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| Subject | Date Asked |
| swf movie insert | 1/30/2012 |
| Q: I want to insert an swf movie into ppt 2007. I followed the guidelines I found on internet with ... A: please first make sure you have installed adobe flash player on your computer: ... | |
| power point music | 11/4/2011 |
| Q: i am creating a power point that has two songs in it i want the first song to stop as the second ... A: I think you can use a program to merge the the songs into one file. First you download a video ... | |
| Design Themes | 10/18/2011 |
| Q: I am working with PowerPoint 2007. It doesn't have many Design Themes, so I downloaded several from ... A: you mean you don't know where the downloaded files locate? I don't know what brower you are using. ... | |
| PPT to PDF, 300 DPI | 7/10/2011 |
| Q: How can I create a PDF file from PPT, without downgrading the file resolution to 220 DPI (keeping ... A: 1, if you are using PowerPoint 2010, you can directly save the PPT to PDF file 2, if you are using ... | |
| Enlarging an image to full screen during presentation? | 7/6/2011 |
| Q: I am presenting a presentation in ppt 2010 for my boss that contains one slide that has about 15 ... A: please follow the steps below: 1, creat a new slide, click "insert->objects->Microsoft PowerPoint ... | |
| Powerpoint to Video Conversion | 6/24/2011 |
| Q: I want to convert my Powerpoint 2007 presentations to video format. Looking for some very good FREE, ... A: Sorry but I don't see any REALLY FREE PowerPoint to video converters. And I recommend you try this ... | |
| PP 2008 for Mac | 5/27/2011 |
| Q: I'm saving a large PPS with a continuous soundtrack covering all slides as a movie (mov). The ... A: well, I'm not that familar with PowerPoint 2008 on MAC. and if you have a PC, I suggest you convert ... | |
| MS Powerpoint 2007 | 5/5/2011 |
| Q: I am having difficulty getting videos to play in a MS Powerpoint 2007 Presentation if we save the PP ... A: some video codecs may not exist on the other PC. to solve this problem, I think you can 1, convert ... | |
| powerpoint | 1/9/2011 |
| Q: My daughter is creating a powerpoint presentation for school on our computer at home. We have ... A: You need to save the PowerPoint presentation as 2007 or 2003 version, then it'll be OK. but some ... | |
| Adding sound (aiff) to a Presentation | 11/29/2010 |
| Q: I, presently have a slide presentation with about 30 slides with transitions. I want to add music ... A: to play music thought the intire presentation, you should read this tutorial: ... | |
| video clips in PPS | 11/5/2010 |
| Q: I can successfully import video clips (.wmv) into Powerpoint and and they play on my computer both ... A: When you insert a video larger than 5MB into a PPT file, then the video file is "linked to" but not ... | |
| Music in Power Point (2007) | 8/8/2010 |
| Q: I know exactly how to do it, but my problem is the large wave file! In PP it has tobe about 10's or ... A: to compress the wave file, you can follow the steps below: 1, download this program and install it: ... | |
| powerpoint on webpage, movie won't play | 7/14/2010 |
| Q: I have powerpoint 2007 and have a presentation on my website that includes movies and sound files. ... A: A powerpoint presentation can be played on a website in IE but not firefox. But the inserted ... | |
| sound in powerpoint 2003 | 6/30/2010 |
| Q: I did not make the Powerpoint slides, but I am to help make it work. Adding sound, wav or mp3 files ... A: make sure that you have set the inserted audio file play automatically during the slide show. for ... | |
| conversion of powerpoint to wvm | 6/28/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to upload a powerpoint presentation to youtube and also trying to email the same ... A: 1, upload PowerPoint presentation to Youtube. first you have to know that Youtube only accepts ... | |
| Music in PPT 2000 | 6/23/2010 |
| Q: How can I insert and save multiple songs in my ppt presentation, from Windows Media Player or from a ... A: step 1, make sure that the insert audio is wma format which is best compitable with PowerPoint. if ... | |
| Various... | 4/28/2010 |
| Q: 1: How do I disable navigation - Only be able to navigate via my hyperlinks to different slides. 2: ... A: 1, save your powerpoint presentation as powerpoint show (*.pps, *.ppsx) 2, no, I don't think there's ... | |
