We learn best by examples.  And the better the example, the better the results. That’s why its a pleasure to point you to a new group of PowerPoint examples that are stunning, inventive, evocative… simply beautiful.  Nice enough if it stops there, but each and every one of these examples includes very detailed instructions on how you can reconstruct the design, and learn how to apply the technique to your own work. Animation for graphics and text, static text effects,  photographic...

Do you have questions about Office 2010? Want to learn more about Windows 7?  For the first time ever, MVPs from both Windows and Office have come together as a collaborative group for a special live chat. This event is a great opportunity to tap into the vast knowledge of these industry professionals who are regarded as the best in their field. All levels of experience are welcome from beginners and students to intermediate power users. PowerPoint MVPs Glenna Shaw and Echo Swinford will be...

  Over the past few months, we have shared our excitement about the new features of PowerPoint 2010 , such as Collaboration, Video Editing, Photo Effects, Background Removal, Presentation Broadcast, Slide Show Enhancements, Interface Customization, New Transitions, Slide Editing Improvements, and the brand new PowerPoint Web App available on SharePoint 2010, SkyDrive, and Hotmail.  Our team is proud to announce that PowerPoint and the rest of Office 2010 are available in retail stores and...

Just wanted to get in a quick entry on an astounding bit of news. One of the best books out there for improving the quality and content of your PowerPoint Presentations is Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points. Cliff’s extensive and accessible technique for creating “presentations that inform, motivate and inspire” has been getting rave reviews since it was published last year. In the sense of full disclosure, it’s important to note that Microsoft Press publishes Beyond Bullet Points . We think that...

…were created entirely in PowerPoint 2010. Many of you have been wondering how this is possible; it must be some kind of joke. Does PowerPoint make video? Allow me to formally introduce our new “Create a Video” feature. With just a couple clicks, anyone can make a video of his or her presentation which is easy to distribute, share, or archive. Check out this “marketing” video that some of our engineers created and uploaded to YouTube:    Whether for marketing your product, teaching a lecture...

Now that you’ve learned about PowerPoint Web App’s Reading View – designed for quickly reading presentations that have been published on the web -- we’d like to introduce you to Edit View . Edit View is, unsurprisingly, the place where you go to make changes to your presentation on the web. To begin with, we designed this view to parallel our desktop app’s Normal View. On the web, you’ll find the familiar ribbon, thumbnail pane, and notes pane. Take a look at the desktop app and the web app side...

Today, we are announcing the availability of the PowerPoint 2010 Beta.  It is a public download that anyone can try for free. What can you do with PowerPoint 2010? Collaborate more effectively with Co-Authoring Bring your ideas to life with Video Editing , Transitions & Animations , Picture Editing, and SmartArt Author your presentations in less time using the new Animation Painter , Animation Ribbon , Transition Ribbon , and Smart Guides Reach your audience with Broadcast Slide Show Work...

STAMP is a free public beta that increases the accessibility of your presentations. With it, you can easily add closed captions to video and audio files, which boosts their impact for those with hearing disabilities. STAMP lets you create captions within PowerPoint or import existing industry standard Timed Text Mark-up Language (TTML) files. Head over to Holly Thomas' new post for details about STAMP and another accessibility-oriented beta add-in for Word called Save as DAISY.

STAMP is available for download starting today and works in all the languages Office currently supports around the world. 

In this post, we'll take a look at how to install it and how to use it. You can find full details in the article Sub-titling text add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint (STAMP), and also find download files and documentation at SourceForge.

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Welcome to the 21st century. Computers are omnipresent. The extent of your audience is no longer constrained to a single conference room or the space just over your left shoulder. Whether you are sharing the videos from your recent trip with your family hundreds of miles away or presenting a media-rich business plan to potential customers on the other side of the globe, your slides need to work on computers other than the one right in front of you. It’s simple, right? Just attach the presentation...

Are you the next Mark Zuckerberg? Author and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki has teamed up with the Office Web Apps team to offer you a step-by-step guide on creating a flawless pitch in PowerPoint, and BTW, the guide is hilarious.

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