Best Travel Site for Flights – Hipmonk.com
Completely off topic, but I have been using the hipmonk website for the past few months and it is GREAT for all of the travel planning I do.
Clean and streamlined interface, instant results, and results that are functional! If you are planning a trip with airline flights, check this out – and no I am not a spokesperson for it, just really happy to find things that make my life easier.
Troy @ TLC
Website Mockup in PowerPoint
Some projects are perfect for PowerPoint even if they have nothing to do with a presentation. As example, I have completed dozens of website mockups for the sales team at TurnTo. Using a combination of SnagIt, Photoshop, and PowerPoint I can quickly develop an animated mockup of a webpage experience that provides an example of how the TurnTo technology could be implemented on a website.
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This video shows a PowerPoint presentation that is a mockup of a demo webpage – all with no HTML/CSS coding. Just one example of using PowerPoint outside of the presentation world and allowing me to work smarter and providing faster and more economical results for clients.
– Troy @ TLC
TLC Sample Presentation
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All was developed in PowerPoint: animation, transitions and music syncing; then, exported to video using the PPT 2010 Create a Video feature.
– Troy @ TLC
3 Questions At The Start of Every Project
With every presentation project for a corporate event, my first 3 technical questions are:
– What version of ppt?
– What is the projector and scaler resolution?
– What is the screen size (screen does not always match projector aspect ratio)?
Based on these answers, I am able to begin developing presentation templates, images and content.
– Troy @ TLC
Woody Flies On This Slide
Marketing presentations for Pixar properties are always fun! In this slide, I was provided art from Toy Story 2 with the instructions to make it lively for the product introduction.
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Here is the slide with is composed of 3 animated images:
Animation:
1. The background image (picture 7) is oversize and uses a short motion path to make the sky move as Woody flies by.
2. The first instance of Woody flying is the image on the right (picture 4), which uses a custom motion path.
3. Finally, Woody flies back and stops in the middle of the slide with a simple Fly In animation.
Note: Images for this presentation are provided by client and cannot be distributed (so the editable slide is not available, sorry).
– Troy @ TLC
How Do I know if Service Pack 1 For Office 2010 is Installed?
There is a lot of confusion over the recent (and much anticipated) SP1 (Service Pack 1) for Office 2010. The install process was easy, but verifying it was installed has been a source of confusion.
Back with Office 2003, it was very easy and clear to know if a Service Pack was installed. Open PowerPoint, go to HELP and ABOUT and just read the first line of information:
But in Office 2010, that simple information is missing… Go to FILE >> HELP >> and in the right section is the install information – but where is the “SP1?”
(Before SP1 install)
(After SP1 install)
The answer is in the numbers. Thanks to PPT MVP Steve Rindsberg for figuring this out.
– Base build = 14.0.4760.1000
– Service Pack 1 = 14.0.6023.1000
The “6023” is the important number as it equals SP1. Now you know.
– Troy @ TLC
What Version of Flash is Installed On My Computer?
Flash is still a major component of many projects. On a recent presentation that integrated Flash elements, I ran into a need to know exactly what version of the Flash Player was installed on each computer.
I use this website to instantly tell me exactly what version is installed (Click here to open):
Note: Firefox and Internet Explorer (IE) use separate installs of the Flash player. If you use Firefox as the default browser but a Flash app does not work, be sure to update Flash player through IE too as most applications access the IE player (like PowerPoint).
– Troy @ TLC