Two really nifty Powerpoint tools

on Friday, October 17, 2008

I used to use Powerpoint all the time. As a trainer who had to do my own developing I would spend hours and hours playing with it. Two tools that are really good for people who use Powerpoint a lot are 280 Slides and iSpring.

280 Slides is like having access to Powerpoint anywhere you have an internet connection. It is missing a few tools that Powerpoint has, but you won't miss them. It is a great way of sharing presentations with others. You can either develop the presentation right there online, or you can upload your presentation and share it from there. Awesome tool.

iSpring converts your PowerPoint presentation to an interactive Flash video with the click of a button. Not only is iSpring a great way to make your PowerPoint presentation more portable (not everyone has PowerPoint, after all), but as Digital Inspiration points out, an exported movie even preserves all of your slide transitions, animations, and hyperlinks. iSpring is freeware, Windows only, works with PowerPoint 2000 through 2007. Alternately, you can upload any presentation directly to the SlideBoom web site (which appears to convert and host Flash movies made with iSpring) if you don't want to host the presentation yourself.

You have to love technology!!!

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