I thriple keynote... hands down best slideshow/text/movie playin' software on the market today. I'd even give you a brief tutorial if you'd like. for my previous job I used it every day for about 4 years... and it made the job a blast) Regards, Tom Adams Director/Owner www.ReelifeProductions.com cool digital video stuff...not boring or dumb (from iphone: 413.575.9707) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links: web.mac.com/reelifeproductions www.youtube.com/reelife www.nilmusic.com www.folktographybytom.com www.moschops.org 2008 Telly Award Winner: "Establishing a Local Historic District" On Sep 19, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Julie Roads <julie at writingroads.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > I second Keynote...it is much better than Powerpoint. > Blogged about it right after I discovered it: http://writingroads.com/blog/office-meet-iwork-08-powerpoint-meet-keynote/26 > > <image001.gif>…Write where you want to go. > Julie Roads * Writing Roads > Copywriting for Web and Print > 413-281-6013 > Visit Writingroads.com > Read Blogging Roads > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/writingroads > Connect to me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/writingroads > Friend me on Facebook: http://profile.to/julieroads/ > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > fern wrote: >> I am working on a project and I need to make a simple slide show >> using photos, text and music. I want something with more style than >> powerpoint. Can anyone suggest a program that is easy to use but >> has a few more bells and whistles for Mac? > > umm, Keynote? > > The name derives from Steve Job's Keynote addresses at MacWorld and > other places. It was developed for him, to his specs and demands, > before it was ever released to the public. Of course, there is more > to a presentation that the software, but you know that already. It's > just that if the software is lousy, it doesn't help. > > I've never seen anyone do anything much creative with PowerPoint. > Screen's full of bulleted lists with big titles and maybe a graphic > or a background. Dozens of them. Yuck. Presenters reading points off > their slides. > > On the other hand, I've seen some really creative presentations with > Keynote that actually illustrate, augment and supplement the words > of the person doing the presentation. > > http://safari.oreilly.com/0321246616/ch06lev1sec1 > > > -- > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> > > --------------- > Erdös 4 > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the > Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20080919/9d4d0ec1/attachment.htm