Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Beta
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Beta
I enjoyed creating Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations in the past… and our Ycademy members may remember the many educational slides and presentations I did for Ycademy as well as for some birthdays. So I was very curious to see the changes… and WOW! there’s a serious difference when even just looking at all the many features we now have with the brand-new Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Beta version – projected to hit the public market in June 2010.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Beta
What strikes us immediately with the new Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Beta version – besides much more sophisticated templates – is the wealth of graphic features, styles, fonts, colors, effects… I almost wanted to say “after effects”… and all sorts of elements and ways to manipulate and embellish a presentation and give it a professional clean and attractive look. It is truly amazing and a huge time saving especially for those who don’t have or are not familiar with Photoshop. As this is a Beta version, one can expect improvements with issues that are not that optimal yet – like getting the text alignments right fast and easy – but this is definitely a superb program to have.
Noordhoek Music Scene
A steaming night at the hot and buzzing Noordhoek Music Scene a few days ago was just right for me to take some digital photos to use for my first exercise with the new Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Beta version. You just never know who turns up… and here you see one of the best and most famous percussionists in the world – incognito. I didn’t even tell you :). You rarely see such steam, such passion and simply such great music… and as they were all about playing “Wild Things” I picked up that title. I hope my pictures convey the ambience – it was really ‘wild’! Wild at heart one could say… and simply world-class!
Good Picture Material for Presentations
Good picture material is still the most important element a great PowerPoint presentation consists of – so whoever has the passion to go deeper into this exciting arena needs to focus on that first.
I took the pictures under quite difficult conditions, however, with Photoshop everything is possible – if you have the eye, the skill and the patience. I say this because if one sees the many graphic features Microsoft offers now one could be tempted to think that Photoshop is no longer needed – however, there’s no way around sharp, good picture material – you produce it yourself or you buy it – unless you want to do text slides only, which is of course an option, but possibly a bit boring as… a picture tells a thousand stories and we are living in ‘picture times’!
PowerPoint Presentations at WP Best eShop
It took quite a while to load my 5 slides only PowerPoint Presentation… so far without music or voice… just the slides. In the darkness and excitement I missed the video button on my camera and so it’s pictures only! i will get better!
Please CLICK HERE to have a look. It’s just the beginning, however, PowerPoint Presentations will be a service offered at WP Best eShop in the near future! I just enjoy doing them too much!
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Author: Bianca Gubalke, Art, Media, Publishing.
