tools & tips

Embedding a live webpage so that it is a seamless part of the Powerpoint is amazingly easy but

• Must have an internet connection for the slide and website to work properly
  May receivesecurity warnings by users (users must also have LiveWeb installed)
  Machine must have the free Powerpoint Add-in, LiveWeb installed (no administrative authority needed)

Installing LiveWeb

Close Powerpoint.

INSERTING A WORD DOCUMENT, PDF, SPREADSHEET, ETC.

Main Menu Insert>Object

Note> When inserting a document, Powerpoint will insert it into one slide; any overflow will not display.

ANIMATED IMAGE ACROSS THE WHOLE SLIDESHOW

As a background:

View>Master>Slide Master

From the Master Slide, right click on slide background.

Small animation on a slide:

Embedding fonts will save the fonts along with the presentation.

Note>Only truetype fonts have this option.

Under Tools>Options

TRANSITIONS AND NAVIGATION

Let's add a nifty transition from slide to slide.

EMBEDDING MEDIA

(YouTube and other web based media)

One of the advantages of embedding YouTube (or other flash files hosted on the web) into Powerpoint is that as long as there is an internet connection, everything should run correctly.

WORDART and HYPERLINKS

Insert>Picture>WordArt

MUSIC

Now let’s add some introductory music.

Insert>Movies and Sounds>Sound from Clip Organizer