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). This feature however, vanishes in the later versions. If you need a kiosk mode reset, you will have to do it manually. But how? Since you have set your presentation to run as a kiosk mode, ensure that you have already created navigation buttons

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 hyperlink to play with. To create the hyperlink, first go into normal view and type your link or email on a textbox. Once you get the hyperlink, highlight the link and click Edit > Copy. You can either go into View > Notes page, or click

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.com/s.aspx?sm=8btaxwZWsjzcfZf2i5Qjog_3d_3d Note: The link to get the free e-booklet is in small print at the end of the survey.

PowerPoint Heaven eConvention 2008 is a day where PowerPointers get together to discuss, review and submit their latest PowerPoint works. PPTH eCon 2008 (abbrev.) is an annual online convention, which will be held on 27 September, a month after PowerPoint Heaven Anniversary. There are several events for PowerPoint Heaven eConvention 2008. The events include: eCon Awards 2008, Contributor of the Year, Submissions @ eCon, Discussions @ eCon. Check out PPTH eCon 2008 now for more information! The eConvention

PowerPoint Heaven 3rd Anniversary! Time files, and PowerPoint Heaven is now 3 years old. It feels really good to see PowerPoint animations, games and artworks getting better and better over the past 3 years. In recent years, you can slowly see a wide variety of games coming up. Here's a few examples of PowerPoint games by fellow hardcore PowerPointers: Pointer's Way (maze game) by Mohammad Ahmed Fikree, Music ver. C (music rhythm game) by KDC, Ultimate Sniper (shooting game) by Ted Thayer

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. Then, press "b" key again to resume the presentation. The downside is that you won't be able to see the content on the screen. To resolve this, you can make use of VBA. To do so, click Tools > Macro > Visual Basic Editor. Copy

Well hidden feature here, which you may not came across unless you chanced upon it. If you have inserted a table in PowerPoint 2007, then gave it a border, you will realize that there's no direct way to change the border color of your preference as compared to previous versions of PowerPoint. It can be done though. Here's what you should do: Double click on the table to bring up the Table Tools > Design tab. Under 'Table Styles', set the table to 'No Borders'. Now, under

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 in a PowerPoint, click Insert > Object. Select Create from file, then click on Browse. Look for the ppt file you want to embed. Then click Ok twice. The file will then be embedded with the first slide shown as a thumbnail. There are two ways

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 and videos. There will be a news presenter who will do the talk for you. You can then publish you finished work onto the web. If you have a PowerPoint presentation that you want to put on web, try TVanima.

PowerPoint Heaven now offers RSS Feed. For those geeks who use feed readers often, you can now subscribe to the feed and get PowerPoint Heaven's latest updates at: http://pptheaven.mvps.org/rssfeed.xml . The link is also accessible through PowerPoint Heaven frontpage and news section. RSS Feed may replace news section in the near future. For those who are still confuse, asking "what on earth is rss feed?", you can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss RSS Feed on