Microsoft’s Office Online has a collection of additional Smart Art objects that can be downloaded and added to the PPT 07 library!
These work in PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook. All are FREE. click here to go to the download page.
– Troy @ TLC
In all Office Online has 8 incredible example templates – each with step-by-step instructions on how to recreate each effect!
– Static Text Effects
– Static Picture Effects
– Animated Text Effects
– Animated Picture Effects
– Combined Picture and Text Effects
– Animated Hierarchy and Process Graphics
– Backgrounds
– 3D Shapes and Objects
Click here to access them all (note: downloads from Microsofts Office Online site must be done with Internet Explorer). All are the work of fellow PPT MVP Julie Terberg of Terberg Design.
(Note: I am grabbing this image from Ric B’s PPT Team Blog)
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More animations! This time 20 slides of image animations with thorough step-by-step instructions. Click here to go to the MS Office Online page to download.
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Animation is one of my strong points and this template presentation has some great ones!
The Text Animations deck on Office Online has 20 slides of text animations – each with step-by-step instructions on how to recreate these great effects.
It is also good to note that most of the animation effects can also be applied to other objects such as autoshapes or inserted images!
Click here to go to the MS Office Online page to download.
– Troy @ TLC
Click here to go to the Office Online page with the download link for this great, and free, PPT 2007 presentation that has 15 picture effects. All effects are created entirely in PPT 2007 and the speaker notes have detailed step-by-step instructions on how to recreate the effects in your presentaitons.
Here are a few samples of the picture effects in this deck:
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Click here to go to office online and download this fantastic free presentation with 19 great text effects all created in PPT 2007.
What makes this presentation especially great is that not only is everything created within PPT 2007, but a detailed how-to set of instructions included!
– Troy @ TLC
Sometimes it is difficult to keep a secret – this is one of those items I was excited about when I previewed them (yeah!) and then was told not to talk about them until Microsoft posted them (ohhh…). Well this week Microsoft Office Online has officially posted a series of PPT 2007 visual elements templates.
These really great ‘presentations’ are a series of incredible visual elements, animations and layouts – all created with PPT 2007 tools. As example one of the template decks shows how to make this graphic entirely within PowerPoint 2007!
Julie Terberg is the designer responsible for all of these effects (also a MS PowerPoint MVP). Check back as each day next week I highlight a different template deck (there are 8 in total).
– Troy @ TLC
If you need some sound effect (fx) for a presentation, a great, FREE, online resource is soundsnap.com. You do need to register and then 5 downloads per month are free.
There are a lot of sound fx here and the collection seems to be continuously growing. All are free to download and royalty free for use. One of the best features is you can download almost any audio file in either .mp3 or .wav format (I prefer .wav as it can be embedded into PowerPoint).
So if you are video taping a presentation, doing a webcast, or want to practice your presentation script while walking around (highly recommended) – here is a nifty online application.
CuePrompter.com is an online teleprompter that works in your browser (computer does need to be online).
Just paste in your text, make a few formatting selections and click START PROMPTER.
The scroll speed is constant, but it does have 9 speed options. It is easy to read – somewhat depending on your screen size and is a quick-easy-free option.
If you want to install a teleprompt application on your computer, Prompt! is an industry standard and they offer a lite version of their software for free. You can get it here.
– Troy @ TLC
If you are looking for a template, or at least some nice backgrounds, this site has a large collection (250+) of PowerPoint templates that are free for download. Better yet, there is no log-in, capturing your email address or any other ill marketing stuff. You do have to endure pages full of ads, but that’s it. Take a look at www.freepowerpointdownload.com
The templates are nice, but very simple on the formatting (eg. you will probably want to adjust things on the Master Slides). Here is one I downloaded from the Christmas themes to preview the quality:
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