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by Jane Bozarth

PowerPoint
Tips and Tricks

Links below are files of working PowerPoint shows. To see how animations were created:

Right click the file and save it to your computer
If zipped, unzip the file
Open the file in PowerPoint and run it as a slide show
When you see a slide you like click "ESC", choose the slide you want to learn more about and click "Slide show--Custom animation".
You can then see how the animation was created.

Text Effects for PPT 97 and 2000 (note: these are large files and are zipped; see directions above)

The text effects files are courtesy of awesomebackgrounds.com

Visit the site for lots more tips and tutorials.

Play Ferl's Bacteriopoly (requires macros--follow the instructions on the site)

PowerPoint Game Templates

Basic "Challenge" Template

Basic Quiz Template

Still not convinced? Take a look at what PowerPoint can do. Click in the boxes on "sample conversions" at this site.