We’ve been busy converting our PowerPoint templates to available 16X9 widescreen versions. Now most all of our templates are available as a in both standard 4×3 and 16×9 aspect rations.
Here is a video featuring samples of our widescreen PowerPoint templates.
Our widescreen templates are available for PowerPoint 2007 or newer. Users of older versions of PowerPoint are still able to use the standard 4×3 versions of the templates.
Here is a short video tutorial illustrating how to download and use our templates for PowerPoint 2003 and older.
Our templates for older version of PowerPoint, like PowerPoint 2003, come in .ZIP archive files so there are a few extra steps to get them animate properly in PowerPoint 2003.
1. Download the template. It will download as a .zip file.
2. Extract the .ZIP file to a folder on your computer. I like to extract it to my Desktop, but you can extract it anywhere you want. Just remember where you saved it. To extract the .zip, I like to right click on top of the zip file and choose “Extract All” from the menu that appears.
3. Go to PowerPoint and then using the Open command in PowerPoint, browse to the folder you just extracted, and open the .ppt file.
4. Press F5 or View the SlideShow to see the animations move.
IMPORTANT: In the extracted folder, there is a .ppt file (the template) and one or move .wmv video files. These .wmv video files must remain in the same folder as your completed presentation. PowerPoint 2003 is linking to these files and if your presentation is not in the same folder as these video files, PowerPoint will not be able to find the files and the animations will not play.
More and more people are using mobile devices like Apple’s iPad to display their presentations.
At PresenterMedia, we are looking at ways to make our animations and templates more compatible with these mobile devices. For example, we are starting to look at ways to convert our PowerPoint templates over to animated templates which will work with the Keynote app on the iPad.
Our question to you: Do you currently use an iPad or other mobile device to assist you with your presentations? We’d love to hear how you are using mobile technology to assist with your presentations. If you are not currently using something like an iPad, we’d like to know why not. Your feedback will help us tailor new services to meet your mobile device needs.
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Welcome to a new video tutorial in our Getting Started with PresenterMedia series. In this video we will be taking a closer look at our PowerPoint templates and how you can make simple changes to customize the look for your own presentations.
Most of our templates can be edited with the methods outlined in this video.
Press the play button to view a video about changing our PowerPoint Templates.
Covered in this video:
Changing Theme Colors
Accessing and Editing the Slide Master
Changing the Images in a PowerPoint Template
Change this Chemistry Template into a Leadership Template
We’ve recently released a new PowerPoint template in our popular tool kit series. This template helps you create discussions and simulate conversations between people. It features our 3D stick figures in a variety of casual conversational poses as well as customizable speech bubbles.
Discussion PowerPoint Template
The text in the speech bubbles are PowerPoint text boxes and you can simply change the text to your own quotation or information right inside PowerPoint.
2 Person Chat PowerPoint Template
The template colors can quickly be changed by using the theme colors under the design tab in PowerPoint. We have also provided a set of design elements for you to recreate your own conversation.
Design Elements for PowerPoint Template
There are pre-built templates for 1 person, 2 people, a group of 3 and a group of 4.
A sample three character discussion.
This template will work with any version of PowerPoint 2003 or newer.
This blog is managed by the creative artists and owners of PresenterMedia. We'll show you how our templates work and give you reviews of new PowerPoint features and applications. We'll also share our PowerPoint knowledge through tutorials and examples.