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...Midshipman 4th class in the Naval ROTC. “It’s good to be around real Marines.” In a bow to their Business School surroundings, the traditional re-telling of the Corps’ history was presented in a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation. Marines have celebrated the birthday since 1921, when Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, a Marine commander during World War I, wrote a summary of the history of the Corps and required that it be read to every Marine on November 10 each subsequent year to commemorate the birthday of the Corps...
...first time since 2000, Microsoft plans to release in 2006 an overhauled version of the PowerPoint software that, according to the company, is used for an estimated 30 million presentations around the globe every day. The most obvious change is a brand-new interface, with a "ribbon" of common commands replacing the current, confusing menu. The best new feature is a tool that converts information from any slide into a graphic that you can refine with an easy-to-use menu of ready-made options. And the software simplifies some menu choices only experts used to know about, including...
Nothing sucks the life out of a meeting quite like a flat, boring presentation. To sharpen your show and keep yawning at bay, try Ovation ($100), a new software tool that takes your existing PowerPoint file and morphs it into a professional-looking talk. It even lets you create a scrolling teleprompter onscreen to help you deliver your message more effectively...
This $79 alternative to PowerPoint is, like most Apple software, elegantly designed and supersimple to use. Pick a template and drop in photos, music, videos or charts to spruce up the slides. Move stuff around easily. Bonus feature: set up an interactive, automatic slide show to wow your audience. Just remember to enjoy the applause afterward...
POWER USERS PowerPoint, which is stuffed with 1,100-plus features, has more than 400 million customers worldwide...