Compress Pictures Dialog Box</span> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Which Pictures Will Be Compressed?</span> <br />Once you have clicked on the Compress Pictures button, the Compress Pictures dialog box opens. <br />By default PowerPoint 2007 assumes that you will want to compress all photos in the presentation. If you wish to compress only the selected photo, check the box for Apply to selected pictures only. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Compression Settings </span><br />• Click the Options... button.<br />• By default, all pictures in the presentation are compressed on save.<br />• By default, all cropped areas of any picture will be deleted. Remove this check mark if you do not want any cropped areas to be deleted. Only the cropped area will show on screen, but the pictures will be retained in their entirety.<br />• In the Target Output section there are three photo compression options. In most cases, choosing the last option, Email (96 dpi), is the best selection. Unless you plan to print out quality photos of your slides, this option will reduce the file size by the greatest margin. There will be little discernible difference in the screen output of a slide at 150 or 96 dpi.<br /><br />3. Click <span style="font-weight:bold;">OK</span> twice, to apply the settings and close the Compress Pictures dialog box.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Note</span> - In my sample presentation, I used a <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint2007/ss/080426photoalb.htm">digital photo album</a> containing nine photos. These are my results. <br />• before compressing photos, the file size was 15 MB <br />• after compressing the pictures, the file size was 2.91 MB<br /><br />By Wendy Russell,<br />From <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com">http://presentationsoft.about.com</a>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-27439882393481351602009-06-24T20:05:00.000-07:002009-06-24T20:11:00.253-07:00How to Recover a Corrupt PowerPoint File<span style="font-weight:bold;">Applies to</span> Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and 2002<br /><br />This article is excerpted from "Recovering a corrupt PowerPoint file," by Echo Swinford. For the complete text of the article, see <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT011204581033&CTT=5&Origin=HA011168781033">EchosVoice</a>.<br />You’ve worked hard on your presentation, but when you try to open it, you receive an error message, “PowerPoint cannot open the type of file represented by filename.ppt.” This is the classic sign of a corrupt presentation, but don’t panic yet—you may be able to get at least some of the file back.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Is it a password-protected file?</span><br />Before you determine that your file is indeed corrupt, first find out if a password was added to it in PowerPoint 2002 (also known as PowerPoint XP) or PowerPoint 2003. If the file does have a password and you are trying to open it by using a previous version of PowerPoint, you will receive this error. Ask the person who created the file to resave it without the password, or use the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer to view the presentation. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Was the file sent to you as an e-mail attachment?</span> <br />If you received the file as an e-mail attachment, it may have become corrupted as it traveled through cyberspace. Ask the sender to zip the file by using Microsoft Windows® XP’s built-in zip function or a program such as WinZip, and then resend. Or have them upload the file to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site, if you have one available. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Are you using PowerPoint 2003 to open a presentation created in a previous version of PowerPoint? </span><br />If you are using PowerPoint 2003 and have problems opening files created in previous versions of PowerPoint, click Check for Updates on the Help menu, and then install the Critical Update for PowerPoint 2003. If you want to know why you need this Critical Update, see this Office 2003 Critical Update overview<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Nope, the file is really corrupt </span><br />If your file is truly corrupt, there are a number of things you can try to recover it.<br />1. Use Slides from Files on the Insert menu. <br />2. Locate a TMP file. <br />3. Open the presentation in Microsoft Office Word. <br />4. Move the file to a different place. <br />5. Open the file in a different way. <br />6. Use Safe Mode. <br />7. Use Damaged Presentations Troubleshooters. <br />8. Try a third-party recovery tool. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Use Slides from Files on the Insert menu</span><br />Sometimes you can recover some or all of a corrupt presentation by clicking Slides from Files on the Insert menu. Use the following steps: <br />1. Open a new blank presentation. <br />2. On the Insert menu, click Slides from Files. <br />3. In the Slide Finder dialog box, browse to your corrupt file. <br />4. Click Insert All. <br /><br />If clicking Insert All doesn’t work, try clicking Insert to insert individual slides. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Note:</span> If your corrupt slides do insert, they will take on the blank presentation formatting. You can apply the original design template to correct this. You can experiment by selecting the Keep source formatting check box in the Slide Finder dialog box if you want. The real goal, though, is to get your information back. You can reformat it if necessary.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Locate a TMP file</span> <br />Occasionally when you lose your file, there will be a TMP file available. This usually only happens when you lose the file while saving, or if you were working on it when PowerPoint or Windows crashed. Nevertheless, it’s worth checking. <br /><br />1. Right-click the Windows Start button, and then click Search. <br />2. In the All or part of the file name box, type *.TMP. <br />3. In the Look in list, click either Local Hard Drives, or even My Computer. <br />4. Click Search. <br />5. After Windows finds your TMP files, click the Date Modified button at the top of the Search Results pane. You might have to scroll to the right to see this button. <br />6. Look for a TMP file created around the time that you lost your PowerPoint file. Note the folder it’s in. <br />7. Open PowerPoint, and then click Open on the File menu. <br />8. Click the arrow next to the Files of Type box at the bottom of that dialog box, and then click All Files. <br />9. Navigate to the folder where the TMP file is located. <br />10. Click the TMP file, and then click Open<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Open the presentation in Word</span><br />You may be able to recover at least part of your text this way. <br />1. Open Word. <br />2. On the File menu, click Open. <br />3. In the Open dialog box, click the arrow next to the Files of Type box at the bottom of that dialog box, and then click Recover Text From Any File. <br />4. Navigate to your corrupt file, select it, and then click Open. <br /><br />Don’t forget to reset your Files of Type option in the Open dialog box back to All Word Documents after you finish, or you may see strange things happen when you subsequently open Word documents. If you are able to recover your text in Word, you can move the text back into PowerPoint by clicking File, pointing to Send To, and then clicking Microsoft Office PowerPoint. <br /><br />Spend some time with the styles in Word so that the text ends up where you want it in PowerPoint. All text formatted Heading 1 will become slide Title text in PowerPoint. Heading 2 style will become primary bulleted text. Heading 3 will become secondary bulleted text. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Move the file to a different place</span><br />If you’re trying to open the file from removable media (a floppy disk, a Zip or Jaz drive, a USB drive, a CD-ROM, a network server, or a shared drive), try copying the presentation to your hard drive, and then try to open it. <br />Try copying the file to a different computer’s hard drive, and then try to open it there. <br />Try copying the file to a different drive on your computer (for instance, if it’s on the C drive, copy it to the G drive), and then open it from there. