June 2006 - Posts

Fikree's PowerPoint Games Projects
Published Thu, Jun 29 2006 14:26 | tohlz
If you have not seen any PowerPoint games done by Mohammad Ahmed Fikree, then you are certainly missing out some great stuff! Ranging from Pointer's Way Arcade to Green Box, the amount of effort put in is definitely worth it. These games are similar to...
The Human Brain
Published Thu, Jun 22 2006 16:11 | tohlz
I received this presentation in my email today. Looks pretty interesting and hence would like to share with you guys. Basically, it's about the mind tricking what you will be seeing on the screen. At first, I thought that there were some animations added...
The PowerPoint & OfficeArt Team Blog
Published Tue, Jun 20 2006 18:44 | tohlz
Howard Cooperstein, Ric Bretschneider and Mark Jaremko, the Program Mangers for PowerPoint have started a blog on PowerPoint 2007 and OfficeArt. This blog covers latest news on OfficeArt which will definitely be useful if you are interested in PowerPoint...
Send Word to PowerPoint
Published Sun, Jun 18 2006 3:51 | tohlz
Microsoft Office Word offers you a nice feature that allows you to send Word documents into PowerPoint presentations. With this Send To feature, you can easily create a presentation from word documents. To send your word document to PowerPoint, from Microsoft...
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Spin and Grow animations get jagged in PowerPoint
Published Tue, Jun 13 2006 17:30 | tohlz
In PowerPoint 2002/XP and 2003, you can add the Emphasis (Spin) and Emphasis (Grow/Shrink) effects onto objects. These are good effects that you can use to animate your presentations. Unfortunately, the object may become jagged, blurry or loses quality...
Realistic Ball Effects with PowerPoint
Published Tue, Jun 13 2006 3:58 | tohlz
I have submitted a sample to Indezine for Bevel and Shadow effects on balls using PowerPoint previously. The sample includes Ball Effects variations (5 variations, 4 colors each) accompanied by 6 examples on how you can make use them. If you haven't seen...
Triangle Arts: Part II
Published Sun, Jun 11 2006 18:57 | tohlz
In the previous article on Triangle Arts: Part I , we talked about creating interesting patterns with triangles. Today, you will see how this can be achieved. First of all, you will need to create 8 triangles as seen on the picture below. You can start...
PowerPoint Movie: Evolution Warriors
Published Thu, Jun 8 2006 19:53 | tohlz
Have you read the article regarding Project "Kungfu" earlier on? Project "Kungfu" has now been published and released on PowerPoint Heaven . The official name is Evolution Warriors. Evolution Warriors is a PowerPoint Movie. This movie contains 1,500+...
Triangle Arts: Part I
Published Tue, Jun 6 2006 19:53 | tohlz
Below is an attachment on how you can play around with Triangles to create some interesting patterns. Are you able to figure out the solution? Slide 4 has the answer! And if you do, challenge yourself to create something similar to Slide 5 and 6. Tutorial...
Project "Kungfu", another PowerPoint Movie on the move
Published Sun, Jun 4 2006 7:48 | tohlz
A friend of mine, Jia Hao, is now working on another PowerPoint Movie similar to Shadow Fighter with me in the beta testing for feedback and suggestions. Codenamed "Kungfu", this PowerPoint Movie is a fade motion production, which slightly differs from...
Microsoft adds Ultimate edition of Office 2007
Published Thu, Jun 1 2006 6:35 | tohlz
Seems like Microsoft will be introducing a Ultimate edition for Office 2007. This edition contains almost all the components, and is available to only to large businesses. Check this news at CNET: http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6077164.html