J
Jeffery
SmartArt can be said as the coolest improvements in Office 2007,
especially in PowerPoint. Yes, it is cool! Any plain text and bulleted
items can be converted to vivid diagrams and graphics. Before Office
2007 had been launched, it is difficult for start users to make impact
graphics or diagrams without the help of graphic design gurus. Things
are different in PowerPoint 2007. Even beginners can easily develop
professional look flow charts, hierarchy structure diagrams, and
relationship graphics by themselves.
Since processes, concepts, hierarchies, and relationships can be
illustrated in text, why we need SmartArt graphics?
SmartArt visualizes concepts and ideas that might not be efficiently
explained with plain text. SmartArt can be customized to coordinate
with your presentation.
PowerPoint 2007 allows you turn the bulleted text from the early
version PowerPoint presentations to dynamic graphics by one click.
SmartArt graphics may clarify you presentation for better
communication and understanding of the content.
Now, please allow me to introduce you some basic knowledge of
SmartArt.
There are seven types of SmartArt including, List, Process, Cycle,
Hierarchy, Relationship, Matrix, and Pyramid. By names, it won't be
hard for you to figure out which type you will need under specific
situation. After you applied a SmartArt graphic, you are allowed to
change its theme and style by few clicks. PowerPoint 2007 allows you
to convert bulleted text to dynamic SmartArt graphics. I built a flash-
based tutorial about how to convert bulleted text to SmartArt
graphics, you may view it from: http://www.sameshow.com/democreator/bulleted-text.swf
(it may take you few seconds to load the flash file, please be
patient)
After you created those professional looking presentations, you may
want to put them on your web site to show for your customers. Since
PowerPoint presentation does not support web delivering very well, it
comes to be the biggest obstacle to improving the accessibility of
your presentation. Three solutions, one is provide a download link of
the presentation, the other one is outsourcing a flash professional to
make a flash-based presentation, and the last choice is convert
PowerPoint presentation to Flash movie than upload it to your web
site.
It's obvious that the first solution costs less than the other two.
But this approach challenges your customers' patience. Many of them
would not download and have a look at your presentation unless they
are highly interested in your products. Your customers will probably
prefer your second solution, because for them, it is time saving and
intuitive. For compensation you pay more money on this approach than
others. Then, how about the third choice? As for as I know, only three
companies have announced that their products support PowerPoint 2007,
which are Wondershare PPT2Flash 4.1, FlashDemo FlashPoint and
Articulate Presenter (Beta version). If you need to make presentations
frequently, the third solution must be the best choice. You may
download and learn more about them by visiting the links on Resource
Box.
Resource Box:
Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional:
Overview: http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.php?sid=6
Download: http://support.wondershare.com/stat/?action=down&id=10&sid=6
Sample: http://www.sameshow.com/demo/ppt2flash2007_sample.zip
FlashDemo FlashPoint:
Overview: http://www.flashdemo.net
Download: http://www.flashdemo.net/download/flashpoint.exe
Articulate Presenter:
overview: http://www.articulate.com/products/presenter.php
Download: http://www.articulate.com/downloads/freetrial-step1.aspx
especially in PowerPoint. Yes, it is cool! Any plain text and bulleted
items can be converted to vivid diagrams and graphics. Before Office
2007 had been launched, it is difficult for start users to make impact
graphics or diagrams without the help of graphic design gurus. Things
are different in PowerPoint 2007. Even beginners can easily develop
professional look flow charts, hierarchy structure diagrams, and
relationship graphics by themselves.
Since processes, concepts, hierarchies, and relationships can be
illustrated in text, why we need SmartArt graphics?
SmartArt visualizes concepts and ideas that might not be efficiently
explained with plain text. SmartArt can be customized to coordinate
with your presentation.
PowerPoint 2007 allows you turn the bulleted text from the early
version PowerPoint presentations to dynamic graphics by one click.
SmartArt graphics may clarify you presentation for better
communication and understanding of the content.
Now, please allow me to introduce you some basic knowledge of
SmartArt.
There are seven types of SmartArt including, List, Process, Cycle,
Hierarchy, Relationship, Matrix, and Pyramid. By names, it won't be
hard for you to figure out which type you will need under specific
situation. After you applied a SmartArt graphic, you are allowed to
change its theme and style by few clicks. PowerPoint 2007 allows you
to convert bulleted text to dynamic SmartArt graphics. I built a flash-
based tutorial about how to convert bulleted text to SmartArt
graphics, you may view it from: http://www.sameshow.com/democreator/bulleted-text.swf
(it may take you few seconds to load the flash file, please be
patient)
After you created those professional looking presentations, you may
want to put them on your web site to show for your customers. Since
PowerPoint presentation does not support web delivering very well, it
comes to be the biggest obstacle to improving the accessibility of
your presentation. Three solutions, one is provide a download link of
the presentation, the other one is outsourcing a flash professional to
make a flash-based presentation, and the last choice is convert
PowerPoint presentation to Flash movie than upload it to your web
site.
It's obvious that the first solution costs less than the other two.
But this approach challenges your customers' patience. Many of them
would not download and have a look at your presentation unless they
are highly interested in your products. Your customers will probably
prefer your second solution, because for them, it is time saving and
intuitive. For compensation you pay more money on this approach than
others. Then, how about the third choice? As for as I know, only three
companies have announced that their products support PowerPoint 2007,
which are Wondershare PPT2Flash 4.1, FlashDemo FlashPoint and
Articulate Presenter (Beta version). If you need to make presentations
frequently, the third solution must be the best choice. You may
download and learn more about them by visiting the links on Resource
Box.
Resource Box:
Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional:
Overview: http://www.sameshow.com/powerpoint-to-flash-pro.php?sid=6
Download: http://support.wondershare.com/stat/?action=down&id=10&sid=6
Sample: http://www.sameshow.com/demo/ppt2flash2007_sample.zip
FlashDemo FlashPoint:
Overview: http://www.flashdemo.net
Download: http://www.flashdemo.net/download/flashpoint.exe
Articulate Presenter:
overview: http://www.articulate.com/products/presenter.php
Download: http://www.articulate.com/downloads/freetrial-step1.aspx