PowerPoint Resources

Tips & Tutorials from Multimedia Services

• PowerPoint 2003
  • 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

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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 2007
  • PowerPoint 2007 Viewer
  • Interactive - PowerPoint 2003 to 2007 Command Reference Guide (Tells you how to find the commands in PPT 2007, that you used in PPT 2003)
  • Download - PowerPoint 2003 to 2007 Command Reference Guide (Tells you how to find the commands in PPT 2007, that you used in PPT 2003)

• PowerPoint 2003
  • PowerPoint 2003 Viewer
  • Producer for PowerPoint 2003

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Online Tutorials

• PowerPoint 2007
  • Microsoft Office Training Courses - PowerPoint 2007
  • actden.com - PowerPoint in the Classroom
     
• PowerPoint 2003
  • 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
  • Vicki Blackwell's PowerPoint Pointers (List of sites specifically for teachers)

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Web Sites

• Microsoft's PowerPoint 2007 Home Page
   
• Beyond Bullets
• The PowerPoint FAQ
• Presentation-Pointers.com
• Presenters University

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Updated 7/13/09