| PP-Video | 1/28/2010 |
| Q: "When i place a movie clip or a youtube clip it will play on my computer when I hit F5 but it won't ... A: you need to disable hardware acceleration follow the steps below: right click the blank space on ... | |
| Powerpoint | 1/18/2010 |
| Q: I made a power point slide show a while back but I could never figure out how to make so that a ... A: there should be a window ask " How do you want the sould start in the slide show?" when you insert ... | |
| Remore Controllers | 1/14/2010 |
| Q: DAVID: I would like to use a remote controller to advance PP slides in my college classes (on a PC) ... A: I had never use such devices, but they do very useful for remote controlling powerpoint slides. I ... | |
| itunes song and powerpoint | 1/12/2010 |
| Q: We are using powerpoint 2003. A student burned a song to cd from itunes. It plays fine, but she ... A: The song from itunes is not in CD format, so it won't take effect if you want the song play like a ... | |
| Back up to USB stick | 12/30/2009 |
| Q: Using powerpoint 2002. Taking presentation from UK to USA for conference. Have you any tips on ... A: to make sure that you will not miss any piece of material, you can put all materials like PowerPoint ... | |
| Create a Christmas PowerPoint album | 12/23/2009 |
| Q: I'm creating a Christmas PwoerPoint album, and I want to put it on youtube. I tried to use ... A: there are some professional PowerPoint to video converters. You can search on google to find several ... | |
| Powerpoint Audio problems | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I compose a 5 powerpoint(r) five slide presentation with some background music and recorded ... A: In most cases, these PPT converters treat all audios ( background music, narration, etc ) equally, ... | |
| zip flies and powerpoint | 12/6/2009 |
| Q: I had a powerpoint presentation sent to me via e-mail. I loaded it on a DVD and when I open it the ... A: possible reasons: 1, the video is not been burnt to DVD dics. solution: put the video and powerpoint ... | |
| random showing of Power Point slides | 11/21/2009 |
| Q: I have made up a presentation of many photos. I would like them to appear randomly for a family ... A: you can follow the steps below to play PowerPoint slides randomly: 1, download this PowerPoint ... | |
| Sound file in PPT 2007 only plays once | 11/11/2009 |
| Q: I am so frustrated I'm ready to throw my computer out the window! I am very proficient in PPT but do ... A: Do you mean you want to play sound across slides or the whole presentation? Please read this article ... | |
| Continuous looping of music and slides | 11/11/2009 |
| Q: I have already looked at the slide show/set up slide show and checked the loop until ESC. Help! ... A: To make a sound continue through multiple or all slides: in 2003 1. Go to the slide where you want ... | |
| i cant figure it out!!! | 11/8/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to do a powerpoint for my business and I made it on my computer but I cant figure out ... A: there are several ways to put PowerPoint slide show on website: 1, upload your PowerPoint ... | |
| Transitions in PPT 2007 | 10/26/2009 |
| Q: preparing a ppt presentation adding custom animation and music. Although I select "after previous" ... A: two more points you have to concern: 1. make sure the inserted music is set to play across slides, ... | |
| Power Point | 10/23/2009 |
| Q: I was emailed a powerpoint in ppt.pptx format. It has .wav files embedded in it. I have been able ... A: first step: check if there are audio files embeded in powerpoint (an audio file with file size ... | |
| Extraction of sound file from power point slide show file[.PPS] | 10/15/2009 |
| Q: David.. I just have a .PPS file in which i want to copy or extract sound file from it so please help ... A: if there's only one audio file in the PPS, follow the steps below: 1, download a PowerPoint to ... | |
| play PowerPoint on DVD player | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: Can I play PowerPoint presentation on DVD player? A: A DVD player can only play DVD movies. If you want to play PowerPoint on DVD player, you have to ... | |
