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Reset kiosk mode on inactivity

Published Mon, Dec 22 2008 23:12 | tohlz

In the earlier PowerPoint versions, when you set your presentation to run in kiosk mode (Slide show > Set up Show > Kiosk mode), your slide show will automatically reset and goes back to the first slide after a period of inactivity (approx. 5 mins...

Filed under: PowerPoint, kiosk

Insert hyperlink in Notes page

Published Wed, Dec 10 2008 23:29 | tohlz

A user posted an interesting question on the Microsoft Office Online Discussion Group, asking whether it's possible to insert hyperlinks in Notes page. There's no function for you to do that in PowerPoint. Now, here's a tricky workaround create...

Filed under: PowerPoint, notes page, hyperlink

What is Death by PowerPoint?

Published Sun, Sep 14 2008 2:14 | tohlz

Here is a survey by Ellen Finkelstein. If you have any Death by PowerPoint experience, why not share it with us on this survey? By taking up this survey, you will also get a free copy of Ellen's e-booklet, 7 Steps to Great Images. http://www.surveymonkey...

Filed under: PowerPoint

Pausing your animations with VBA

Published Sun, Aug 10 2008 21:32 | tohlz

Lets say if you are running a slide that has multiple animations on it. Halfway through the presentation, you may want to pause the animations to explain something. A simple way to do this is to press the "b" key which will black out the screen...

Filed under: powerpoint animations, PowerPoint, vba, macro

Embedding PowerPoint in a PowerPoint

Published Tue, Jul 8 2008 11:51 | tohlz

There are several ways to link presentations from one to another. The downside of linking however, is the fear of link breaking when moving the files from one location to another. A solution to resolve this is to make use of embedding. To embed a PowerPoint...

Filed under: PowerPoint, embed

Put your presentation into TVnima!

Published Sun, Jun 15 2008 23:09 | tohlz

I have chanced upon this interesting application while surfing through the web. TVanima , currently in its alpha stage, is an online 3D application that allows you to create a TV news program by inserting media such as photographs, images, narrations...

Filed under: PowerPoint

Insert flv video into PowerPoint

Published Mon, Dec 24 2007 2:30 | tohlz

What is a flv video? Flash Video, also known as flv, is a file format that is used to deliver video over the Internet. It uses the .flv file extension. Video sharing sites such as YouTube and MySpace make use of Flash Video format. Inserting flv video...

Filed under: video, PowerPoint, control toolbox

Play multiple sounds simultaneously

Published Wed, Oct 24 2007 5:35 | tohlz

During a presentation, you might want to have a music playing in the background, then have additional sound effects. The problem is, when the sound effect starts to play, your background music stops. What we want is to have multiple sounds playing at...

Filed under: PowerPoint, sounds

Rediscovering PowerPoint Workshop @ NTU

Published Mon, Oct 22 2007 6:37 | tohlz

Completed the Rediscovering PowerPoint Workshop at Nanyang Technological University few days ago (Wed, 17 Oct). Thanks to the Hindri, Stephanie, Adeline, Kee, Teddy, Darren and Johnny who have been helping me out! A total of 25 participants. It actually...

Filed under: PowerPoint