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Open the file in a different way</span><br />There are a few things to try here. I personally haven’t had much luck recovering a truly corrupt file by opening it in a different manner, but it doesn’t hurt to try. <br />1. Click Open on the File menu in PowerPoint. <br />2. Double-click the PowerPoint file in Windows Explorer. <br />3. Drag the corrupt file to the PowerPoint program file (POWERPNT.exe). <br />4. Open the file by using one of the PowerPoint Viewers. (Of course, this won’t help much if you need to do more than view the presentation. You should be able to at least print it from the Viewer, though.) <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Use Safe Mode </span><br />Try opening PowerPoint in Safe Mode and see if that enables you to open the file. <br />1. In Windows, click Start, click Run, and then type C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Powerpnt.exe" /safe in the Open box. <br />2. Insert the appropriate path for your version of PowerPoint. <br /><br />Try opening Windows in Safe Mode.<br />1. Click Start, click either Turn Off Computer or Shut Down, and then choose Restart. <br />2. When your computer restarts, press and hold down the appropriate “F” function key to restart in Safe Mode. F8 is often the key to use. <br />3. Open PowerPoint, and then try to open your presentation. <br /><br />These techniques are the least likely to work, but they’re worth trying. Usually if a presentation opens when in PowerPoint or Windows Safe Mode, it’s because of a conflict with a driver or an add-in. You may also want to run a ScanDisk and use the Error-checking options on its Tools menu. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Try a third-party recovery tool </span><br />Because other products do not include all of PowerPoint’s functionality, or might not support elements of that functionality in their import utilities, you can sometimes use them to open files that PowerPoint identifies as corrupt. <br /><br />Although you probably won't recover everything in your presentation, if you don’t have any luck using any of the previous methods, you might want to consider a third-party recovery tool. <br /><br />For a detailed discussion of third-party recovery tools, see the full text of this article on <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT011204581033&CTT=5&Origin=HA011168781033">EchosVoice</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Conclusion </span><br />Recovering a corrupt PowerPoint file is iffy at best. If you have a backup of your file, dig it out and get back to work. But before you do that, check the information on how to prevent corruption in the first place so that you don’t just end up with another corrupt file. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">By Echo Swinford</span>, Microsoft MVP and creator of EchosVoice.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-29515797107527998722009-06-16T19:24:00.000-07:002009-06-16T19:25:58.365-07:00How to Advance Slides Automatically in PowerPointAre you lazy like me and feel that clicking your mouse to change slides in PowerPoint 2007 is not a good use of your time? Maybe not!<br /><br />But maybe you just want a series of slides to advance automatically while you talk to your PowerPoint deck. Well with PowerPoint 2007 it is easy.<br /><br />1) Select the slides you want to have automatically advance<br />2) In the Ribbon, make sure you are on the “Animations” tab<br />3) Look to the far right hand side, and make sure you check “Automatically After”<br />4) Beside that checkbox, enter the number of seconds you want to the slide wait before it automatically transitions to the next.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHpc8gtgvArJu9tII0pI4dsjCb6cYSoh5nFQ_yK-ReHQgwi6qVnYk3IaPPzaFyOZI3fG8R7buLIN3feBucVu_PnbLz7nc89AzJoAtTeZCrNGa0OiskXupkGLEnQnr8IMeXN2Ei0Rzca0/s1600-h/2009-6-4+14-01-20.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHpc8gtgvArJu9tII0pI4dsjCb6cYSoh5nFQ_yK-ReHQgwi6qVnYk3IaPPzaFyOZI3fG8R7buLIN3feBucVu_PnbLz7nc89AzJoAtTeZCrNGa0OiskXupkGLEnQnr8IMeXN2Ei0Rzca0/s320/2009-6-4+14-01-20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348117021944691554" /></a><br /><br />Simple as that! While you are there, you can also change the transition – whether you want a fade, dissolve, wipe, push and cover, or stripes and bars – just choose your favorite from the transition gallery!Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-53733807762127162362009-06-16T19:20:00.000-07:002009-06-16T19:24:19.912-07:00How to Insert a SWF file to PowerPoint 2007Have you or a creative genius close to you created an unreal shockwave/flash animation and you want to show the world?<br /><br />Did you know that you can show off that animation using PowerPoint 2007? Bet you didn’t. That being said it isn’t the simplest of things you can do – but it does work. Here is the step by step guide to doing it!<br />1) Open PowerPoint 2007<br />2) Make sure you can see the “Developer” tab in the “Ribbon”. If you can’t, click on the Office menu (the circle button in the top left hand corner), then click on “PowerPoint Options”, and make sure that you check the “Show Developer tab in the Ribbon” box!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLmBlHhpMe4bOKYjXXi9XSOPTeGVpqTYDojG598h7vZx-8zlrM5pmSkuK9u6s_s9VyheLRkeyJgJslCTTVR1d3ppb5KRlV7fUBxpke4Gr7YHEK9so8rIEu3qjbWHZeU4HwXngk0T2Xls/s1600-h/2009-6-4+13-43-54.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLmBlHhpMe4bOKYjXXi9XSOPTeGVpqTYDojG598h7vZx-8zlrM5pmSkuK9u6s_s9VyheLRkeyJgJslCTTVR1d3ppb5KRlV7fUBxpke4Gr7YHEK9so8rIEu3qjbWHZeU4HwXngk0T2Xls/s320/2009-6-4+13-43-54.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348116146039743746" /></a><br /><br />3) Go to the slide you want the .swf file to appear<br />4) Click on the “Developer” tab in the Ribbon<br />5) Look for the “More Controls” button in the controls group. It is the one with a spanner and a hammer with three dots underneath it. Once you find it – click on it<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-FrAbprZ3FlZSPYFqZkfolsj66Gp144PSbZvHbwKTulfypPIAmNGMedRkC5kLmMtfavPBz0VUCZNvpYsuv8NbsnpY4fgPEg6bl4uaYmFqMdlujpH8Szg6EA14sNzxEgZG9eGZ_rYeLg/s1600-h/2009-6-4+13-45-59.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-FrAbprZ3FlZSPYFqZkfolsj66Gp144PSbZvHbwKTulfypPIAmNGMedRkC5kLmMtfavPBz0VUCZNvpYsuv8NbsnpY4fgPEg6bl4uaYmFqMdlujpH8Szg6EA14sNzxEgZG9eGZ_rYeLg/s320/2009-6-4+13-45-59.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348116253257836226" /></a><br /><br />6) The “More Controls” box will appear. Scroll down until you find “Shockwave Flash Object”. Click on that, then click “OK”<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9vLgS01qllGDgmEyPMdPji8Njom7seu4h92u-UFTfXDLHNmwQBlOSOFxCbT3t-v5NpyCzPOIpofKxueknAiCe-BOXKoEPggfE8k2CtPBLQTkIfiA3Mdrh1QNbauQsYdfND1KjiA_qjM/s1600-h/2009-6-4+13-49-25.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9vLgS01qllGDgmEyPMdPji8Njom7seu4h92u-UFTfXDLHNmwQBlOSOFxCbT3t-v5NpyCzPOIpofKxueknAiCe-BOXKoEPggfE8k2CtPBLQTkIfiA3Mdrh1QNbauQsYdfND1KjiA_qjM/s320/2009-6-4+13-49-25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348116355536812994" /></a><br /><br />7) You will notice your cursor is now a cross, and no longer an arrow. That means you can now draw where you want your Shockwave/Flash file to appear on your slide. Simply draw with your mouse, and use the adjustment handles on the box to make sure it is just the right size and position on your slide. When you are done you should see a wireframe box with a big “X” through the middle of it.<br />8)Now we want to link your .swf file into your PowerPoint 2007 presentation. Click on the box you just drew, then right click, and select “Properties”<br />9) In the properties box that appears, look for the “Movie” property, and then add the location of your .swf file (for example c:\temp\test.swf)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMuYNHZ9s0ZM3nFNi7WmdLiwQNwQVEaZpzsTfq8ZGQM1b7UKMemePeA0VhVf2ayVhq1d03VUXXfsdnnqlw8Mozg5CfSzsAtYL5NZQsaTpl5hBP0zRy-vll0ya2EG1Esx870xIpHRJ2jo/s1600-h/2009-6-4+13-51-37.