| PowerPoint on Youtube | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: I created a PowerPoint slide show of my family. Now I would like to post it on Youtube, but I can't ... A: First you have to understand that Youtube only accept video file, but a PowerPoint file is not in ... | |
| convert PowerPoint to AVI video | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: I created a powerpoint presentation for my company, now I want to convert the presentation to AVI ... A: there are several PowerPoint to video converters on market. The one I recommend is this one: Leawo ... | |
| PowerPoint to desktop screensaver | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: I made a beautiful PowerPoint presentation, and I'd like it for my desktop screensaver. Is it ... A: there are two methods: 1, save the PowerPoint presentation as pictures. And set the picture folder ... | |
| PowerPoint 2007 | 9/5/2009 |
| Q: I am really frustrated. I am trying to copy a presentation to a CD but I keep getting an error ... A: 1, restart your computer, make sure that no other program that hook CD/DVD writer or powerpoint. 2, ... | |
| videos in power point | 8/6/2009 |
| Q: I have inserted two videos on one slide one video is .mp4 and the other is .mov my question is how ... A: You should convert your MP4 and MOV video to WMV video for WMV is a format that is well supported by ... | |
| power point slide is not opening on xp | 8/1/2009 |
| Q: Sir I have made power point slids on windows vista but these files are not opening on windows ... A: May be the vista computer is intalled with PowerPoint 2007 and the xp computer is installed with ... | |
| Michael Schumacher powerpoint template | 7/31/2009 |
| Q: where can I get free Michael Schumacher PowerPoint templates? A: there are rare sites that create Michael Schumacher powerpoint template, and I found this one: ... | |
| how to export from powerpoint | 6/11/2009 |
| Q: Hi I made a powerpoint 2007 I'm using a mac computer I tried saving as a movie but my animations are ... A: Rachel First download Parallels from: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/. About ... | |
| Audio malfunction | 5/21/2009 |
| Q: I have done a powerpoint slide presentation perfectly. I embedded the WAV file to run continuously ... A: there are some tips you have to follow: 1, make sure your PC and laptop are installed with the same ... | |
| e-mailing a powerpoint presentation with audio | 5/20/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to e-mail a simple presentation with some music. The audio file is a wave file that I ... A: If you want to embed wave file into PowerPoint, you have to metion the file size of the audio file. ... | |
| powerpoint to dvd or cd | 5/6/2009 |
| Q: I have PowerPoint 2007 and I tried the instructions for sending PowerPoint presentation to cd or ... A: First make sure that you have a CD/DVD burner installed on your computer. Then if you want to copy ... | |
| basic power point | 4/28/2009 |
| Q: what is a basic custom show? A: A basic custom show is one that you will create showing only a few select slides -- the custom show ... | |
| extending time of sound clip | 4/12/2009 |
| Q: I have inserted a clock sound and what to extend the time from 40 seconds to 3 minutes. How do I do ... A: in PowerPoint 2007, follow these steps: insert the sound file, click Animations->Customize ... | |
| powerpoint | 4/10/2009 |
| Q: I want to do a powerpoint presentation of slides on a CD which has been sent to me by an ... A: you can download a PPT viewer from Microsoft: ... | |
| PowerPoint to Publisher | 4/9/2009 |
| Q: I have been using PPT for online training classes; however, the files are so large after narration. ... A: Brenda If you have a website, then you can convert the PPT to flash and then upload it to your site ... | |
| turn word to pdf | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: I wrote a business letter. It's made from MS Word. But my client said it's better to convert it to ... A: If you are using 2007 Microsoft Office, you can apply its supplement add-in “Microsoft Save as PDF ... | |
| how to get my slides on youtube | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: i want to put a Math powerpiont presentation on my blog,but i failed. How can i do with this ... A: first you have to understand that youtube only accepts video files, but a PPT file is not in video ... | |
