Happy New Year – 2011!!
Wow, 2010 ended with great family fun and LOTS of design work – which is great! Inbetween design projects and family events while ThePowerPointBlog was on break, I have put together a number of really great posts, upgraded the software platform (which now allows things like inline movies!) and more! 2011 is going to be a great year and ThePowerPointBlog will be full throughout the entire year.And 2011 kicks off the 6th year for ThePowerPointBlog!
– Troy @ TLC
Where Have You Been… (Cabo)
My week has been busy, limited in internet access, no cell phone service and beautiful! Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in December is perfect.
(top) view from my room, overlooking the beautiful Hilton resort and Gulf of Cortez blue water.
(middle) tech table. From left: me, Marc, Brian(behind monitors), Gary.
(bottom) my desk back home after a week away.
– Troy @ TLC
“Backstage” Defined
In PPT 2010 when you click the upper left button the Backstage opens.
On a recent call with the Microsoft PowerPoint team I heard this quick definition of the backstage area that is great:
“Backstage has things you do to a document” (such as save, print, convert, etc.).
– Troy @ TLC
Happy Thanksgiving!
My hope is today everyone has time with family (and pumpkin pie!).
– Troy @ TLC
Flow Diagram – Before & After Slide #22
These slides come from a recent project. The original had a Visio (?) flow diagram. Aside from being an uneditable .jpg image, it was full of colors that were inconsistent with the rest of the deck and could use a bit of professional polish.
The recreated diagram used a subtler color scheme, separate elements to show the sections, and everything recreated in PPT to allow animations and section-by-section edits as needed.
– Troy @ TLC
GREAT Deal on Video Backgrounds from Footage Firm
One of the Technical Directors I work with sent me a link to this great deal over the weekend (thanks Paul!). The company, Footage Firm (as in film footage), is doing a special promo and basically giving away a selection of their DVDs (approx. $9 each in shipping vs. regular price of $139 each).
With PPT 2010 supporting video and audio as embedded and ability to add content on top of them, this is a great opportunity to expand your video library with professional footage. Only 500 copies of each DVD is available on the promo (now 499 as I purchased a full set). Here is the webpage with details.
– Troy @ TLC