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMuYNHZ9s0ZM3nFNi7WmdLiwQNwQVEaZpzsTfq8ZGQM1b7UKMemePeA0VhVf2ayVhq1d03VUXXfsdnnqlw8Mozg5CfSzsAtYL5NZQsaTpl5hBP0zRy-vll0ya2EG1Esx870xIpHRJ2jo/s320/2009-6-4+13-51-37.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348116506937839586" /></a><br /><br />10) Quickly run your presentation and watch in awe as your shockwave file hits the big screen in your PowerPoint 2007 presentation<br /><br />So how did you go? Sure it is a little complicated to get there, but boy does it look good once you have that file playing through PowerPoint.<br /><br />Just a word of warning though – this only LINKS to the .swf file, so if you email or share the presentation with others, chances are the link will break and you will need to go through the above process again to re-link the PowerPoint deck to the .swfAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-33438139365028795282009-06-11T20:27:00.000-07:002009-06-11T20:38:56.003-07:00How to Set Background Picture for a PowerPoint FileFor designing an attractive PowerPoint, you may want to set background picture for your slideshow. Here is the way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">For PowerPoint 2003:</span><br />1. Open/Create a PowerPoint file<br />2. Choose one slide, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Right Click</span> on it, and then click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Background</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjQ94M3t_XfXdABKaG3apFpuC18l_PaVXsB_9dE9hpfU1cguDrZS4v1cGed-N11uRUpkG7zBs1N3kLCq2rneRtsUPrN4KNvtrWg6_Ncq3oj_c2orhWoHmIFyorinas9rB6ELlh2G2GIU/s1600-h/1.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjQ94M3t_XfXdABKaG3apFpuC18l_PaVXsB_9dE9hpfU1cguDrZS4v1cGed-N11uRUpkG7zBs1N3kLCq2rneRtsUPrN4KNvtrWg6_Ncq3oj_c2orhWoHmIFyorinas9rB6ELlh2G2GIU/s320/1.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346277813667930786" /></a><br />3. Click on <span style="font-weight:bold;">Pull-Down Menu</span>, choose the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fill Effects</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim50TxlFBQYqcwHJWuWqVLTT90kF363D4fYe9O449_VFD2zK0YMjOxFqvPIkiOCCdyCZOiS6rAN2HX7GoKRuYfvOfc9UjkTDcR-rjw7fgTVm4Y0JTCkaLM0_lWMKDq4TXdb2vBpbgzycM/s1600-h/2.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim50TxlFBQYqcwHJWuWqVLTT90kF363D4fYe9O449_VFD2zK0YMjOxFqvPIkiOCCdyCZOiS6rAN2HX7GoKRuYfvOfc9UjkTDcR-rjw7fgTVm4Y0JTCkaLM0_lWMKDq4TXdb2vBpbgzycM/s320/2.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346277972112985026" /></a><br />4. Choose the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Picture</span> tab at the top of the Fill Effects dialog box. Click on the Select Picture button to locate the photo saved on your computer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZBVZVSmALZi-lwTNCPJRix1csKI3JgwWN9g_ZmXKhdkNizC4RNznlw4QYHtuD34Taf7teEvkpHtBlId0dYJlmH_0ZF0hhS587rhyGRVMAln8qgJm4pbE4p4xFl1AXxsNGbvSiDbldgY/s1600-h/3.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZBVZVSmALZi-lwTNCPJRix1csKI3JgwWN9g_ZmXKhdkNizC4RNznlw4QYHtuD34Taf7teEvkpHtBlId0dYJlmH_0ZF0hhS587rhyGRVMAln8qgJm4pbE4p4xFl1AXxsNGbvSiDbldgY/s320/3.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346278151695012786" /></a><br />5. Click OK to add the picture to the slide background.<br />6. Click Apply to All or Apply button<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">For PowerPoint 2007:</span><br />1. Click on the slide that you want to add a background to.<br />2. On the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Design</span> tab, in the<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Background</span> group, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Background Styles</span>, and then click Format Background.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivte2rEyoOstiE2IlErctU3ublBTotoIbP3KL_S6t8K0_oNdhE2llOMDSApqTtxSCUU1Ueg8-7-HD6jxECfvFw_W27OQApW21dmFNiu4SRX208cUeA34Y14YHtGZyZzyjkN1pTVPjLWCw/s1600-h/4.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 46px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivte2rEyoOstiE2IlErctU3ublBTotoIbP3KL_S6t8K0_oNdhE2llOMDSApqTtxSCUU1Ueg8-7-HD6jxECfvFw_W27OQApW21dmFNiu4SRX208cUeA34Y14YHtGZyZzyjkN1pTVPjLWCw/s320/4.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346278391170645682" /></a><br /><br />3. Click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Fill</span>, and then click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Picture or Texture fill</span>.<br /><br />4. Do one of the following<br />1) To insert a picture from a file, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">File</span>, and then locate and double-click the picture that you want to insert<br />2) To paste a picture that you copied, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Clipboard.</span><br />3) To use clip art as a background picture, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Clip Art</span>, and then in the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Search text</span> box, type a word or phrase that describes the clip that you want, or type all or part of the file name of the clip. To include clip art that is available on Microsoft Office Online in your search, select the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Include content from office Online</span> check box, click Go, and then click the clip to insert it.<br /><br />5. To use the picture as a background for the slides that you select, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Close</span>. To use the picture as a background for all of the slides in your presentation, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Apply to All</span>.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-88130279856312160342009-06-11T20:22:00.000-07:002009-06-11T20:26:52.006-07:00How to Play a Sound across Multiple Slides in PowerPointWant the sound inserted into your PowerPoint play across multiple slides? Here is the way.<br /><br />For PowerPoint 2003<br />1. Go to the slide where you want to begin your audio track (defaulted as the first slide), and select <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert</span> -> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Movies and Sounds</span> -> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sound from File</span> to insert the sound.<br /><br />2. After you click OK, you can see a message pop up asking how you want the sound to start in slide shows. Click Automatically.<br /><br />3. Select Slide Show -> Custom Animation to enter the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Custom Animation</span> pane. Your soundtrack is listed below in the pane.<br /><br />4. In the drop-down list of the sound, choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Effect Options</span>. Then the Play Sound interface appears. In the Effect tab, click the radio button beside <span style="font-weight:bold;">Stop Playing After</span> XXX slides (which indicates how many slides you want this song to play across) to enter the number of slides you intend to add. For example, you can enter a number from 1 to 999 for this field. Then the sound will play throughout the specified slides.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbc21gep1gAUH_JZnr2pzYWqrLhNJOnDJ7I-xRe5zgxWJvk-CGBeQ8Yd_T0itRVC9lzODzBjrgWhgcpMxcA4jZifSqnwza7nhPKSSrR7gP3VegIiotmrvM8IxnR-YI2DhmCgZKoJ7_zRQ/s1600-h/custom-sound-2002.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbc21gep1gAUH_JZnr2pzYWqrLhNJOnDJ7I-xRe5zgxWJvk-CGBeQ8Yd_T0itRVC9lzODzBjrgWhgcpMxcA4jZifSqnwza7nhPKSSrR7gP3VegIiotmrvM8IxnR-YI2DhmCgZKoJ7_zRQ/s320/custom-sound-2002.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346276725343740642" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3Qu-_pnB1TQbrl7FgdMcMtK1rrVSO60Zm3tQL7k1cWEecwq65m4dQmTeDo_PRZjPz4uSYB0ebhIYGQBvtX0pElYvHfjNDqAcy0pXa0SYtOEwKhZCfvNGjGclNc-cTWEN-stzqZQY3mk/s1600-h/play-sound-2003.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3Qu-_pnB1TQbrl7FgdMcMtK1rrVSO60Zm3tQL7k1cWEecwq65m4dQmTeDo_PRZjPz4uSYB0ebhIYGQBvtX0pElYvHfjNDqAcy0pXa0SYtOEwKhZCfvNGjGclNc-cTWEN-stzqZQY3mk/s320/play-sound-2003.