Ellen Finkelstein is the author of several books on AutoCAD, Flash and
PowerPoint. You can find her books at http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/index.html
#bookstore
This is a section where you can buy her books online just by being
redirected to the Amazon.com Web site in one click.
Ellen runs a very complete Web site where you can find various
information. The site has three main sections, one dedicated to AutoCAD,
the other to PowerPoint and the last one to Flash. In the PowerPoint
section you find 20 tips that range from the ones on designs and
readability to tips that deal with animation and integration with Flash
technology.
The Web pages are printer friendly and easy to navigate. Although I could
not find a search function to browse the content of the articles, you can
easily find the topic you need just by checking the page header with the
articles' titles.
In this section, even though all the tips are useful, I like the one on
the most readable fonts (very interesting the explanation about the
"x-height" of the fonts).
See http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/
powerpoint_tip.html#font
There are more tips about design, backgrounds, color theories, text and
presentation content. There is also a good section where she explains in
detail how to create a grid for a perfect layout
(http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/
powerpoint_tip.html#grid)
If you liked to transform your PowerPoint presentation into a Flash movie,
she will show you how to do it (she is also an expert in the Macromedia
Flash technology).
She also has a page that links to other available resources on the Web: http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/
favorite_links.html
This links section is divided into the three main categories of AutoCAD,
PowerPoint and Flash.
A nice online presentation in Web format can be found at http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/
Education.htm
This presentation explains how PowerPoint is being used in classroom and
for distance education. The title is "PowerPoint and the Future of
Education"
In the Web site, there are no templates, photos, Clip Art or animated gif
to download, but it's a very professionally run Web site.
You can read this article in the original issue of MasterView.
