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PowerPoint Focused Resources - links & search page
We've searched the web to give you a starting point for future research on Microsoft PowerPoint and giving presentations :- tips & tutorials, the ups and downs of presentation technology, recommended sources for clip art etc..., the pros choice for image manipulation shortcuts, effective marketing and other complimentary business resources!
 
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Microsoft PowerPoint Tools & Updates
 

Microsoft
Microsoft.com, August 06, 2006
Microsoft PowerPoint - http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint 

PowerPoint study tips and how-to articles, check out the demos.
Tools on the web - http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/

Download the most recent updates to PowerPoint. Want to resolve those 'incompatibilities' that keep bugging you? Well this is the FIRST place to look.
Education resources - http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=IOCTutorials
  Practical tutorial guides designed to help students, teachers, and administrators learn how to use Microsoft software in the classroom.
PowerPoint Developer Forum - http://www.microsoft.com/PowerPointDev/

Create custom solutions using PowerPoint - this one's for those with a technical or programming background.

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Microsoft PowerPoint Tips & Tutorials
 

PowerPoint - Clipart, FAQ's, Tips & tricks
BitBetter.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.bitbetter.com/
 

Great collection of highly stylised Clip Art for PowerPoint - 'Screen Beans' (and for many other applications), FAQ's, tips and tricks - download examples and buy online. 

Ellen Finkelstein
EllenFinkelstein.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/
  Ellen Finkelstein writes books! You WILL be interested in her PowerPoint articles for sure. Her advice in 'PowerPoint - Professional Results' is both thorough and succinct, and watch out for her new book 'How to do everything in PowerPoint'.

Online Ezine reviews products, PowerPoint techniques and design
Indezine.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.indezine.com/ 

Indezine is a well heeled discussion platform for digital presentations - especially Microsoft PowerPoint.

Presentations Magazine
Presentations.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.presentations.com/ 

Good solid tips for presenters of all levels, useful articles on broad range of topics, printed subscription option also available.

Presentation Librarian ™
Presentation-Librarian.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.presentation-librarian.com/ 

A widely used digital asset management resource for PowerPoint. No need to open every single presentation to find that ONE piece of info, this software creates a library from all your files. Available in Personal thro Enterprise wide versions.

Patrice-Anne Rutledge
PatriceRutledge.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.patricerutledge.com/PowerPointPage.htm

Patrice is a technology journalist and author, and her new book 'Special Edition using Microsoft PowerPoint' is now in the shops. Her companion pages for PowerPoint provide further information and links to some great resources.

DesignSense for Presentations™
DesignSense-cd.com, August 06, 2006 - http://www.designsense-cd.com/ 

A graphic design training program that teaches presentation design techniques to business people who need to create great presentations but have no formal graphic design background.


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Presentation Technologies
 

Presentation Technology - The ultimate guide
RoadWarriorTechnology.com, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.roadwarriortechnology.com/
 

Excellent review of current offerings in the world of digital presentations, news of the latest gizmos and gadgets, with sensible business case studies.

Presenters Online - Epson
Epson America Inc, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.presentersonline.com/
 

Apart from the strong Epson bias, this site helps clarify presentation fundamentals, and hone your understanding of presentation technology.


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Image Manipulation
 

Adobe Xchange
Adobe Inc., August 06, 2006 -
http://www.xchange.studio.adobe.com/
 
  If you use any of the following products. this is the site for you -
Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, GoLive, LiveMotion, AlterCast, InDesign, Atmosphere.
Help and discussion forums abound, with great plug-ins, actions and extensions that make you wonder why you've spent hours trying to mimic what these do in seconds... great!

Macromedia Dreamweaver & Flash
Macromedia Inc., August 06, 2006

http://www.webforums.macromedia.com/dreamweaver/
http://www.webforums.macromedia.com/flash/
  Strictly speaking both these products are web based, however a little cross polination of ideas often works wonders. These forums are THE best starting point if you know nothing... and THE best reference when you need to pretend you know everything, and of course... Flash can now be inserted into your PowerPoint Presentations!




Fonts, Photos & Sounds
 

Fonts - Find them, try them, buy them
MyFonts.com, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.myfonts.com/
 
  As the blurb above states (their words not ours) extensive database of fonts, external resources mainly linked from individual font pages, but also has top 10 font website page. 

Fonts - Some wacky stuff here
Fonts & Things, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.fontsnthings.com/

  A collection of some of the most unusual fonts on the web... Particularly good ref section under 'Tools', leads to loads of fontastic stuff! 

Photos - Everything under one roof
Fonts & Things, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.stockphoto.com/
  A comprehensive resource of licensed photos. Free sign-up to view millions of images. Tip: Use it for creative inspiration, the images can be used for comping rough layouts for presentations before spending any money on fees!
*Requires Flash 5 to view*


Sounds - turn up the volume, gigabytes of it!
WaveCentral.com, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.wavecentral.com/
 
  Become a member (FREE) and contribute to, or raid from, their massive sounds collection,   being databased and categorized it makes searching EASY.


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Business Bites
 

Website Promotion - you'll be doing it wrong until you read this!
SelfPromotion.com, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.selfpromotion.com/
 
  A content-rich site that gives users free access to many impressive promotion tools. Free service for 1 month, then you should subscribe. The best we have found to date... If you have a website you want to promote, you should check out SelfPromotion.com. It's a resource for do-it-yourselfers where you can learn to prepare your pages for the search engines, then use a sophisticated url submission robot to submit your webpages to all the important search engines and directories. You'll also find tutorials about website promotion, submitting to yahoo, and much more. Best of all, you can use the site for free -- if you like it, pay what YOU think it's worth!

Website Integrity - link error reporting
SevenTwentyFour.com, August 06, 2006 -
http://www.seventwentyfour.com/
 
  Links can break at any time - we have no control over our external links, but this facility send alerts via weekly status reports. It even picked up one internal broken link that our team members had completely overlooked - thanks Roy! A basic free service, plus an extensive daily service called LinkWalker™.

Lochandlake.com - go on relax youv'e earned it
Lochandlake .com, January 07, 2007 -
http://www.lochandlake.com/
 
  When you've spent as much time polishing your presentation and your meeting is over, consider a break in the Scottish Highlands near Loch Lomond, this luxury upper townhouse in Drymen offers perfect self catering (rental) accommodation for 4 people and a well behaved dog. WiFi broadband internet and satellite are amongst the free features of this property. Go on treat yourself, it's available all year round.




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