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June 13, 2007

10 Awesome Powerpoint Tutorials

Awesomebackgrounds.com hosts the following 10 Awesome Powerpoint Tutorials. Each of these PowerPoint Tutorials provides free downloadable files, allowing you to check out how the tasks are features are accomplished and to see the finished results. This site also has a PowerPoint Glossary that you can use to learn the correct PowerPoint terminology and what the jargon means. There are ten PowerPoint Tutorials available: Linking, Looping, Graphics, Text Effects, Transparency, Interactive Menus, Powerpoint to DVD, Powerpoint to Video, Powerpoint Animations and Beveled Boxes.


PowerPoint Graphics Tutorial


This graphics tutorial teaches you how to optimize bitmap graphics for “On-screen” PowerPoint presentations. Here are some of the benefits of doing this:

  • Reduce the file size of power point presentations and hence keep them to a manageable size
  • Shrink presentations from 10mb to 1mb
  • Speed up the display of graphics
  • Speed the loading and saving of presentations
  • Learn about all the common different graphic file formats
  • If you use a scanner or digital camera then this tutorial is for you

PowerPoint Text Effects Tutorial

This tutorial shows you what kind of text effects are available by using standard powerpoint wipes. Features covered are:
  • Exhibition stand graphics to attract visitors
  • Conference openers (especially good with music)
  • Conference breakout screens
  • Divider or section headers in presentations
  • General presentation ideas


PowerPoint Linking Tutorial


The linking tutorial shows you how to link various powerpoint presentations together. You may want to link presentations together for the following reasons:
  • Mixing presentations that use different templates / styles without all the slides getting badly mis-formatted
  • Displaying several presentations in what appears to be one show
  • Keeping all the different presentations separate and at a manageable size
  • Avoiding the annoying black screens in between presentations like you get with the list (.LST) method using the powerpoint viewer
  • It doesn’t require you to click on any hyperlinked buttons to call up any of the presentations.

PowerPoint Looping Tutorial

This looping tutorial shows you how to select which linked presentations will loop continuously until you press the “Esc” key. Doing this helps with:
  • Having a looping presentation at the beginning of a show while the audience gets into a room. e.g. Advertisers logos looping until the presentation is ready to start
  • Telling the audience when the presentations will start
  • Keeping all the different presentations separate and at a manageable size
  • Avoiding the annoying black screens in between presentations like you get with the list (.LST) method using the powerpoint viewer
  • It doesn’t require you to click on any hyperlinked buttons to call up any of the presentations, just press the “Esc” key to stop the looping presentation.

PowerPoint Transparency Tutorial

The transparency tutorial teaches you how to use transparency in your PowerPoint presentations, including creating transparent graphics and how the transparency tool. Use this tutorial to:
  • Remove that annoying white rectangle around your logo
  • Achieve effects you didn’t know were possible
  • Make your presentation look more professional

PowerPoint Menu Tutorial

Learn how to add an interactive menu to your PowerPoint presentations. Features taught include:
  • Jumping to a “range” of slides and returning to the menu
  • Providing a menu for a live presentation, that presenters can control themselves
  • Learning about the “custom show” feature of powerpoint
  • Providing a great startup menu screen, so that people can interactively select what presentations to view. It adds a very professional touch for post conference CDs
  • Giving your presentations more of a multimedia feel

PowerPoint to DVD Tutorial

How to convert your PowerPoint presentations to play on a home dvd player. Learn how to do the following: 
  • Show presentations without the need for a computer
  • Distribute your slideshows to friends and colleagues
  • Automatically repeat and rewind presentations
  • Give your presentations more of a TV feel

PowerPoint to Video Tutorial

Find out how to convert your PowerPoint presentations to an AVI, MOV, WMV, or other video file. It’s great for: 
  • Showing presentations without the need for powerpoint
  • Distributing your slideshows to friends and colleagues
  • Converting your powerpoint presentation to video file e.g. AVI MOV GIF
  • Converting your powerpoint presentation to streaming movie clip to show on the internet e.g. WMV SWF RM
  • Converting your powerpoint presentation to an exe file
  • Packaging your presentation to a CD
  • Automatically repeat and rewind presentations

PowerPoint Animations Tutorial

This tutorial demonstrates how to do animation effects by using the standard Powerpoint 2002 / XP / 2003 wipes. You can use animation for: 
  • Impressing your boss and influencing people
  • Exhibition stand graphics to attract visitors
  • Conference openers (especially good with music)
  • Conference breakout screens
  • Divider or section headers in presentations

PowerPoint Beveled Boxes Tutorial


This PowerPoint tutorial teaches you how to create beveled boxes in all versions of Powerpoint. Learn how to: 
  • Add a quick professional touch to your presentations
  • Create cool boxes that you can use on titles, section breaks and diagrams
  • Make your own style of boxes that you can re-use
  • Impress your fellow powerpoint users

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