Category Archives: PowerPoint

PowerPoint Hyperlink error (comma in title)

Posted on October 17, 2010 by virtualmv

I couldn’t believe this until I read that it is a known issue. If you use hyperlinking in PowerPoint (linking from one slide to another) and you have a comma in the heading of the destination slide, the hyperlink won’t … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Tech Ed Online 2010

Posted on September 10, 2010 by virtualmv

http://www.msteched.com/2010/NewZealand Videos from the Microsoft Tech Ed – link from Paul Lo

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Screen Recorders

Posted on June 30, 2010 by virtualmv

After a post on givaway of the day http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ had  feedback about free screen recorders Two that came up were Cam studio (open source) http://camstudio.org/ and the online  Screenr http://www.screenr.com

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PowerPoint: Adding an animated clock

Posted on March 27, 2010 by virtualmv

http://screenr.com/uQg (other effects too) I guess I’m going to see a lot of these at the next conference!!

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Ways To Jazz Up A Virtual Classroom

Posted on February 22, 2010 by virtualmv

A link from Joyce http://www.slideshare.net/shend5/ways-to-jazz-up-a-virtual-classroom

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The Top 50 Web Development Icon Sets from 2009

Posted on December 21, 2009 by virtualmv

From JS: Lots of icons to give you ideas for your own ones. http://speckyboy.com/2009/12/21/the-top-50-web-development-icon-sets-from-2009/

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Add a Newspaper clipping

Posted on December 16, 2009 by virtualmv

From JS. A neat way to show some text as a newspaper clipping… http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

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Freeware (donationware) Video Converter

Posted on June 18, 2009 by virtualmv

JJ has found a video converter Huang, S. (2009) MediaCoder – more than a universal audio/video transcoder. Retrieved June 17, 2009 from http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

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PowerPoint 2007 – multiple monitors swap display

Posted on April 28, 2009 by virtualmv

Had an issue when using multiple monitors. When using a monitor attached to my laptop the presentation displayed on the laptop not the external monitor. Searching the we came up with lots of false hits… and the answer is actually … Continue reading →

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Death by PowerPoint (SlideShare)

Posted on January 28, 2009 by virtualmv

Not that I agree with everything said (e.g. suits visual learners – of which I am one), but gives you something to think about/discuss. [slideshare id=85551&doc=death-by-powerpoint4344]

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