April 2006 - Posts

Mask with PowerPoint: Part III

Published 26 April 6 7:12 PM | tohlz

In the previous tutorial, we talk about how to make a text glow and fade off from left to right. Today, we will move on to flashing a text from left to right. By flashing, it means that lets say if you were to animate a text named "Masking", it will flash...

Mask with PowerPoint: Part II

Published 24 April 6 5:46 PM | tohlz

Hi folks. Today, we shall continue with Part II of Mask with PowerPoint. If you are familiar with the glow masking animation in Flash, this tutorial should be interesting to you. For first timer, glow masking animation is an effect that can be created...

Mask with PowerPoint: Part I

Published 22 April 6 8:4 PM | tohlz

If you have seen how Macromedia Flash masks objects and animating them using layers, you will know that it is not possible with PowerPoint. But are these masking effects really impossible with PowerPoint? The answer is no. There are several methods and...

Bar Chart with Custom Image

Published 20 April 6 5:37 PM | tohlz

A simple bar chart may look dull. You can change the colors, fill it with gradients, textures and even patterns of the bars. But how about replacing the bars with the image you have created? The procedure is relatively simple. First, you will need to...

3D Ball - Lens Flare effect

Published 18 April 6 4:42 PM | tohlz

If you have seen the article on "Creating a snowfall effect" I have made for Indezine ( Click here to enter link ), here's another sample you can take a look at. Following through the article, you can also make use of the snow fall to create lens flare...

PowerPoint Shortcut Keys

Published 16 April 6 9:3 PM | tohlz

Keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint are extremely useful, just like playing computer games. If you have ever seen gaming experts playing computer games, you will probably see them manipulating with the keyboard more than the mouse. Getting familiar with...

Total Animations Count

Published 14 April 6 10:5 PM | tohlz

So you have numerous animations on your slide. Aren't you interested to know the total number of animations you have added onto the slide? Here's a quick way you can use to check it out. For PowerPoint 2000 and below, the animation order will show you...

Working with the Dissolve Effect

Published 12 April 6 6:27 PM | tohlz

Dissolve Effect in the Custom Animation does not look good in presentation. It simply doesn't look like a real dissolve. Since it does not work well alone, you can always experiment it out with other effects. One good example you can try is to have Dissolve...

Customizing PowerPoint Toolbars

Published 10 April 6 6:28 PM | tohlz

Often, you need to use PowerPoint to create presentations. Preparing slides and handling them are cumbersome, especially if your presentation contains 100+ slides. Commands in the toolbars are there to solve your problems. They speed up your work and...

Christmas Room Demo

Published 8 April 6 11:8 PM | tohlz

Previously, I did a PowerPoint Game in PowerPoint, called Birthday Room which has been published in PowerPoint Heaven ( http://pptheaven.mvps.org ). Last year, I decided to make a sequel to the game naming it Christmas Room. The sequel in mind will be...

WorldSkill Competition - PPT Experience

Published 8 April 6 9:25 AM | tohlz

Finished my WorldSkill Compeition yesterday. For most of you who don't know, I represented my school to take part in a WorldSkill Competition. It was a national qualifying round. It wasn't easy, even for the PowerPoint part. Basically, you are given instructions...

Welcome to my PowerPoint-ing Blog!

Published 7 April 6 12:39 PM | tohlz

Hi to all MVPs and visitors! I am Shawn Toh (a.k.a tohlz). A new PowerPoint MVP and Microsoft Office Specialist for PowerPoint. I am also the webmaster for PowerPoint Heaven: http://pptheaven.mvps.org . This blog will be used to share The Art of PowerPoint...