Presentation with all Features of Powerpoint

vee

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Jul 11, 2003, 5:15:28 AM7/11/03

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Hi All,

I need to get my hands on a Powerpoint Presentation that incorporates all
the features that Powerpoint supports e.g. one slide has a media file
running, another has a bitmap, another links to another document or
something like that.

Do microsoft provide such a thing or does anyone have any links I could use?

Thanks in advance
Vee

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Jul 14, 2003, 1:50:13 AM7/14/03

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Interesting thought, but not very practical to do.

You see, PowerPoint is not the end, but a means to it. You come up with an
idea of how you want something to look, and then employ PowerPoint to make
it happen. This is what show building is -- the imagined-to-reality
process.

A show that just displays the transitions, then the animations, then the
colors, then the movie/graphics/autoshapes, is not going to show you what
PowerPoint is able to do anymore then looking at an oil painter's palette
will show you what he can paint. I'll admit that a lot of modernistic art
looks more like a palette to me than a painting, but this is not the type of
show I think you want. My son may use Rembrandt's very own palette and get
quite a different painting than the master did, so do you want a painting or
a palette?

You have not mentioned what version of PowerPoint you want this commissioned
for. The tools have changed significantly since PowerPoint was first
conceived, so you want advanced, older, oldest, able to run from the viewer,
or with the program. Do you want it to be able to run on a 386 or a
Pentium-4 3.5 GHz? Or are you interested in the MAC platform version of
PowerPoint? Is this something you will be incorporating into a classroom,
or a boardroom? Will you be using parts of it in other shows, or shouldn't
I expect royalties?

You could always create such a presentation yourself. There isn't anything
to it, really. Just run down each of he lists -- one from column A and two
from column B.

Or maybe you want something a little spicier. Check this link, download the
file, and watch.
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/templates/tutor-04.zip

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Robert Lerner

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Jul 14, 2003, 2:13:05 AM7/14/03

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I also am certain you will not find such a file. That's like asking for an
Excel spreadsheet that incorporates all the supported features, functions,
formulas, tools, and add-ins. Or like asking to see everything a hammer can
build.

Lots of good tutorials exist if you are trying to learn PowerPoint and get
familiar with its capabilities. Other than learning the tools and theories,
you'll find you need experience and application to really get good with this
software. (But I think that's true of all programs.)

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vee

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Jul 14, 2003, 6:30:06 AM7/14/03

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Thanks Guys for the info.

The reason I wanted it is to test software I have created to interact with
Powerpoint - hence the reasoning behind getting a powerpoint file to test it
(save me having to come up with a test file).

Anyway, if anyone has any more info, let me know.

@powerpointworkbench.com Glen Millar

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Jul 14, 2003, 6:45:29 AM7/14/03

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Hi,

Well, why didn't ya say so <g>.

Why not insert grossly overscanned images that hog memory and let it rip? Or
run it on a dinosaur PC?

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Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
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