Archive for the ‘PowerPoint Templates’ Category

New PowerPoint Maps

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Update: We have completed the Asia Map Tool Kit as well.  Here is a sample PowerPoint map from the template.

PowerPoint Map of Asia

Editable PowerPoint Map of Asia

We have be working on adding PowerPoint map for all the major regions of the world. Recently we have completed work on two more maps, African and Australia.

PowerPoint Map of Australia

PowerPoint Map of Australia

These PowerPoint maps are vector based PowerPoint shapes that you can easily change the color, move apart or change the size.  Each region is broken apart into its corresponding territories or national boundaries.

PowerPoint Map of Africa

PowerPoint Map of Africa

PowerPoint Map of Africa

Alternate Map of Africa with Text Labels

All our maps include a version with positioned text labels of the different regions.

Our map templates are all available for download as part of a PresenterMedia subscription.

We are adding the regions of Asia and South America soon.  Also please comment below if there are other map regions you would like to see added to the PresenterMedia library.

Mac PowerPoint 2008 Animated Templates

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

PresenterMedia’s animated PowerPoint templates work great with Mac PowerPoint 2008 and 2010, and they will also work with Apple’s Keynote software.  In fact some people claim that the templates actually look even better when played from a Mac computer.

There are a couple of items to check if you plan to use Mac PowerPoint 2008 to play our animated templates.

1. Check for Updates

First of all, you need to make sure that you are running the most up to date version of your PowerPoint software.  Microsoft has release several updates to Mac PowerPoint 2008 and some of them are essential for the animated features to operate properly.

It’s easy to check if to see if you are currently running the most up to date version of your software, simply go to the Help Tab in PowerPoint, and click “Check for Updates”.  Install any of the updates you are missing.

PowerPoint 2008 Check for Updates

Checking for Updates in PowerPoint 2008

2. Flip4Mac

The second item that any Mac user will need is the free Quicktime plug-in called Flip4Mac.  This plug-in enables Quicktime to play Microsoft’s .WMV video files.  This also has the added bonus of allowing our templates to be cross-platform compatible.  Microsoft distributes Flip4Mac for free and it can be downloaded from their site here.

After you have installed any updates and the Flip4Mac plug-in, shutdown and start up your computer and away you go with awesome multi-media templates for PowerPoint.


An example of an animated PowerPoint template for either the Mac or PC versions of PowerPoint.

You can see all the animated templates we have available here.

Custom Crosswords for PowerPoint

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

We recently had a great request from one of our subscribers about creating custom crossword like diagrams in PowerPoint.  It’s pretty easy to do a straight 2D perspective, but what about adding in some neat 3D perspective to give an eye catching look to the slide diagrams.

Crossword Template for PowerPoint

Example Crossword Diagram Slide

PresenterMedia artist, Josh Doohen, took on the project and came up with this new PowerPoint template called Create Your Crossword.

This template is build strictly with PowerPoint shapes so you can easily change the color and add your own text to the blocks.  Simply start with one of the arrays of blocks and add in your words, then delete all the extra blocks you do not need.  The end result is a clean and unique illustration for your next presentation.

Custom Crossword Puzzle PowerPoint Template

Sample Block Array, add text to the blocks and then delete the ones you do not need.

Sample slide Crossword PowerPoiint Template

A sample slide from the Create Your Crossword PowerPoint template.

You can see all the slides included in this template here.

View all our PowerPoint templates available for download.

Getting Started – PowerPoint Templates

Monday, January 24th, 2011

We’re happy to announce a new series of video tutorials to help you get started using PresenterMedia.  In our first installment, PresenterMedia artist and co-owner, Art Holden, takes a look at using our PowerPoint templates.

Click the play button to view a video tutorial about using our animated PowerPoint templates.

Covered in this video tutorial:

  • Downloading Templates
  • Changing Between Static and Animated Layouts
  • Copying Slides from a Template to an Existing Presentation

We hope that this video is helpful in getting you started using PresenterMedia templates for PowerPoint.  Thank you for watching.

You may also enjoy viewing our getting started video about our 3D animations and clipart.

New Timeline PowerPoint Templates

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

We’ve been receiving several suggestions and requests for items to build a corporate time line or a company history.  Frankly I am kind of embarrassed that we didn’t have anything like that on PresenterMedia.  But I and my designer partners decided that today was the day to rectify the problem.  We are happy to introduce our Timeline Tool Kit template for PowerPoint.

Time Line PowerPoint Template

A slide from our new Time Line PowerPoint Template

The template has several different layouts to choose from and it also contains all the individual elements that were used to create the time lines.  You can easily take the pieces and customize a slide to your own needs.

Timeline PowerPoint Template

An alternate timeline layout from our new template.

These files will work with all versions of PowerPoint 2003, 2007, 2010 on the PC; and 2004, 2008 and 2011 on the Mac.  Simply open the presentation and change the pictures and add your own details.  You can also copy and paste these slides into your existing presentations.

Process timeline PowerPoint tempalte

Process time line layout from the template

We have several other ideas for more time lines in the future.  I’m certain there will be more of these tool kits in the future.  This template, as well as all of our templates for PowerPoint, can be downloaded with a subscription to PresenterMedia.

Be sure to let us know if there is a specific type of time line you would like to see included in our next tool kit.