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 […]
Recycling Your PowerPoint Slides
Recycling Your Slides Choices for Sharing Slides Amongst Presentations As a frequent PowerPoint user, you produce a fair number of PowerPoint slides in multiple shows. If you teach or present the same material recurrently to different audiences, chances are you’ll have to copy slides between presentations or cut and paste an entire new presentation together […]
Pop-Up Presentations
I work for a company who often give presentations and send them out by e-mail to customers.On some websites I have seen a facility whereby you can click on an icon and a powerpoint presentation -pops up’ and runs automatically.I want to know if we can do this so that when we attach presentations to […]
Treasury announces review of skills for scientists and engineers
The Treasury has announced a consultation into how to encourage innovation and strengthen the skills base of scientists and engineers in the UK. Sir Gareth Robert’s review will look at understanding the reasons why businesses in the UK sometimes struggle to recruit skilled staff in these areas, which are considered vital to develop the UK’s […]
How to: Design and run a corporate event
This expert guide written by corporate event providers Jolly Serious Events suggests some useful ways of making ‘away days’ more than ‘just a jolly’. Why run them? Corporate events or team ‘away days’ can involve anything from an afternoon’s paint balling, an evenings bowling to having a few beers down the pub. The typical away […]
Are There Any Good Alternatives to PowerPoint?
Are There Good Alternatives to PowerPoint?Office XP (complete with PowerPoint 2002) is now officially launched, but what if you just don’t want to “experience” this latest upgrade from Microsoft? You may be thinking, “What choice do I have? What other presentation software is there?” Glad you asked. I’ve collected some information on what other presentation […]
Rollovers in powerpoint
I am creating a menu list and would like an arrow to appear next to each menu item when i mouse over each item.To do this i thought i could go to Action Settings and tell it to show or bring the arrow to the front when i mouse over a particular menu list. However […]
powerpoint training
Do you have any applications or training classes pertaining to powerpoint , excel or speed typing- I need them so i can carry out my job as an admin efficently – i know how to make presentations but any training woulds be helpful -thanks Jennifer Pardo Do you have any applications or training classes pertaining […]
New online resource established for NVQ providers and candidates
Tripleback Business Systems Ltd are this week launching a website aimed mainly at NVQ providers to act as an information and resource centre. They claim “NVQ-Online provides support to the NVQ community both nationally and internationally. Support is provided to individuals and organisations that are interested in all aspects of the National Vocational Qualifications.”At the […]
PowerPoint Presentations on the Web
PowerPoint as an WBT/e-learning ToolPowerPoint use is pervasive in training, sales, public speaking, and schooling. Nearly everyone expects a PowerPoint presentation to accompany a presentation. PowerPoint is even used in churches these days to project song lyrics and announcements. PowerPoint has migrated from its original use of support for a live presentation to that of […]
creating an interactive presentation
i want to create an interactive quiz which students can work on. they will choose answers or drop responses onto choices. how do i do this?i know it is something to do with hypertext links but when i try it doesnt work. carol thomson i want to create an interactive quiz which students can work […]
TrainingZONE influencing government, or art imitating life – you choose!
We’d like to think TrainingZONE is up-to-date with the latest training initiatives, but we didn’t think we were that good at predicting the future…until now!You may recall that on 1 April, a story appeared on the site outlining the government’s plans to pay you to learn. We reported that “at the HRD 2001 Conference, a […]
