PPT Tips, Word, and Blog

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Harry Sampson

Hi,

I know this is a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. That said,
here's what I am looking for. I saw a very good entry in a blog sometime
during 2004. The author was an accomplished presenter, and he gave some
excellent tips for using PPT. He also provided a template or view for how
he incorporated his PPT presentations in MS Word. If I recall correctly, he
pasted his slide at the top of the page, and then used the other 1/2 or 2/3
to provide commentary. His presentation style looked very professional.
Unfortuanately, I didn't save the link, though I wish I did. Does anyone
recall seeing something like this?

Perhaps I will come across other great sites in the process of looking.

Thank you for your assistance.

HS
 
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Hello,

You might be able to achieve close to what the author described simply by
using built-in features of PowerPoint and Word.

1) Open presentation and add speakers notes to each slide
2) File -> Send to -> Microsoft Word...
3) Choose "Notes below slides" option and
4) Click "OK"

If you (or anyone else reading this message) thinks that is important for
PowerPoint to provide better (or any) support for support for consuming,
viewing and/or interacting with data and documents from other Office
applications (without having to resort to VBA or add-ins), don't forget to
send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

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John Langhans wrote...
You might be able to achieve close to what the author described simply by
using built-in features of PowerPoint and Word.

1) Open presentation and add speakers notes to each slide
2) File -> Send to -> Microsoft Word...
3) Choose "Notes below slides" option and
4) Click "OK"
Click to expand...

John,

Thank you very much. I hadn't been aware of that feature. Still the person
who had the blog entry had some really good stuff--it's a great lesson for
me to remember to bookmark it next time.

Again, thank you.

HS
 
Hi Harry,

The fellow you have in mind might be Paul Gould:
http://www.maya.com/web/what/mayapinions/what_mp_gould_evilgenius.mtml

or Rich Gold:
http://www.richgold.org/twoheads/sld001.htm
http://www.richgold.org/plenitude/html/slide1.htm

or Cliff Atkinson:
http://www.sociablemedia.com/therapy_quick_5ways.htm

The PPT blog might have been one of these:
http://tonyramos.com/Presentations Weblog.htm
http://www.indezine.com/blog/
http://sooper.org/misc/ppt/

Best regards,
Tony

Tony Ramos
Specialist in PowerPoint Presentation Design
http://tonyramos.com
Home of "Tony's PowerPoint Weblog"
 
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