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346276835863738482" /></a><br /><br />5. Next, check the settings in the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Timing</span> tab. To play automatically, you can set to Start After Previous with a 0-second delay. Click OK to exit the dialog box.<br />6. Then go to Sound Settings tab, adjust the sound volume as you like. You can also tick to hide sound icon during slideshow if you don’t want it appear.<br /><br />For PowerPoint 2007:<br />It is much easier to make a continuous sound in PowerPoint 2007, as it is more comprehensive. Just follow these steps:<br />1. On the slide, click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert</span> to pick the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sound</span> drop-down list on the very right below the tab. Select Sound from File in the list and choose the specified sound track from your hard drive.<br /><br />2. Click OK and a message prompts, hint <span style="font-weight:bold;">How do you want the sound to start in the slide show</span>. Click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Automatically</span>.<br /><br />3. Now click the sound icon to display the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Options</span> tab. Click on the tab, and set Play across slides for Play Sound.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfRrx0IBSTTBanClUP4kiTMLs4WOFmBvxDM-XAK9nABGKwAFaBG3etdFiDI1GEFmwc6ox6w0frpNClhpGgUzJ0WcRiQ2Iq0F53NcDr-O5v98zGZ6X7hxptA0rO_aRMLsgdnPrBuxbKtA/s1600-h/sound-2007.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfRrx0IBSTTBanClUP4kiTMLs4WOFmBvxDM-XAK9nABGKwAFaBG3etdFiDI1GEFmwc6ox6w0frpNClhpGgUzJ0WcRiQ2Iq0F53NcDr-O5v98zGZ6X7hxptA0rO_aRMLsgdnPrBuxbKtA/s320/sound-2007.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346277154118828930" /></a><br /><br />With the steps above, it is time for you to enjoy the pleasant sound.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-15640253856133588932009-05-19T19:47:00.000-07:002010-08-24T23:56:02.445-07:00Movies or Video Clips in PowerPoint<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Insert the Movie into PowerPoint</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaFvgBkPCPyB6uoKxYfvxKIRymjrsQAyKAuJm05yaDyac9bTbg_GvVAUakhs7XsBsBAPPWBq2KOeoKYSTCSDzNn4Nf9wm_WXBFMCNfzXtoadbEVpisBOnCfSdppZ2fmD5bUXp1SdJ3AE/s1600-h/01insert-movie.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 114px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337734526270985106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaFvgBkPCPyB6uoKxYfvxKIRymjrsQAyKAuJm05yaDyac9bTbg_GvVAUakhs7XsBsBAPPWBq2KOeoKYSTCSDzNn4Nf9wm_WXBFMCNfzXtoadbEVpisBOnCfSdppZ2fmD5bUXp1SdJ3AE/s320/01insert-movie.png" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Insert the Movie or Video Clip</span><br />• PowerPoint 2007<br />1. Click in the Insert tab of the ribbon.<br />2. Click the drop down arrow on the Movie button on the right side of the ribbon.<br />3. Choose to insert a Movie from File... or Movie from Clip Organizer...<br />• PowerPoint 2003<br />1. Choose Insert > Movies and Sounds > Movie from File... or Movie from Clip Organizer<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Note <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span></span>- Movies from the Clip Organizer are not really movies per se, but are actually <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/a/g/animated_gif.htm">animated GIFs</a><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Choose a Movie File Type for Use in PowerPoint</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Not All Movie File Types are Equal</span><br />Movie file types, which are indicated by the <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/f/g/file_extension.htm">file extension</a>, are many. Not all movie file types are compatible with PowerPoint. The most commonly used compatible movie file types for PowerPoint are -<br />• WMV<br />• AVI<br />• MPG<br />• ASF<br /><br />A further consideration is the file size of the movie file to be inserted into your presentation. A large movie file size may not even play on your computer. Generally, an AVI file is much larger than the MPG or WMV file types. You may need to consider using other software to first compress your movie file into a smaller size before inserting it into PowerPoint. However, be aware, that with <a href="http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/glossary/g/vidcompression.htm">video compression</a> comes some loss of quality.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Choose Your Movie File Type </span><br />1. At the bottom of the Insert Movie dialog box, click the drop down arrow beside <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Files of type</span>:<br />2. Choose the correct file type from the list.<br />3. Locate the movie file on your computer.<br />4. Click <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">OK</span>.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Choose a Method to Start the Movie in PowerPoint</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vb32Z5-GZvtwlK8fpEKaO05ayDSB0teeXhxbxtLRPT85rnIT0mX_0k6wfGzhZv_bRS96Lzf70w6LQY88-NNET-o3Zo9axajtqLlFlP_VjUwpsBdj8uhkFSe9UEDh5pHKz6LIOhplQgI/s1600-h/03how-to-start-movie.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337735879640070882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vb32Z5-GZvtwlK8fpEKaO05ayDSB0teeXhxbxtLRPT85rnIT0mX_0k6wfGzhZv_bRS96Lzf70w6LQY88-NNET-o3Zo9axajtqLlFlP_VjUwpsBdj8uhkFSe9UEDh5pHKz6LIOhplQgI/s320/03how-to-start-movie.png" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Start Movie Automatically or On Click</span><br />You will be prompted for the method to start this movie during the <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/s/g/slide_show.htm">slide show</a>.<br />• Automatically - The movie will start immediately following the previous motion. A motion can be a transition, an animation or simply the showing of the previous slide.<br />• When Clicked - The movie will not start until the mouse is clicked. The movie will follow the previous motion.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Test the Movie</span><br />1. Press <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Shift + F5</span>, a <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint101/ss/shortcuts.htm">shortcut key combination</a> that will show this slide in full screen.<br />2. Press the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Esc</span> key to stop the slide show.<br /><br />From <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/">http://presentationsoft.about.com</a><br />By Wendy Russell<br /><br />Further reading:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/pptx-to-movie-converter.html#244">PowerPoint to movie</a> - Top 3 Methods about PowerPoint to Movie Conversion<br /><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/convert-powerpoint-to-flv.html#244">PowerPoint to FLV</a> - How to convert PowerPoint to FLVAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-84753397187143107462009-05-13T00:21:00.000-07:002009-05-13T00:25:54.411-07:00How to Hyperlink to another Presentation - Hyperlinks in PowerPoint<strong>Question:</strong> How Do I Use a Hyperlink to Open Another Presentation Seamlessly?<br /><br /><strong>The scenario</strong> <br /><em>Two presenters are on the agenda. They both have PowerPoint presentations to accompany them. The first presenter finishes and then the second presenter fumbles around trying to find his presentation on the computer before he can start. The audience starts to fidget and talk among themselves and the momentum is lost. <br />How can you keep the flow going from one presenter to the next, without losing the audience's attention?