| powerpoint on TV | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: i made a powerpoint slideshow for mother's day. i wanna gift it to my mom so that she can watch it ... A: I think you should first convert PowerPoint slideshow to DVD file for buring to DVD disc. Burn your ... | |
| convert PowerPoint to video | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: I want to convert my PowerPoint presentation to video for my school teaching. I did searched on ... A: you should try this PowerPoint to video converter: Moyea PPT to video converter. It's a wonderful ... | |
| Convert PPT to DVD | 3/7/2009 |
| Q: I'm creating photo slideshows with downloaded songs as background (mp3, wma and wav)by using power ... A: You should use professional tool to help you like: Moyea PPT to DVD Burner. It is a professional ... | |
| Sound only plays first 20 Sec. in SlideShow mode | 3/6/2009 |
| Q: During development when I play sounds (by doubleClicking on the Speaker icon) the entire mp3 plays ... A: On the slide, click Insert to pick the Sound drop-down list on the very right below the tab. ... | |
| imbedded wav files in slideshow | 3/5/2009 |
| Q: I am tryig to create a power point presentation of pictures for my daughter's wedding. When I set ... A: It's because the first slide have to wait until the music stops. the possible solution is that you ... | |
| Powerpoint compatibility Vista to Mac | 1/18/2009 |
| Q: A colleague with Windows Vista has made a ppt presentation, when I open the file on Mac (latest ... A: it may refers to the compatibility of Windows and Mac. you may try this method: convert your ... | |
| Inserting SWF files into Powerpoint 2007 on Mac | 1/9/2009 |
| Q: Is it possible to directly insert an SWF file into the Mac version of Powerpoint 2007? Are there ... A: I don't have a mac, and I don't know what's the difference between Mac PowerPoint and Windows ... | |
| Selecting linked/embedded object in PowerPoint slideshow mode | 12/23/2008 |
| Q: I have a presentation with a linked/embedded object displayed as an icon that takes me out to a PDF. ... A: I tried as what you said, and got nothing wrong. I did this with PowerPoint 2007: on the menu, check ... | |
| MS PowerPoint with audio in Vista | 11/25/2008 |
| Q: I have a.pps, “Venice_With_Pavarotti.pps”, which has scenes of Venice and Pavarotti singing. It ... A: Bill. Sorry for the delay answer. Two possible reasons and solutions for your problem: 1, you did ... | |
| PowerPoint problem | 11/17/2008 |
| Q: I have a Powerpoint of Christmas Carols (Jingle Bells etc ) and want to add the music from iTunes ... A: Bruce. Situation 1 Suppose you are using PowerPoint 2003… To make a sound continue through multiple ... | |
| insert music | 11/8/2008 |
| Q: how to insert a music in your presentation that can be play in the other computer without installing ... A: If the music file size you inserted into PowerPoint is more than 50Kb, PowerPoint just "link" the ... | |
| Powerpoint copying | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: I have a 50th wedding presentation. I have copied it to a thumb drive for other computers. When I ... A: It's because you did not copy the music to your thumb drive. when you insert the music to ... | |
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David Tao
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Expertise
I can answer questions on PowerPoint related questions: PowerPoint to DVD, PowerPoint to video, PowerPoint to Youtube, PowerPoint to blog, PowerPoint to homepage, PowerPoint to iPod, PowerPoint to iPhone, PowerPoint to Apple TV, PowerPoint to PSP, PowerPoint to cell phone. how to use PowerPoint: set animation, slide transition, set PowerPoint background picture, background music. how to upload PowerPoint to website: upload PPT to slideshare.net and embed it to homepage, convert PowerPoint to video for uploading to blog, Youtube.
Experience
I'm doing the research on how to put PPT onto website: convert PowerPoint to MP4 video or flash video(FLV) for online sharing, how to convert PowerPoint to DVD.I made PowerPoint templates for my school for graduate presentaion.
Education/Credentials
(2000-2004)Northwestern Polytechnic University bachelor of science
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