October 2006 - Posts

Packaging for Windows Vista and 2007 Office System

Published Tue, Oct 31 2006 15:18 | tohlz

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...

PowerPoint Heaven Contributors

Published Sun, Oct 29 2006 5:39 | tohlz

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...

Fikree's Projects - LaserQuest Preview #2

Published Wed, Oct 25 2006 17:36 | tohlz

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

Zzangdol's Projects - PowerPoint Anime

Published Sun, Oct 22 2006 6:42 | tohlz

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...

Fikree's Projects - LaserQuest Preview

Published Sat, Oct 21 2006 7:12 | tohlz

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

PowerPoint Heaven updates preview

Published Thu, Oct 19 2006 18:38 | tohlz

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...

Flash Blub art III

Published Tue, Oct 17 2006 19:40 | tohlz

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...

Flash Bulb art II

Published Sun, Oct 15 2006 19:11 | tohlz

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...

Flash Bulb art

Published Fri, Oct 13 2006 20:03 | tohlz

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 >...

Lorem Ipsum

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 1:35 | tohlz

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...

Featured on The Straits Times Newspaper!

Published Sat, Oct 7 2006 3:24 | tohlz

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...

Nice OfficeArt effect with PowerPoint 2007

Published Tue, Oct 3 2006 17:14 | tohlz

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...