MasterViews InternationalMasterView provides resources, ideas and tools for creating, managing and delivering effective PowerPoint presentationsUsing Relative Links Vs. Absolute Ones In A Powerpoint Presentation- November 22, 2004 Mr. Flask recently asked: QUESTION: Dear Sir, I have prepared a presentation on PowerPoint full of action buttons since the presentation is like a small menu linking to a lot of documents. The issue I am finding is as follows: I am copying this presentation including the files on a CD-ROM however, when I try to run this on the CD-ROM the links do not work. Till now i did not find a way of making a link as a relative address. As a worksaround I linked them to an absolute address to d: as the...http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/22/using_relative_links_vs_absolute.htm How To Distribute A PowerPoint Presentation On CD-ROM- November 14, 2004 Yesterday, one of my most scrupulous students, Jin, called me and asked me for the easiest way to burn a PowerPoint presentation on a CD-ROM in order to distribute it inside her organization. I answered Jin that this was indeed a difficult question, one that I have run into before and which has had me spend quite a few hours to find an appropriate solution....http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/14/how_to_distribute_a_powerpoint.htm How To Write Text Live On Top Of A Slide Being Shown- November 12, 2004 Don White asked: QUESTION: Hi, I teach French scientists to give talks in English. My training supports are all in PowerPoint and I also help the speakers to prepare their visuals in PowerPoint for their presentations. Problem situation: during my lessons and meetings people often ask me to write out words (normal, because I'm using what is for them a foreign language). I sometimes use a Wacom tablet to be able to write directly to the screen during a training presentation, but such an approach.http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/12/how_to_write_text_live.htm How To Manage Links To Other Files When Converting A Presentation To WebHTML- November 10, 2004 Rashid Mahmood asked: QUESTION: "Hi Sir, I have read some of your articles and these are very informative, in fact in my view MasterView is the best site for the problems related to PowerPoint. I consider myself an advanced user of PowerPoint and I use Windows XP. I am facing some problem relating to saving the file as a web page, I will be really thankful if u can help me. Here I try to explain my problem. Let's suppose I have two Power Point files: File A File B Both Files have 2 slides..http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/10/how_to_manage_links_to.htm How To Avoid The Black Border Inside The PowerPoint Viewer- November 10, 2004 Dan Putelli asked: QUESTION: Hi there, I wondered if you could help me with a problem I've got I am calling PowerPoint slides from within a Macromedia Director presentation (projector) utilising the PowerPoint Viewer 97. Here is my problem: In Macromedia Director I give the PowerPoint window a specific size so as to fit it exactly into my Director presentation. This works fine when I use PowerPoint itself. When I use PowerPoint Viewer though, the slide is displayed slightly smaller and with a...http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/10/how_to_avoid_the_black.htm How To Open PowerPoint PPS Files Without PowerPoint Installed- November 6, 2004 T.Jones asked the following question: QUESTION: A relative of mine sends me email containing .pps files. I do not have PowerPoint on my computer. Can I open these files Thanks....http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/06/how_to_open_powerpoint_pps.htm How To Play Sounds And Animations When Going Repeatedly To A Specific Slide- November 4, 2004 Marijke asked the following question: QUESTION: I just made a PowerPoint Presentation concerning a learning program for school children. On the introduction page I made hyperlinks to several slides. All slides have animations and sound files. All slides also have an action button with a hyperlink back to the introduction page. When you first use a hyperlink from the introduction page to a certain slide (let's say slide 4) all animations and soundfiles work perfectly. However, when I go back...http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/04/how_to_play_sounds_and.htm Learn How To Edit And Prepare Digital Images Without Photoshop- November 3, 2004 Picture Perfect! Look Ma No Photoshop A new Robin Good Mini-Guide is out! Devoted to help you tame the preparation and editing of digital images for publication on the Web, inside presentations and in other types of publications, "Look Ma No Photoshop" is a simple to read guide that shows you step-by-step how to prepare digital images without having to purchase and learn difficult and expensive digital image editing softwares like Adobe Photoshop. Find out how to:...http://www.masterviews.com/2004/11/03/learn_how_to_edit_and.htm |