</em><br /><br /><strong>Answer:</strong> The simplest answer is to create a slide at the end of the first presentation that contains an <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/ij/g/invisible_link.htm">invisible hyperlink </a>to open the second presentation. When the second presenter steps up front and center, all he has do is click the mouse and his PowerPoint presentation will open. <br /><br />A tiny bit of preparation is necessary before the big moment. A single slide needs to be added to the end of the first presentation. Generally, I like this to be a black slide, but rather than use PowerPoint's feature to <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointtipsandfaqs/ss/071115blkslide.htm">add a black slide </a>at the end of the presentation, you will add a new slide and cover it entirely with a black rectangle. This graphic object will be the source of the hyperlink to the second presentation. <br /><br />Secondly, it is always in your best interest to have all the files for any presentation located in the same folder. So, create a new folder and copy all presentations and any linked components into that folder before you continue. <br /><br /><strong>PowerPoint 2007</strong><br />1. <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint2007/ss/2007slidelayout_3.htm">Add a new slide</a> to the end of the first presentation.<br />2. From the Home tab of the <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/r/g/ribbon.htm">ribbon</a> click on the rectangle tool in the Drawing section of the ribbon.<br />3. Draw a rectangle large enough to cover the whole slide.<br />4. Right click on the rectangle and choose Format Shape...<br />5. In the Format Shape dialog box, select <strong>Fill > Solid Fill</strong>. Choose black from the Color drop down selections and then close the <strong>Format Shape</strong> dialog box.<br />6. Right click on the rectangle again and choose Hyperlink....<br />7. In the Link to: section on the left side of the dialog box, choose <strong>Existing File or Web Page</strong>.<br />8. Locate the second PowerPoint presentation file previously saved on this computer.<br />9. Click <strong>OK</strong><br /><br />Now when you run the first slide show, the new presenter simply clicks on the last slide (the black slide) when he is ready to go, and his presentation will open in slide show view, on the first slide. <br /><br /><strong>PowerPoint 2003 and earlier</strong><br />1. <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpoint101/ss/slide_types_3.htm">Add a new slide</a> to the end of the first presentation.<br />2. Using the <em>Drawing toolbar </em>at the bottom of the PowerPoint window, click on the rectangle tool.<br />3. Draw a rectangle large enough to cover the whole slide.<br />4. Right click on the rectangle and choose <strong>Format AutoShape</strong>... and change the fill color to black.<br />5. Right click on the rectangle again and choose <strong>Hyperlink</strong>....<br />6. In the Link to: section on the left side of the dialog box, choose <strong>Existing File or Web Page</strong>.<br />7. Locate the second PowerPoint presentation file previously saved on this computer.<br />8. Click <strong>OK</strong><br /><br />Now when you run the first slide show, the new presenter simply clicks on the last slide (the black slide) when he is ready to go, and his presentation will open in slide show view, on the first slide.<br /><br />From <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com">http://presentationsoft.about.com</a><br />By Wendy RussellAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-28145187513559838112009-05-11T19:39:00.000-07:002009-05-11T19:44:55.934-07:00How Do I Rehearse and Record Timings in PowerPoint?<strong>Question:</strong> How Do I Rehearse and Record Timings in PowerPoint?<br />Many readers wonder how to know what timings to set for their slides. The easiest way to set the slide timings is to rehearse and time your PowerPoint presentation by progressing through the slides as if you were seeing them for the first time. As you click the mouse to advance the slides, PowerPoint can record the timings on the slides for you.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJuzUK-R5dl874INw0CJxKIWxxcrtjwTzyOKhyphenhyphennRTU9mTggQ9yyqk2Pb5Pvn8-oyl9uVsxJoNXYt-En2647dqn08cVwLI8TWHbMYoVMKMMeRI0k5T_pX9oU9wzQy_q4A3p-D_-MtOOG4/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJuzUK-R5dl874INw0CJxKIWxxcrtjwTzyOKhyphenhyphennRTU9mTggQ9yyqk2Pb5Pvn8-oyl9uVsxJoNXYt-En2647dqn08cVwLI8TWHbMYoVMKMMeRI0k5T_pX9oU9wzQy_q4A3p-D_-MtOOG4/s320/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334761805953248754" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Answer: </strong>When setting automatic timings for your presentation, it is often difficult to decide how long your <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/s/g/slide.htm">slides</a> should stay on screen.<br /><br /><strong>Things to consider:</strong><br />Is this a <a href="http://www.ppt-to-video.com/support/knowledges/create-digital-photo-album.html">photo album</a> where each slide will stay on screen for the same length of time?<br />Is your presentation meant to accompany your talk on the subject, where each slide will be on screen for a different length of time?<br />Are there time constraints on your presentation?<br />All these things need to be considered when setting timings for your presentation. <br />The easiest way to know exactly how long your presentation will take is to Rehearse Timings. This feature is found in the <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/s/g/slide_show.htm">Slide Show</a> menu.<br /><br /><strong>Method </strong><br />1. Make sure the first slide in the presentation is selected.<br />2. Choose <strong>Slide Show</strong> > <strong>Rehearse Timings</strong> from the menu. The Rehearsal toolbar will appear and the timer will start.<br />3. Each time you click the mouse (or the Next button on the Rehearsal toolbar) the next item will begin.<br />4. Once you have completed the rehearsal, PowerPoint will prompt you to save these timings. <br />• Choosing Yes will assign the timings for each slide. Every slide may have a different timing assigned, depending on how long you left the slide on screen, during the rehearsal.<br />• Choosing No will cancel these timings and allow you to go through the process again until you are happy with the results.<br /><br /><em>For Example </em><br />• Start the Rehearsal timings. Once you have decided that the Title slide has appeared long enough on screen, click the mouse.<br />• The <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/t/g/transition.htm">transition</a> to the next slide will start and the next item will appear -- probably the title of the next slide.<br />• Click the mouse again and the next item will appear -- perhaps a graphic or <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/b/g/bullet.htm">bullet point</a>. Whatever animations you have applied to the slide will start on the mouse click.<br /><br /><em><strong>Note - </strong></em>It is a good idea to rehearse your oral presentation out loud while you rehearse the timings. This way you will know exactly when to pause for effect and when to advance to the next slide. You can pause the rehearsal at any time, to gather your thoughts, by clicking on the Pause button on the Rehearsal toolbar. You can also assign a timing manually to a specific slide, by typing the time into the text box on the Rehearsal toolbar.<br /><br />From <a href="http://presentationsoft.about.com">http://presentationsoft.about.com</a><br />By Wendy RussellAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-32569451723953275182009-05-05T20:13:00.000-07:002010-08-24T23:59:24.748-07:00How to Play YouTube Videos Directly in a PowerPointMany times see people ask how to insert YouTube videos in PowerPoint. Many good solutions are found, such as the method mentioned in this article: <a href="http://www.ppt-to-video.com/knowledges/embed-youtube-powerpoint.html#105">http://www.ppt-to-video.com/knowledges/embed-youtube-powerpoint.html#105</a><br />But how can you directly play a YouTube video in PowerPoint? Here is the way.