"Awesome PowerPoint Backgrounds" is a commercial site selling
presentation backgrounds and templates. In addition, this site provides
some interesting articles, tutorials and resources.
They ensure that these background images and templates are compatible with
many different presentation applications, not only PowerPoint. You can use
them with Lotus Freelance, Corel Presentations, Scala, Director, PaintShop
Pro, Photoshop and many others.
You can directly download these files after paying the relative fee (that
varies from $15 for a set of backgrounds to $59 for 8 sets), or
alternatively you can order up to 4 CD-ROMs that contain the same
backrounds files. This options has a higher cost that ranges from $69 for
1 CD-ROM with 100 backgrounds to $210 for 4 CD-ROMs with 400 backgrounds)
The images available can be used for several purposes, not only for
presentations. In fact you can use them for color handouts/printouts, 35mm
slides, overhead transparencies, video graphics, Web pages, wallpaper,
brochures, invites.
What I personally like about this site is the section dedicated to
PowerPoint hints and tips. The direct URL for that page is http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/
powerpointtips.htm
There are different sub-sections as follows:
In the main page you can find some tips on PowerPoint.
Another section offers 5 different tutorials about PowerPoint-related
topics.
You can find them at:
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/
powerpointtutorials.htm
In the tips page is another useful subsection (http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/
powerpointlinks.htm).
Here you will find a complete list of helpful resources you can use when
searching for templates, images, tips and tutorials. There are also links
to commercial sites which sell projectors or hardware, links to books to
help you make outstanding presentations, links to sites where you get
advice on how to present in public and on the art of public speech.
Another interesting section (http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/
powerpointtutorials-others.htm)
links to a number of tutorials and resources on the Web.
You can read this article in the original issue of MasterView.
