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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Show the Ruler in PowerPoint

Show the Ruler in PowerPoint

Happy Mother’s Day PowerPoint Animation

Mother’s Day is May 10, 2009.  I will be buying my mom flower’s, but if that’s not your thing, you can send your mom a rowdy PowerPoint Presentation with a little animation.

Or maybe something that’s more adorable:

How to animate:
1.  Insert the clipart
2. Select Custom Animation > Entrance > Motion Paths  (select the motion path that […]

Optimize lead generation from your Website

Companies invest a lot of money in websites and then cross their fingers hoping that the investment will generate a few leads.  In the final analysis, is a corporate website a good investment?   Is an online advertising campaign a good investment? How would you know?
I found a company called ROI Analytics - a web based […]

Don’t Hold Your Breath

Free PowerPoint Animation showing someone holding their breath until their head explodes

Lovely Charts is a Free Online Tool to Manage Charts and Diagrams

Lovely Charts is a free online tool to manage charts and diagrams

Highlight Past Due Dates in Excel (change the color)

The following, simple use of Conditional Formatting in Excel can be used to highlight a date in red, if the date is past due.
In this example, the Due Date is 4/15/2009, and any date after 4/15/2009 is past due.  We want Excel to automatically highlight any date after 4/15/2009 in red.

Step 1: Using you mouse, […]

6 tips to reduce the size of your PowerPoint file

6 tips to reduce the size of your PowerPoint file

Change your Folder icons

Change your Folder icons

Denver in April Storms

Let’s just say that the drive home from work last night was treacherous!

Twitter Business Applications

Twitter Business Applications for