PowerPoint Resources

Tips & Tutorials from Multimedia Services

• Compressing Pictures (HTML)
• Creating a Self-Running Presentation (PowerPoint show - 232KB) ( PDF file)
• Displaying the Total Number of Slides on a Slide (HTML)
• Embedding a Font (HTML)
• Looping a Self-Running Presentation (WMV file - 1.43MB)
• Making a Photo Album (PowerPoint show - 662KB) (PDF file)
• Packaging a Presentation on a CD (PowerPoint show - 357KB) (PDF file)
• Setting Transitions and Timings (WMV file - 1.91MB)

Other Online PowerPoint Resources:

• Accessibility
• Articles on Multimedia Presentations
• Articles on PowerPoint
• Backgrounds & Templates (Free)
• Downloads (Free from Microsoft)
• Online Tutorials
• Web Sites

Accessibility

• AccessIT: How do I make my online PowerPoint presentation accessible?
• WebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility

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Articles on Multimedia Presentations

• TECHNO STRESSED? Don't let your gadgets and gizmos get you down - Presentations Magazine, March 2004
• The Writing on the Wall - Knowing how fonts behave... - Presentations Magazine, March 2004
• In Search of the Perfect Coach - Presentations Magazine, April 2005
• The Black Screen of Death - Presentations Magazine, April 2005

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Articles on PowerPoint

• 2000
  • Creating a Series of Click-Activated Instructions in PowerPoint - TechRepublic, March 2000
• 2001
  • Powerful PowerPoint Presentations - TechRepublic, January 2001
• 2002
  • Lessons from the PowerPoint Graveyard - TechRepublic, February 2002
  • Ten PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts to Help You Quickly Design Presentations - TechRepblic, April 2002
  • More Keyboard Shortcuts and Tips for PowerPoint - TechRepublic, May 2002
  • How to Add Narration to PowerPoint Presentations - TechRepublic, June 2002
  • Transitional Effects Add Impact to PowerPoint Presentations - TechRepublic, July 2002
• 2003
  • Bullet Points Kill (Effective Communication) - sociablemedia.com, April 2003
  • PowerPoint is Evil - Wired Magazine, September 2003
• 2005
  • Cross-Platform PowerPoint - Presentations Magazine, April 2005
  • Font Choices Play a Crucial Role in Presentation Design - Presentations Magazine, April 2005
  • Play CD Tracks in PowerPoint - Presentations Magazine, May 2005
  • What is good PowerPoint design? - presentationzen.com, September 2005

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Backgrounds & Templates (Free)

• Microsoft Office Online - Templates for PowerPoint
• Microsoft PowerPoint Templates Pack 1 (downloads an .exe file)
• Microsoft PowerPoint Templates Pack 2 (downloads an .exe file)
• Microsoft PowerPoint Templates Pack 3 (downloads an .exe file)
   
• Brain Betty - Free Backgrounds and Templates
• freepowerpoint.org - Free Templates and Backgrounds
• Sonia Coleman Designs - Free PowerPoint Templates
• Web Site Estates - Free PowerPoint Templates,...

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Downloads (Free from Microsoft)

• PowerPoint 2000 Add-in - Photo Album
• PowerPoint 2003 Viewer
• PowerPoint 2007 Viewer
• Producer for PowerPoint 2003
• Template Creation Wizard

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Online Tutorials

• Microsoft Office Online Training - PowerPoint 2003
   
• actden.com - PowerPoint in the Classroom
• awesomebackgrounds.com - Awesome PowerPoint Tutorials
• CBTcafe - PowerPoint Video Tutorials
• Parade of Games in PowerPoint
• Presenters Online : Tutorials > PowerPoint
• Tutorials from Presenters University
• Vicki Blackwell's PowerPoint Pointers (List of sites specifically for teachers)

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Web Sites

• Microsoft's PowerPoint Home Page
   
• Beyond Bullets
• The PowerPoint FAQ
• Presentation-Pointers.com
• Presenters University

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Updated 6-7-07