Monthly Archives: January 2007

Embed Large .Wav Audio Files

I have covered this before, but it keeps coming up. This week I created this quick tutorial for a client, so here it is in a bit more detail.

1. The only audio format that can be embedded into a PowerPoint presentation is a .wav

2. By default PowerPoint will only embedd a .wav file if it is under 100k (very small – generally less than 10 seconds)

3. You can raise the embeddable file size to 50 MB!

4. Go to TOOLS >> OPTIONS

5. Go to the GENERAL tab

6. Change the 100 to 50000 (do not add a comma)

7. Done!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:29:56-08:00January 10th, 2007|Tutorial|

Projecting with a Mirror

When space is limited things can get interesting. For this meeting rear projection was required, but there was less than 10′ behind the screen. Enter “the mirror.” This very specialized projector mount allowed the projector to be mounted at a near-vertical angle to shoot up to a large mirror, which then ‘projected’ onto the screen.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:29:33-08:00January 8th, 2007|Personal, Resource/Misc|

Looking for the (Lorum Ipsum) Words To Say?

When developing a presentaion the real text is often not available for the first proof. So what do you do? I add “greeking” or lorum ipsum text.

Should you need some professional greeking text all you need to do is head over to www.lipsum.com and use the quick wizard to create the amount of text needed. Then just copy and paste into the presentation. And as a bonus you can also read the history of Lorum Ipsum text!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:29:15-08:00January 6th, 2007|Resource/Misc, Software/Add-Ins|

FareCast – A Must for Purchasing Airline Tickets!

So I recently discovered this new site and its airfare prediction services – very amazing! If you are familiar with the Xcelcius software (adds real-time interactive charts to PowerPoint) that is what this site reminds me of.

Select the airports and needed dates and it provides not only flight information, but a history of prices for the flight and suggestions on if you should buy now or wait for ticket prices to go down!


Check it out at www.farecast.com.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:28:51-08:00January 4th, 2007|Resource/Misc|

Oh The Beauty of Christmas Lights

After this past weekend I have to spend a few days putting away the holiday decorations once again :(. Things have been great around here, my girls are still at that magical age of believing in Christmas, I have eaten far to much and the whole block goes into decorating overload (which is perfect by me).

I hope 2007 looks bright and full of great things for you! I have no plans to change anything here at ThePowerPointBlog except to have even more content added throughout the year. Have a super week!

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T15:28:12-08:00January 2nd, 2007|Personal|
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