<br /><br />1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 2007<br /><br />2. Go to <strong>Developer</strong> (to enable this, go to Office button-> PowerPoint options-> Show Developer tab in the Ribbon), and then click <strong>More Controls</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOfK15W8vGOiyBqKY1ANp269TXydVaob8Be19ntve1LNxADJTRvYk4QGRonpm-PEhA2YZM3r4a55ncnCCf9hjK3t0tTX45zpSqxYZEezLvQNH4Vl960D9VKOYAQAc7xECbPCFCs3XczY/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 82px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332544272239499442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOfK15W8vGOiyBqKY1ANp269TXydVaob8Be19ntve1LNxADJTRvYk4QGRonpm-PEhA2YZM3r4a55ncnCCf9hjK3t0tTX45zpSqxYZEezLvQNH4Vl960D9VKOYAQAc7xECbPCFCs3XczY/s320/1.jpg" /></a><br /><br />3. Scroll down until you find “<strong>Shockwave Flash Object</strong>”; select it. Then on your slide, click and drag to make a box. The box should have a black X in the middle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwd-yqtGm0dAit1zkABPvFjWxrg6vyCa-qAYfjYWbQFqjN4Fs6-qJRCjT1iSWBLbhpN8YV4GFg7yfWuNOU5i4nUVvHqtkWMiqo-Zrqx8pViHIfzzoFkVrslTRVjfmP5DZI7JkyJnl7Fs/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 302px; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332544403961828274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwd-yqtGm0dAit1zkABPvFjWxrg6vyCa-qAYfjYWbQFqjN4Fs6-qJRCjT1iSWBLbhpN8YV4GFg7yfWuNOU5i4nUVvHqtkWMiqo-Zrqx8pViHIfzzoFkVrslTRVjfmP5DZI7JkyJnl7Fs/s320/2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />4. Open up your favorite internet browser and go to the video you want to put in your presentation.<br /><br />5. Copy the URL which will look something like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGPjB4qzUy8<br /><br />6. Take the “watch?v=FGPjB4qzUy8″ and simply change it to “watch/v/FGPjB4qzUy8″. (All I did was change the ? and = to a /. The final URL should look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/FGPjB4qzUy8<br /><br />7. Copy the new URL and go back to your PowerPoint. <strong>Right click</strong> on the box you made earlier and select <strong>properties</strong>.<br /><br />8. Then find “<strong>movie</strong>” and click on the box across from that. Paste the new URL into that spot. Click the X to close that window.<br /><br />10. Finally, play your Powerpoint and the Youtube video will appear like magic!<br /><br />Further reading:<br /><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/pptx-to-movie-converter.html#244">PowerPoint to movie</a> - Top 3 Methods about PowerPoint to Movie Conversion<br /><a href="http://www.acoolsoft.com/articles/powerpoint-on-windows-media-player.html#244">PowerPoint on Windows Media Player</a> - View PowerPoint on Windows Media PlayerAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-66697431605550500222009-05-04T19:06:00.000-07:002009-05-04T19:10:32.368-07:00Lock PowerPoint File From Being EditedYou might have to distribute copies of your PowerPoint presentations to other people. <strong>It is important that you lock or protect that PowerPoint file so others can view it, but not make changes to it.</strong> There are numerous software that will promise to add password protection to your file but you will have to pay money for those software. As a matter of fact, Microsoft PowerPoint already has a <strong>built-in feature that will allow you to lock </strong>the Power Point file.<br /><br />1. Open up your PowerPoint Presentation<br />2. Go to Tools<br />3. Options<br />4. Security<br />5. Enter a password for “Password to modify.”<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnGp41tlWMzpfkGdXetlNpd9t3iie3X7or70w-6qO5EmJyzUBECf6CSUx0M3sQnmSvA8Oo0XQlXsBUyhKLQ_sXEMiBE9np_Tj-7iPdoJlTYQKefXLqcPOhxJJKNdRRgpKKWY3WTD2sR0/s1600-h/Powerpoint%2520lock.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnGp41tlWMzpfkGdXetlNpd9t3iie3X7or70w-6qO5EmJyzUBECf6CSUx0M3sQnmSvA8Oo0XQlXsBUyhKLQ_sXEMiBE9np_Tj-7iPdoJlTYQKefXLqcPOhxJJKNdRRgpKKWY3WTD2sR0/s320/Powerpoint%2520lock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332155776493580594" /></a><br /><br />You can also type in a password to restrict viewing of the PowerPoint file. Just type a password in “Password to open” and click OK.<br />That’s how it works in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, and I assume it’s similar in older versions of Power Point.<br /><br /><strong>Another method is saving and distributing the presentation as a Powerpoint Show (.PPS)</strong> instead of PowerPoint Presentation (.PPT). The presentation cannot be edited anymore when in (.PPS). To do this: <br /><br />1. Click File<br />2. Save As…<br />3. Select (.PPS) under “Save as type.”<br /><br />Have you considered converting the (.PPT) PowerPoint file format to an Acrobat PDF format? But you’d be better off just password protecting the file, that way they could still watch the slide show. But if you want make a PDF, carry on. Granted, not everyone has the full version of <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/">Adobe Acrobat Pro </a>(which costs well $). But there are freeware tools, such as <a href="http://www.pdf995.com/">Pdf995</a>. Pdf995 can convert various files to PDF. PDFs are much harder to modify than a Microsoft-password-protected PPT file.<br /><br />From <a href="http://roobaroo.net/">http://roobaroo.net</a>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-64641035158682367972009-04-22T19:36:00.000-07:002009-04-22T19:57:16.115-07:006 tips to reduce the size of your PowerPoint fileIs a PowerPoint file that is over 10 MG too large? Yes! PowerPoint files shouldn’t be too large to send in an email or load into a Google Group.<br />The following 6 tips will help you reduce the size of your PowerPoint.<br />1. File > Save As <br />2. Compress Pictures <br />3. Break Links <br />4. Turn off Fast Saves <br />5. Turn off the Activated Review Feature <br />6. Sneaky trick … use save as a CD to compress <br /><br /><strong>1. How to Use File > Save As</strong>:<br />Step 1 - On the File menu, click Save As<br />Step 2 - Type a new name, and click OK<br />** In some cases, this can reduce the size of the file by up to 50%<br /><br /><strong>2. How to Compress Pictures in PowerPoint:</strong><br />If you have any pictures in your PowerPoint presentation, then you can optimize the size by compressing pictures.<br />Step 1 - Click on the picture to bring up the Picture toolbar<br />Step 2- Click the compress picture button<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA687d8YOreDMaF9axV38vnMC5c2s5kfkHaYWopv-9iTR2eaRfTm4T86ip8O5MGAhu4bz7KPmbvDekOcEDukuGqTg03hJ-or1axtDSaaN3yghvoIVuXtinZKn2i6wrW4CsjRxxy-r5pJY/s1600-h/1.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA687d8YOreDMaF9axV38vnMC5c2s5kfkHaYWopv-9iTR2eaRfTm4T86ip8O5MGAhu4bz7KPmbvDekOcEDukuGqTg03hJ-or1axtDSaaN3yghvoIVuXtinZKn2i6wrW4CsjRxxy-r5pJY/s320/1.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327714583926482018" /></a><br /><br />Step 3 - On the Compress Pictures menu:<br />• Apply to: All pictures in document <br />• Change resolution: Web/Screen <br />• Options: Compress pictures and Delete cropped areas of pictures <br />• Click OK <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKi2xRi0VFpZqQsMoN_rIlMCWKb_xMLNWL1CG-X4R6Z87K8veu_cIgb0ZB0S2PsYTg6JxtB6Gg7WyLB55Wkxaob7AXziIOdGTzj3lY_VfjDMbXlfQ90qhTEANJmYJzdQVYaNhe9_xqRU/s1600-h/2.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKi2xRi0VFpZqQsMoN_rIlMCWKb_xMLNWL1CG-X4R6Z87K8veu_cIgb0ZB0S2PsYTg6JxtB6Gg7WyLB55Wkxaob7AXziIOdGTzj3lY_VfjDMbXlfQ90qhTEANJmYJzdQVYaNhe9_xqRU/s320/2.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327714796172386066" /></a><br />When the command finishes, you can save the file at a fraction of it’s prior size. In this case we had 100+ maps in a 70 Meg file. After the Compress Picture command finished, the file was only 12 Meg.<br /><br /><strong>3. How to Break Links in PowerPoint:</strong><br />For our operational finance decks, we link to Excel. Before emailing your final PowerPoint file, I suggest breaking all links. More links = bigger file size.<br />Step 1: Type [ALT+ E], then [ALT+K] to view the Links menu or on the Edit menu, click Links<br />Step 2: Select all links. Click on the first link, hold the shift key and click on the last link. All Links will be highlighted in blue.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFHopSAmkCVpjRyfqxkFQh-_eRwIyKUAFeLtD_v1lrKQLdk2xGBIQMPxQyBXH0lpk_mZ1p-mTPiIkSMHMiEA7-rcRyBdW4kqVsdy69PCOPnaLp-OA3Xa73rRuWRvF1lVX-XMtTaQIOfE/s1600-h/3.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFHopSAmkCVpjRyfqxkFQh-_eRwIyKUAFeLtD_v1lrKQLdk2xGBIQMPxQyBXH0lpk_mZ1p-mTPiIkSMHMiEA7-rcRyBdW4kqVsdy69PCOPnaLp-OA3Xa73rRuWRvF1lVX-XMtTaQIOfE/s320/3.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327715024026932242" /></a><br /><br />Step 3: Select Break Link, and all links will be removed from the PowerPoint<br /><br /><strong>4. Turn off Fast Saves</strong><br />Step 1: On the Tools menu, click Options, click the Save tab, and then clear the Allow fast saves check box. (This removes excess data from your presentation file each time you save)<br />Step 2: On the File menu, click Save As, type a name for the new version of your presentation in the File namebox, and then click OK.