07/12/2008 by admin.

Trying to make a book in PowerPoint with realistic page turn animations?

Have a look at the demo here http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/PowerPoint_Page_Turns.html

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05/11/2008 by admin.

If you have PowerPoint 2007 and need to use pattern fils, maybe for B&W printing then you are out of luck. Pattern fills are no more in this version. Well up till now, check out this free add in to put them back!

Link Put Pattern Fills back!

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06/04/2008 by admin.

If during a PowerPoint show you want to take a vote and then dislay the results in a graph automatically without stopping the show.

 Well, you can’t!

Not till now, amaze your friends (and the teacher!!)

PowerPoint Voting

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06/04/2008 by admin.

Everyone is familiar with drop down menus they’re a part of Windows, Office and nearly every other program.

Getting them to work in a PowerPoint show though isn’t something that is supported. This tutorial explains how it’s done and provided to graphics needed with six colours and three styles of bullet.

PowerPoint Drop Down Menus

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22/02/2008 by admin.

Have you ever tried to make a jigsaw reveal in PowerPoint where the pieces appear revealing a picture or text?

It’s not easy. There are pieces in autoshapes > more autoshapes (search for puzzle) but they don’t have straight edges. You can though ungroup these and set your slide background to a picture fill and then the pieces in format Shape to Background fill.

 Sort of works.

To do it properly and easily why not look at the specialist tools here:
PowerPoint Jigsaw Maker

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29/10/2007 by admin.

There are programs available to download You Tube content but this method is for playing it within PowerPoint with a live internet connection.
First open a new PowerPoint. You now need to see the Control Toolbox. In 2007 you will need to enable the Developer TAB to do this. Office button > PowerPoint Options and then in Popular “Enable Developer Tab” In earlier versions use View > Toolbars > Control Toolbox.

You should now check that in PPT 2007 macro security is set to “disable with notification” and in earlier versions to “medium”. You must save the file as a *.pptm or *.ppsm macro enabled file if you are using 2007.
Either way click on the more controls tool which looks like a hammer and spanner.

Now scroll down and find “Shockwave Flash Object”

On your slide drag to make the control fill the area you would like the You Tube Video to play in.
You will need to know the URL of the Video. You can find this on You Tube (you may need to click “more info”). Copy the URL.
Now RIGHT click and got to “Properties”, choose “Custom” and paste in the URL from You Tube. Embed Video should be unticked.

The bad news is it doesn’t work!. You will need to change the URL format so that PowerPoint can read it. Study the URL and delete the part that says watch? (nothing else) and then change the = sign to a /

You’re ready to go. Make sure that you have a live web connection and play the PowerPoint!

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03/10/2007 by admin.

John was dissatisfied with the templates for gameshows available on the net. They are often free but in John’s words they are mainly … (well best not go there!)

This is a completely new approach- an Add In that writes the whole gameshow file for you and includes very complex animations to give a realistic simulation. All you need to do is type the questions into a text file and press a button. EVERYTHING ELSE IS AUTOMATIC, the powerpoint show just appears on your desktop! Yes, it really is that easy! The finished game is professional and superior to anything that we have seen.

You can download free samples of shows created with the AddIns on the relevant pages. At the moment we have a special version restricted to making 5 games or 14 days for free download but we ask you to make a voluntary donation either PayPal to payment AT SIGN technologytrish.co.uk 0r email charlotte AT technologytrish.co.uk for an electronic bill (say how much you would like to donate. ALL the money from this goes to help provide solar electricity to Kilimatinde, one of the poorest villages in Tanzania. We hope to provide electricity for IT classes and internet access.

We are working closely with the Kilimatinde Trust in this sponsorship and will be sending 20 young people (16 - 18) to work there in July 2008.

Link Games

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