MasterView International
by Luigi Canali De Rossi
April 16th, 2003
PowerTools are productivity Add-ins for PowerPoint 2000 and XP,
created by Keith Tromer. These tools bring PowerPoints™ deeply
imbedded options out to the forefront and enhance their power.
The Add-ins are designed to speed the creation process in
PowerPoint™ by adding functionality left out by Microsoft and
reducing the number of clicks and dialogue boxes needed for
often used functions.
1. Edit
Edit tools simplify and accelerate the creation and and
modification of PowerPoint slides.
Edit allows you to:
a) Set Black & White modes for your entire presentation at once.
"There is always a problem printing an attractive, colorful
presentation to a B&W printer. The text or an object on a
background is too dark or there is some other conflicting
grayscale problem. You could fix each object on every page
manually Or use this tool to set the Black and White mode for
individual object types. You can set the B&W Mode also
according to content type (e.g.: Backgrounds, Text Boxes,
Autoshapes, Charts, Pictures, etc.)"
(Source: http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-edit.htm)
b) Set multiple objects to the exact same size and position
(even on different slides).
With this feature tools you can create and design a text box in
one slide and then apply the size and position and all other
attributes to any other object in any open presentation. This
tool not only picks up the size and position of an object, but
also the font, object color, and
paragraph attributes.
c) Re-apply animation settings.
"I'm sure you have created, at one time or another, a complex
object made up of several smaller objects, animated it, and
made it ready for the show. Only later on you find you have to
edit it. When you ungrouped it, your animation settings
disappear. Start over? No, before you ungroup the object use
the Animation Pickup button to pickup the exact settings and
then after you edit the object select it and click the
Animation Paste button to apply it back to the object. Another
use for this tool is when you have created a nice animation
that you want to apply to several other objects throughout the
presentation. Instead of going through all the menu's, dialogue
boxes, drop-down lists, and tab windows just select the object,
click the Animation Pickup button, select the new object and
click the Animation Paste button and your done."
(Source: http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-edit.htm)
d) Change animation settings with one click.
"Why open the Animation Settings dialogue box when you could
just click a button to set the Start Animation settings."
(Source: http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-edit.htm)
e) Set pictures to full screen with one click.
How many times have you imported a picture as a background only
to have it appear either too big for your edit window or too
small to fill it? This feature resolves this issue by making
the imported image fill the background in just
one simple click.
Detailed descriptions and screenshots are available at:
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-Edit.htm
Full price: USD $ 49.95
Download a free copy at:
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/
downld_edit.htm
2. Import/Export
This PowerPoint add-in allows you to import pictures to
multiple slides at once.
It also provides the following capabilities:
a) Set the background to a Picture with ONE click instead of
the usual TEN clicks (format | background | fill effects |
picture .... etc ... ).
b) Export any selection of slides to images at any resolution.
You can export slides as a GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, WMF, or TIF.
c) Create new slides with pictures inserted as backgrounds
in three optional places.
d) Make background fills on selected slides, or all slides.
e) Import multiple pictures. Whereas usually you have to import
pictures one by one, this tool allows you to select and import
several files in a folder at once.
Detailed descriptions and screenshots are available at:
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-im-ex.htm
Full price: USD $ 49.95
Download a free copy at:
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/downld_IE.htm
3. Effects Library
Effects Library is a PowerPoint 2002 add-in that allows you to
save and re-apply with one click your custom PowerPoint
animations. Apply saved effects to PowerPoint objects with one
click. Comes with 38 pre-programmed effects.
Detailed descriptions and screenshots are available at:
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/pt-FXLib.htm
Full price: USD $ 149.95
Download a free copy at:
http://www.corpimaging.com/PowerTools/
downld_FXLib.htm
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