<br /><br /><strong>5. How to turn off the Activated Review Feature in PowerPoint:</strong><br />This only works on PowerPoint 2007<br />Step 1: On the Tools menu, click Options, click the Advanced E-mail tab<br />Step 2: Clear the check box next to “add properties to attachments to enable reply with changes”<br /><br /><strong>6. How to use save as a CD to compress your PowerPoint file:</strong><br />When all else fails, this trick always has a big impact on reducing the size of a PowerPoint file.<br />Step 1: On the Files menu, click Package for CD<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQc21P0GGmx1yFLL6oxRIwpu5FkwnQ7tIX92Rr7wlmNYx_vJXca0wzh0wsSdxy_KyA6Vk6wRAJS99zsUB2-yMU9YbFaHHFlDBkkyaitC0kI1eRc0ybnoAeRG4LPnRw5DJHomjkbfHX3s/s1600-h/4.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQc21P0GGmx1yFLL6oxRIwpu5FkwnQ7tIX92Rr7wlmNYx_vJXca0wzh0wsSdxy_KyA6Vk6wRAJS99zsUB2-yMU9YbFaHHFlDBkkyaitC0kI1eRc0ybnoAeRG4LPnRw5DJHomjkbfHX3s/s320/4.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327715399107575618" /></a><br />Step 2: Select a folder where the new file will be saved<br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://businesstoolsblog.com">http://businesstoolsblog.com</a>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-46310236426401297272009-04-19T23:51:00.000-07:002009-04-20T02:19:47.817-07:00How to Group Objects in PowerPointBlocks, arrows, pictures and other objects inside a page of a PowerPoint slide are <strong>hard to maintain if not grouped</strong>. It is hard to move each object especially if their relative position needs to be maintained. <br />For example, you have two blocks and an arrow on a PowerPoint page, selecting the 3 objects will highlight them individually:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg58FPdWii5uUFfxJN8guBiEK11d73VKA3n_g7szjctfKiVIM4Ls3JLT2koyCJ3eViGD24JV1B1mUlEsStCUnc2fy0dfCLrzSPVdEnLL09qyTHTG9xEZsQMJZhMiVa7viQkLoA5MXrF4/s1600-h/1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKg58FPdWii5uUFfxJN8guBiEK11d73VKA3n_g7szjctfKiVIM4Ls3JLT2koyCJ3eViGD24JV1B1mUlEsStCUnc2fy0dfCLrzSPVdEnLL09qyTHTG9xEZsQMJZhMiVa7viQkLoA5MXrF4/s320/1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326699507965933554" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Ungrouped objects</strong> are easy to break during editing. If I failed to select all 3 objects, the selected objects might get separated. In the example below I selected only the second box so when I moved it it got separated from the other objects:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQruz23kDQTJ_zG5Vcjy_7FJj-ei-xUxr-GybqGwTy0OEJYgga8U83Dxhy2GMCuRHpRpnE_l3_KnM5Sn4niBqO8ADvAPEjPDD1pRC4Kf_V_kjWv_cwXoK6wcmcrivPzjVdYd9S-SEXDho/s1600-h/2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 177px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQruz23kDQTJ_zG5Vcjy_7FJj-ei-xUxr-GybqGwTy0OEJYgga8U83Dxhy2GMCuRHpRpnE_l3_KnM5Sn4niBqO8ADvAPEjPDD1pRC4Kf_V_kjWv_cwXoK6wcmcrivPzjVdYd9S-SEXDho/s320/2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326699649539204946" /></a><br /><br />If my intention was to move the whole thing, <strong>grouping the objects </strong>together is the right approach. Compare the two flow charts below where in we have the ungrouped objects on the left while the grouped objects on the right:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46ayJPhoUxqEJK8hYTg6TjwzSu7qJp2T4flnyr1OSCN3KQ7qms8NzBxvvYhBeD6DLCzWms0AHU9F1bkiZTcKlEsPPVAYaIPyCoo9503kfFmKDyilImPOiy09JPUQzKQKRvXB-FkjA8PU/s1600-h/3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46ayJPhoUxqEJK8hYTg6TjwzSu7qJp2T4flnyr1OSCN3KQ7qms8NzBxvvYhBeD6DLCzWms0AHU9F1bkiZTcKlEsPPVAYaIPyCoo9503kfFmKDyilImPOiy09JPUQzKQKRvXB-FkjA8PU/s320/3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326699756408582082" /></a><br /><br />You can see that the <strong>grouped object </strong>is highlighted as a single object while the <strong>ungrouped objects </strong>are individually selected. Grouped objects are taken as one so moving a group does not separate the individual objects inside it.<br />To group a set of objects, <strong>choose</strong> the objects and then <strong>right click</strong> to open the <strong>Group menu</strong>. Click Grouping then Group:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX5CgZCillFztMJFkmHRfbCxeCOU41BE2UKg5j0mCKnaxY2BEnolPHQXRMV3DD0K8xsSmgVgmUV8yl9TO17zLARfK2HzFkg5U84n7e0CmYL4go8jeSn8ROKT35Z2FZsMZiRWoylVcu34/s1600-h/4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqX5CgZCillFztMJFkmHRfbCxeCOU41BE2UKg5j0mCKnaxY2BEnolPHQXRMV3DD0K8xsSmgVgmUV8yl9TO17zLARfK2HzFkg5U84n7e0CmYL4go8jeSn8ROKT35Z2FZsMZiRWoylVcu34/s320/4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326699865087819554" /></a><br /><br />Once objects are grouped, they will move as one. You will still be able to edit the test inside a grouped text box:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbBXDYR8N4BfOcztP_BagSQAap8OGcI6AkNPfiw93YNQdGIPSXLVoqZnIfmYerO09W9Mn9npRc2pL_aOA2l6CIEP0QLpNFxgZ3hBNr60HTL87PtpkgFbMCfN_aQPx4K4W3X_b_Y0l4xI/s1600-h/5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbBXDYR8N4BfOcztP_BagSQAap8OGcI6AkNPfiw93YNQdGIPSXLVoqZnIfmYerO09W9Mn9npRc2pL_aOA2l6CIEP0QLpNFxgZ3hBNr60HTL87PtpkgFbMCfN_aQPx4K4W3X_b_Y0l4xI/s320/5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326700004925880658" /></a><br /><br />To <strong>un-group</strong>, just right click the group then click Group > Ungroup:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqIOrJ9T0M1RB3GZeLr_i2_TwT2opu9gu-faJyEel2pxWw8JmRWSvqyfmHidRvbgTWGD-A0RgCSf77oLsRtuNKXzVNyXybFT24w9cFuFJlqOn67r9shwvU1gHesPRzdc69dCwX5ieNuo/s1600-h/6.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqIOrJ9T0M1RB3GZeLr_i2_TwT2opu9gu-faJyEel2pxWw8JmRWSvqyfmHidRvbgTWGD-A0RgCSf77oLsRtuNKXzVNyXybFT24w9cFuFJlqOn67r9shwvU1gHesPRzdc69dCwX5ieNuo/s320/6.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326700120522023762" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Grouping objects</strong> is an essential PowerPoint skill especially if you handle a lot of flowcharts or drawn objects.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com">http://www.online-tech-tips.com</a>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-65888416955950568762009-04-16T01:28:00.000-07:002009-04-16T01:43:01.456-07:00Instant PowerPoint Presentations Using The PhotoAlbum FeaturePowerPoint presentations are a great way of communicating and influencing your clients, work colleagues or audience. One of the most important components within presentations are images. This article will show you how to take a group of <strong>images</strong> and <strong>turn</strong> them, as if by magic, <strong>into a PowerPoint presentation</strong>.<br /><br />You can use the techniques described in this article whenever you have a group of <strong>images</strong> whose content are at the core of the presentation you need to create. One example might be giving a presentation to introduce a new range of products based around a series of <strong>product photos</strong>.<br /><br />To get started you need to bring up the New Presentation task pane. To do this, choose <strong>File</strong> - <strong>New. Next</strong>, click on “<strong>Photo Album</strong>” in the New Presentation task pane window.<br /><br />When the Photo Album window appears, you begin identifying the images you want included in the presentation. You can click on the button marked <strong>File/Disk </strong>to browse for the images or you can import them straight from your digital camera or scanner.<br /><br />The Photo Album window is very versatile. Once, you have imported your pictures, it allows you to reorder them by selecting and image and clicking on the up and down arrows. If you change your mind and decide to delete an image, no problem. Just click on the name of the image then click the <strong>Remove</strong> button.<br /><br />Next, you can check the tonal quality of each image. You can increase or decrease the <strong>brightness</strong> or contrast as necessary by just clicking on one of the four image control icons. In addition, you can <strong>rotate</strong> images clockwise or anti-clockwise by clicking on one of the two image transformation icons.