The power of PowerPoint in a flash movie

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The power of PowerPoint in a flash movie

by Joey Celis Jul 1st 2008

Ever created a PowerPoint that everyone in your organization wanted a copy of? Sure you could go ahead and clog up your corporate email server with the 200MB + file or you could just convert your PowerPoint to a smaller flash file with iSpring and publish it to an internal or external website (slideboom account required) for others to view.

Converting your PowerPoint presentation to a flash movie couldn't be any easier as the iSpring installation puts the conversion buttons right in your PowerPoint menu bar. In addition to the one click conversion iSpring also allows for some customization such as generating HTML codes, looped and automatic playback, slide advance via mouse click as well as changing the duration of the slide.

iSpring comes in 3 flavors ranging from the free version which we tested on up to the Ultra version which allows the creation of E-learning content to additional playback controls. In our testing we found the free version more than adequate for most PowerPoint presentations.

So before you send that PowerPoint thru your company email, try converting it with iSpring instead.

Tags: flash, powerpoint

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

putz79 said 12:26PM on 7-01-2008

didn't work on my ppt presentation

Yung said 1:54PM on 7-01-2008

Ispring is ok. I've used a product called PowerConverter form a company called PresentationPro. It works great. It integrates into a service they provide called EmailPresenter. You can upload your presentations to their services and then email. They also provide email tracking. Check it out.

Kiran said 12:38AM on 7-07-2008

Hey Guys, Have you heard of authorstream.com? Its one step ahead. It can convert your PPT into flash. You can share your PPT online in a jiffy. You can even put your PPT on your ipod or put it directly on youtube. It also gives you the opportunity to show your work to the world by sharing it publically. Others can comment on your PPT and rate it. Its a lot of fun.

Marti said 1:32PM on 7-11-2008

Thank you for post. iSpring is the best!!! I tried its free version and it works great.

peter said 5:24PM on 12-25-2008

agree with marti !!)

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