powerpoint
I keep getting e-mail that are pps. and I can’t read them. I was told I need powerpoint and would like to know more about it and where I can get it. Thank You;Rick Maurice. Rick I keep getting e-mail that are pps. and I can’t read them. I was told I need powerpoint and […]
Timing settings in Powerpoint for the Mac
I have set timing settings for a self-running screenshow on the Mac; I have a quicktime music movie on slide #1. It begins to play, but the slides never change automatically. I have set the movie to continue through all slides. If I slightly move the mouse, the slides change, but I want it to […]
Soft Skills and Intercultural combination Training- Where is the UK at?
Could anyone tell me the current state and demand for trainers placed within companies who can train key soft skills for management and key personnel?Furthermore, given the events of September the 11th in New York and Washington, is it not time to explore the intercultural dimension in more depth, given the need to communicate internationally, […]
Key Skills in Modern Apprenticeships – what next?
The latest edition of the KeySkillsWork newsletter documents the recent uncertainty over the QCA’s interim report into Curriculum 2000 – the reforms brought in last year to overhaul school and college curricula. Much criticism has appeared in the press of the new AS level examinations, one of the key reforms, but Curriculum 2000 also saw […]
Action Research and Change Managment
I am carrying out an action rersearch project into “Change management” My firsty port of call is to understand Action Research and the related theories Then I have to move on to the subject matter “Change Management” Help required. Please Alan James Green I am carrying out an action rersearch project into “Change management” My […]
Competition tests vocational skills to the limit
Over the last few weeks, 29 young people from the UK have seen their skills tested to the limit in South Korea, as they compete in the World Skills Competition in Seoul.From 13–16 September, the event saw bricklayers, chefs, hairdressers, painters and stonemasons, among others, between the ages of 18 and 22 come together from […]
ESRC: Public sector staff are missing out on training
Despite pledges from the Government to expand access to training for those working in the public sector, many are seeing their opportunities to develop diminish rather than expand. The finding comes from a report by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which looked at opportunities for training and development at all levels throughout the […]
web based powerpoint control by javascript
Okay here’s the story, I’d just seen an amazing web based presentation on the Microsoft page. It uses ist’s Windows Media videos to control a powerpoint file on a browser. After 2 days of reading, it seems that the video file call upon other programming languages to control the powerpoint (vbscript, jscript, activex). So here’s […]
ECDL practice exercises
Can anyone please recommend Web sites where I can download (for free of course!) some ECDL practice exercises.I am teaching next week and rather than write all my exercises from scratch it would be good to see what is already out there that I could use. Many thanks. Linda Webb Can anyone please recommend Web […]
Help Me!!!!
My son’s soccer coach is always sending me maps using powerpoint to show the location of the games. I have tried to open the map with everything I have on my computer and have not been able to open any of the files. Can someone please tell me what I can use to open these […]
PowerPoint Slide Show
For a class, I need to make a slide show, my slides are made, but when I view them as a slide show after every slide it says over. How do I get the slides together for a slide show. Help Kim Powell For a class, I need to make a slide show, my slides […]
Executing a PowerPoint presentation automatically
I want to automatically load a given powerpoint presentation when I invoke the Powerpoint viewer.I’m building a presentation to be delivered on a CDROM. I’m using Pack and Go to pack my presentataion and include the Viewer (in case the customers don’t have PowerPoint installed on their machines). I unpack the presentation into a directory […]
Animation–Help or Entertainment?
PowerPoint Animation—Help or Entertainment? Usually when artists are learning their craft, they use an excessive amount of strokes in their painting or drawing. Poets’ juvenilia are littered with grandiose metaphors and forced rhyme. New PowerPoint users typically over-animate in the excitement that they can now do things that only Disney could only do before. And […]
How would you describe e-learning
I want to inform a group of tutors, by illustration, of the opportunities that ILT provides and the means of developing e-learning, in order to motivate them to use ILT. I am also looking for a clear and simple definition of e-learning.The tutors will have good ICT skills but little knowledge of how they might […]
Multiple Slide show Linking
I understand it is possible in Power Point to take several totally separate slide shows and link them together in order to run them sequentially. I saw a How To on the internet some time ago and didn’t save the link or the instructions. I hope to take several of our students’ projects and play […]
TSC final report: Improvements still needed, but in-house training does best
The final report from the Training Standards Council (TSC) states that many improvements have still to be made in the provision of work-based training.‘Reaching new standards’ is the culmination of three years work by the TSC, which has carried out 1,566 inspections during that time. TSC inspectors have apparently driven more than 1.6 million miles […]
Cultural Awareness for Local Authorities staff
Dear ColleagueWe intend to ensure staff at the Council, particularly front-line staff, acquire an awareness of cultural diversity and are confident dealing with customers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.Have you experience of implementing such an initiative? Are there providers of such training that you would recommend?Regards,Sid Edwards – Equalities TrainerTelford & Wrekin CouncilPersonnel & […]
Basics of Marketing workshop
I need to know if anyone can recommend some reading or resource materials for a basic course on marketing. The course is designed to give retail managers an introduction to the principles of marketing. Kevin Ryan I need to know if anyone can recommend some reading or resource materials for a basic course on marketing. […]
Powerpoint slides into a Word document – how to keep file size down ?
I hope someone can help me….I’m trying to put together several training courses. The student books will be Word documents, but there are already many Powerpoint slide shows to be included in the books. When I use Powerpoint’s File – Send to – Word feature, and then insert the new Word file into the student […]
Managing the ‘soft side’ of e-learning
This article, written by Ken Stewart, of Berkshire Consultancy Ltd, discusses the challenges of overcoming the organisational cultural barriers e-learning often comes up against, and explains how a range of organisations have tackled their own cultural challenges with varying degrees of success. The article is based on a presentation given by Ken at the Managing […]