<br /><br />However important a part your images will play in the presentation, every presentation will need some text. The <strong>Picture Layout </strong>drop-down menu lets you specify whether you want one, two or four images with a title. (You can omit the title, though it is unlikely you will wan to do so.) You can also place the title above or below the image.<br /><br />There is also an option to change what is referred to as the <strong>Frame Shape</strong>. The default is rectangle. However, the Frame Shape drop-down menu will also let you choose rounded rectangle, bevelled, oval, corner tabs, square tabs or plaque tabs.<br /><br />That’s it; you’ve finished. When you click OK, PowerPoint will create the presentation generating a separate slide for each image, using the settings that you specified in the Photo Album dialogue. The final touch is to go to each slide and type some text into the title box. Once you’ve done that, you have yourself a PowerPoint presentation. How painless is that!<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.theworldofoffice.com">http://www.theworldofoffice.com</a><br />by Andrew Whiteman<br /><br /><strong>Related article</strong>:<br /><a href="http://www.ppt-to-video.com/support/knowledges/create-digital-photo-album.html#105">How to Create a Digital Photo Album with PowerPoint</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542105151451669223.post-14644001190372383392009-04-14T18:57:00.000-07:002009-04-14T19:37:08.660-07:00How To Embed Mp3 Audio Files In Microsoft PowerPoint PresentationIf you use Microsoft Office PowerPoint to make presentations you will know that you can only embed <strong>wav audio files</strong>. The problem is that wav format is almost 10 times bigger in size when compared with <strong>mp3 format</strong>. The only working technique is that we can add a header to the mp3 file that will convince the PowerPoint that it is actually a wav audio file. This method will add the wav extension at the end of the file name but the format will remain as mp3, this is known as masking.<br /><br />In my earlier post I reviewed a software called <strong>CDex</strong>, you can use it to add wav header to the mp3 file. First <strong>convert wav audio to mp3 format </strong>by clicking Convert Wav file(s) to mp3 format(s) button or selecting it from the Convert menu as shown in the screenshot below.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPXlgX0AdxjRVx_PI0qh3lHUMUC3MJgvycZo_nue5ltbq-qpz-jPPhdvtIbUP45pUGFrvHMVZ-nU82bAUaql8ptfQ8MZkut6hydr8QDpopoBYr6Ic9ngnMl59u9-VO35zoqf5vIGgWEI/s1600-h/1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPXlgX0AdxjRVx_PI0qh3lHUMUC3MJgvycZo_nue5ltbq-qpz-jPPhdvtIbUP45pUGFrvHMVZ-nU82bAUaql8ptfQ8MZkut6hydr8QDpopoBYr6Ic9ngnMl59u9-VO35zoqf5vIGgWEI/s320/1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324738811282844130" /></a><br /><br />Now select the directory where the wav file resides, select the file from the list and click <strong>Convert</strong>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvEopATOzt158PzPCgHr-9Kcd8yK3mz0HxZkqAAiLx2wO7fkifPpJm_rW9F4YouAtKoRr-69WEVZoYj1d1kWW4e4vShTrplJ4s_nWbUU7IVmj-odz82uzwb7S6KJv5wh8Ys5AiccG_Ek/s1600-h/2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvEopATOzt158PzPCgHr-9Kcd8yK3mz0HxZkqAAiLx2wO7fkifPpJm_rW9F4YouAtKoRr-69WEVZoYj1d1kWW4e4vShTrplJ4s_nWbUU7IVmj-odz82uzwb7S6KJv5wh8Ys5AiccG_Ek/s320/2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739127520792242" /></a><br /><br />The converted mp3 file will be located in your <strong>My Music folder </strong>inside the Documents folder(you can however change the output destination by going to Options).<br />If you already have an mp3 file then you can skip the above steps. Just select <strong>Add RIFF-WAV(s)</strong> header to MP2 or MP3 file(s) from the Convert menu and in the new window select the mp3 file to which you want to add the header.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL4LE2jXNeFiP0e-aabN9NfGwCz_8spL6b98_6wVnC5Hhskc5DTLttXis7z-Yc3xLv57z6jgXIYjndaGTW0ykluUCKUzHuS5xODtQUzawffv_tCRxHOAV_Gkcry1xGcZwyEm1Ha1W1p8/s1600-h/3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL4LE2jXNeFiP0e-aabN9NfGwCz_8spL6b98_6wVnC5Hhskc5DTLttXis7z-Yc3xLv57z6jgXIYjndaGTW0ykluUCKUzHuS5xODtQUzawffv_tCRxHOAV_Gkcry1xGcZwyEm1Ha1W1p8/s320/3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739260046966786" /></a><br /><br />In my case, test.mp3 was given a wav header and it became test.wav, the size of both files were same. The test.wav is just a file to confuse PowerPoint, actually it is in <strong>mp3 format with .wav extension </strong>at the end of the file name.<br />Now open Microsoft Office PowerPoint, go to <strong>Insert</strong> tab, click <strong>Add Sound From File</strong>, and select the audio file.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvKz1PHQNUY0KLcqi-baacH5zGUaf3V-3ZTxXQnpS1x1KxJk5djW3ps08b85waDqRR7W13cZoheWX73lCWYYVhcN72n1LvFFpUEbriJGrMr2268EJr8gyk9E3bvILvL_6W-c1yYY2yHU/s1600-h/4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvKz1PHQNUY0KLcqi-baacH5zGUaf3V-3ZTxXQnpS1x1KxJk5djW3ps08b85waDqRR7W13cZoheWX73lCWYYVhcN72n1LvFFpUEbriJGrMr2268EJr8gyk9E3bvILvL_6W-c1yYY2yHU/s320/4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739438339183346" /></a><br /><br />Now once the sound has been added, you will be automatically taken to <strong>Sound Tools </strong>tab. Here under <strong>Sound Options</strong>, increase the maximum size of audio file that can be embedded to <strong>50000KB</strong>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_32TOkmSW598auu5uq_V4Gg5YSkBX0If96U0mMxihCVkIj5BnoBc3u8TiFmisKSYGz8WUm65SPnGE5yBsB9gCBA_8JIUn2uDLGj6vgZ730HeWImiRL8xji4crh9Y_P_TjYGFdZcO7X4/s1600-h/5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_32TOkmSW598auu5uq_V4Gg5YSkBX0If96U0mMxihCVkIj5BnoBc3u8TiFmisKSYGz8WUm65SPnGE5yBsB9gCBA_8JIUn2uDLGj6vgZ730HeWImiRL8xji4crh9Y_P_TjYGFdZcO7X4/s320/5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739551640423154" /></a><br /><br />Since the changes made in the options are not retroactive, you will have to delete the audio file and re-add it again. Now when you re-add it, the audio file will be embedded inside the presentation instead of simply getting linked. <br /><br />Embedded audio and Linked audio are different in every aspect, embedded audio is stored inside the presentation while linked audio is stored outside the presentation. Embedded audio can come useful in cases where you have to email a presentation to someone. To verify whether your audio file has indeed been embedded in the presentation, click the Dialog Box Launcher under Sound Options.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl17QTkic0TLNX61bzKAgkmUCAFBdNaOMTBe4SO2F-vwxCcpw3Gz1WuGSpYWaIiCmlx7o4TqFT2r8_lVtuX1xAYYYOpTxhjdR3pxXafvg2iBoyeZ1DDQfYEs9F2WG9QgLwB1Ta2z7fhrE/s1600-h/6.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl17QTkic0TLNX61bzKAgkmUCAFBdNaOMTBe4SO2F-vwxCcpw3Gz1WuGSpYWaIiCmlx7o4TqFT2r8_lVtuX1xAYYYOpTxhjdR3pxXafvg2iBoyeZ1DDQfYEs9F2WG9QgLwB1Ta2z7fhrE/s320/6.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739668616791042" /></a><br /><br />Now under Information, next to File, you will see [Contained in presentation], this means the audio file has been successfully embedded.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdFjzAfzV3e5eMsj1PeknIkrkeePDW4qi2vdF1wDtICOLnekr6SletsB7PP_7CxsJSOfTHvkQXldfe5hV9yquzoiIM0Z0_k5a-_i4FqNrlL-K-HwoUDxGWZAduWGzsqZmaFEqKztmIGw/s1600-h/7.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdFjzAfzV3e5eMsj1PeknIkrkeePDW4qi2vdF1wDtICOLnekr6SletsB7PP_7CxsJSOfTHvkQXldfe5hV9yquzoiIM0Z0_k5a-_i4FqNrlL-K-HwoUDxGWZAduWGzsqZmaFEqKztmIGw/s320/7.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324739781122450306" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>Note</strong>: This technique has been tested multiple times and is 100% confirmed to be working, if it doesn’t work for you, this means that you did not follow the steps properly.</em><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.addictivetips.com/">http://www.addictivetips.com/</a><br />By NakodariAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11616693247573611237noreply@blogger.com0