October 2006 - Posts

Packaging for Windows Vista and 2007 Office System
Tue, Oct 31 2006 15:18

Thanks to PowerPoint MVP for providing the information. The packaging for Windows Vista and Office 2007 are completely revised. Check this out:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/10/30/announcing-new-packaging-for-windows-vista-and-2007-office-system.aspx

by tohlz | with no comments

PowerPoint Heaven Contributors
Sun, Oct 29 2006 5:39

I have added a contributors' page on PowerPoint Heaven. Good works should never be gone unnoticed. This page features the hall of contributors who have helped out in the growth of PowerPoint Heaven by contributing and sharing their wonderful PowerPoint works. A very big thank to these contributors!

Visit PowerPoint Heaven's Contributors page here: http://pptheaven.mvps.org/contributors.html

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Fikree's Projects - LaserQuest Preview #2
Wed, Oct 25 2006 17:36

Here's another preview from Fikree for his upcoming PowerPoint Game, Laser Quest. This time, sound effects have been included into the game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsHrbj42yJY

by tohlz | with no comments

Zzangdol's Projects - PowerPoint Anime
Sun, Oct 22 2006 6:42

Han Byul Jang, also known as Zzangdol, is a VIP member in Korea's PowerPoint
Expert Club. He started PowerPoint since the age of 9! He can draw realistic
anime characters (using PowerPoint's Freeform tool) and animate them all in
PowerPoint.

Thanks to Mr. Francis Lee, admin of PowerPoint Expert Club, his artworks are
now hosted on PowerPoint Heaven. 3 samples have been added. For more
information, visit PowerPoint Heaven at http://pptheaven.mvps.org/.

by tohlz | 2 comment(s)

Fikree's Projects - LaserQuest Preview
Sat, Oct 21 2006 7:12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWlmJn6oQ2k
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NOTE:
This is NOT the final version of LaserQuest, plus, the music is NOT one of
the game, but it was created by Fikree.
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ABOUT LASERQUEST:
Fikree is currently working on his latest PowerPoint puzzle game,
LaserQuest, where user will have to beam the laser to the target...

FEATURES:
- 7 Worlds (Lab / Frost / H2O / Ruins / Sahara / Impact / Air (hidden) / RGB
(downloadable)
- Each world has 6 levels.
- About 20 elements.
- 7 one-minute musictracks.

EXTRAS:
- Cheat (only choosing the world)
- Downloadable Level
- Art Concepts
- Party Games (Pointer's Way: Race / Connect)

RELEASE DATE:
- Local Release (Dubai): December 2006
- Internet Release: January 2007
- Soundtrack Release: January 2007
- Downloadable Release: Febuary 2007

Special Thanks:
- Archer MacLean
- Hamed Al Aqili
- Shawn Toh
- John Cooney
- Niki Binder

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PowerPoint Heaven updates preview
Thu, Oct 19 2006 18:38

The picture shown below is an anime character named Akiha Tohno. You will be surprised if I tell you that this is drawn using PowerPoint. If that's not enough, how about animating this character? On the next PowerPoint Heaven's update, Han Byul Jang will impress you with some of his works in PowerPoint.


Figure 1: Akiha Tohno drawn using PowerPoint.

by tohlz | 2 comment(s)

Flash Blub art III
Tue, Oct 17 2006 19:40

Another cool Flash Bulb effect. In this scenario, 5 similar images are inserted onto a slide and placed on top of each other. Next, I applied the Emphasis > Flash Bulb effect onto the images and follow the method used on Flash Bulb art I. When running in the slide show, the end result gives you a feeling as if the image is popping out. Take a look at the sample here:
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/blog/FlashBulbEffect3.zip

by tohlz | with no comments

Flash Bulb art II
Sun, Oct 15 2006 19:11

Another experiment with the Flash Bulb effect. Same method has been applied. But this time round, instead of applying the Flash Bulb effect onto different objects, multiple Flash Bulb effects are applied onto a single object. The result looks good, giving you a lightning effect. Try that out too, and perhaps you can further improvise it.

Here's a sample you can take a look at:
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/blog/FlashBulbEffect2.zip

by tohlz | with no comments

Flash Bulb art
Fri, Oct 13 2006 20:03

Just experimenting with the Emphasis > Flash Bulb effect today. Here's a sample you can take a look at:
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/blog/FlashBulbEffect.zip

What I have done here is to have a number of AutoShapes, then applying the Emphasis > Flash Bulb effect on them. Next, set these effects to start "With Previous". Finally, have the second effect with a delay (Right click on effect, select the Timing tab) of 0.1 seconds, the third effect with a delay of 0.2 seconds, so on and so forth.

I will be experimenting with more Flash Bulb art in the next few days.

by tohlz | 1 comment(s)

Lorem Ipsum
Tue, Oct 10 2006 1:35

Have you heard of Lorem Ipsum? Basically, it's a chunk of dummy text that you can use to used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout. With Lorem Ipsum generator, you can produce a chunk of randomized text just in one click. Check this out:
http://www.lipsum.com/

by tohlz | with no comments

Featured on The Straits Times Newspaper!
Sat, Oct 7 2006 3:24

I got onto The Straits Times Newspaper today! PowerPoint Heaven and The Art of PowerPoint-ing was on the newspaper too. My school, Singapore Polytechnic (Thanks, Mdm Leong!), nominated me for The Straits Times youth award and I was informed by the publisher on Thursday that I had got in. It wasn't an extremely big article, but it's on the newspaper, that's a fact. :-)


Figure1: Tricks galore at his fingertips

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Nice OfficeArt effect with PowerPoint 2007
Tue, Oct 3 2006 17:14

I have done a presentation using PowerPoint 2007 today. OfficeArt in PowerPoint 2007 sure creates cool impact, especially if you combine it with animations. The feedback was great! Here's a screenshot of the presentation, showing you the Before (how the presentation originally looks like) and After (enhanced with PowerPoint 2007):



Figure 1: Before - How the presentation diagram originally looks like.


Figure 2: After - Presentation diagram enhanced with PowerPoint 2007.

by tohlz | 6 comment(s)