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July 2005
- How To Protect Presentations From Editing and Duplication
QUESTION: Dear MasterViews, I have prepared a PowerPoint presentation for an international meeting which will take place abroad but I just realized I cannot participate in it physically. A colleague of mine will go there and will deliver my presentation in my place. Before giving him my file I would like to: Save it in a non-duplicable format Save it in a non editable format, so that no one can...
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ikonos -- July 29
- Presentation With Video Clips: How To Copy On An USB Key
QUESTION: Dear Masterviews, I have a PowerPoint presentation containing different video clips which work fine on my PC. Since I have to deliver my presentation in front of a small audience, I have decided to distribute it on a USB key. In order to allow people to run the presentation directly from the USB key, I have opened the presentation from the key and I have reinserted the video clips...
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ikonos -- July 27
- Latest Plugin For Online Collaboration: Skype's New Features
Wouldn't it be nice if you could educate novice Skype users of the importance of text messaging a person before ringing her? Skype is not a telephone, it is much, much more. We need not continue using these new tools in the ways history has shown us. We need not be interrupted, distracted and made slaves of a ringing device on which we have next to no control....
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Robin Good -- July 24
- How To Convert A PowerPoint Presentation To Video (Part Two)
Steps to convert the screen you have just captured into the desired video format file:...
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ikonos -- July 22
- How To Convert A PowerPoint Presentation To Video (Part One)
Converting PowerPoint presentations to video file formats such as: .AVI, .MOV, .WMV, could be very helpful whenever you need to show your presentations without PowerPoint, or via a TV screen....
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-- July 20
- New Media Resources: Weekly Basket
New media picks of the week is my weekly basket of tasty resources, tools and services that I have run into, have discovered accidentally or read about from other articles, feeds and newsletters I subscribe to....
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Robin Good -- July 18
- Data Visualization: A Core Requirement For Scientists
Sometimes a simple cartoon is the best way to get an idea across. "We must do this more often" was the constant refrain at this gathering of scientists, artists, film makers, designers, writers, editors and art historians at a meeting in Los Angeles. They were there to explore the use of images in science, both as aids to better understand data as well as vehicles to more effectively communicate ideas...
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Philip Ball -- July 15
- Autoscrolling Display For Presenters: Videocue
Vara Software Videocue is a desktop video teleprompter for Mac-based computers....
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Robin Good -- July 12
- Latest Resources, Tools And Articles For Online Presenters
Eccolo qua, my weekend basket of tasty resources, tools and articles I have found during the last seven days, but for which I have had no space or time for a full article....
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Robin Good -- July 10
- How To Embed Video Files Within PowerPoint
QUESTION: I am a high school teacher and have been using animations in my PowerPoint lessons. I have been using the action button to play the linked video file but would rather have the animations embedded in the presentation. Unfortunately, whenever I try to insert the same video files this way (Menu: Insert Toolbar -> Movies & Sounds -> Movie From File) they either won't play at all or would...
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-- July 8
- How To Make PowerPoint Background Transparent And See-Through The Windows Desktop?
QUESTION: Hi There, Can you please tell me if there is an add-on that will enable me to make the background in PowerPoint 2003 become transparent? I want to be able to see a web cam that is on my desktop whilst I click action buttons on the transparent slide. Would that be possible? Kind regards, Tom...
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Taj Simmons -- July 6
- View Satellite Images And Maps From All Around The World: Google Earth
Another new Google release has just made its debut, providing the first public version of the long-anticipated Google geographic search technology, a unique tool bringing together local search with satellite images and maps from all around the world....
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Robin Good -- July 4
- How To Communicate Ever More (Cost-)Effectively: Tools, Online Services And Resources
Here it is, another full basket of great tasty tools, online services and resources that I have been testing and experimenting with during the past week....
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Robin Good -- July 2
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