Friday, June 24, 2005
Perspector, PowerPoint, and Two Freebies!
What can YOU do over lunch hour? Well, let me tell ya what I did....I ate two sloppy joe sandwiches, downloaded a free trial of Perspector, answered three phone calls, edited four online articles for a client, tested Perspector (a little) by tinkering with an abandoned PowerPoint presentation.
Let me back up a little: I read the press release about Perspector slightly before lunch. Perspector is a PowerPoint add-in that lets you easily insert animated, 3D images into PowerPoint presentations.
"Neat," I thought, as I hit the download button and went to grab a sandwich.
Then the phone started ringing. My stomach started growling with hunger while my in-basket was piling up with must-complete deadlines and a customer laid out requirements for a new project. As I narrowly avoiding dripping barbecue sauce on my keyboard while munching and editing, I thought that giving Perspector any kind of fair trial would prove particularly daunting.
But not so. I opened a PowerPoint file that I had previously abandoned -- and there was Perspector, neatly integrated into my PowerPoint program.
"Just for fun," I thought...and quickly added a few 3D images to my abandoned PowerPoint presentation. (I had begun designing this presentation as a kiosk to keep my audience mildly amused during breaktime during tax season, but had to cancel my appearance due to a family emergency. Hence the PowerPoint file abandonment...)
Anyway, I found out in 14 minutes (really) how easy and fun Perpector is to use. It has a vast library of 3d images to insert, animate, and otherwise play with and manipulate at will. However, I didn't do Perspector much justice in my abandoned presentation (How could I? 14 minutes? Not nearly enough time to play with all its cool features.)
Someday soon, when I have more time, I'll play with Perspector some more. I found the tour that tells me how to use Perspector, but really -- it's so intuitively easy to use, you might not even need it.
So, here are the two freebies I mentioned in the title of this post:
1. Click the link here to download your thirty day free trial of Perspector
2. Click here to download the abandoned tax time PowerPoint presentation
Phone's rocking again. Gotta motor. ¶ 6/24/2005 12:19:00 PM
What can YOU do over lunch hour? Well, let me tell ya what I did....I ate two sloppy joe sandwiches, downloaded a free trial of Perspector, answered three phone calls, edited four online articles for a client, tested Perspector (a little) by tinkering with an abandoned PowerPoint presentation.
Let me back up a little: I read the press release about Perspector slightly before lunch. Perspector is a PowerPoint add-in that lets you easily insert animated, 3D images into PowerPoint presentations.
"Neat," I thought, as I hit the download button and went to grab a sandwich.
Then the phone started ringing. My stomach started growling with hunger while my in-basket was piling up with must-complete deadlines and a customer laid out requirements for a new project. As I narrowly avoiding dripping barbecue sauce on my keyboard while munching and editing, I thought that giving Perspector any kind of fair trial would prove particularly daunting.
But not so. I opened a PowerPoint file that I had previously abandoned -- and there was Perspector, neatly integrated into my PowerPoint program.
"Just for fun," I thought...and quickly added a few 3D images to my abandoned PowerPoint presentation. (I had begun designing this presentation as a kiosk to keep my audience mildly amused during breaktime during tax season, but had to cancel my appearance due to a family emergency. Hence the PowerPoint file abandonment...)
Anyway, I found out in 14 minutes (really) how easy and fun Perpector is to use. It has a vast library of 3d images to insert, animate, and otherwise play with and manipulate at will. However, I didn't do Perspector much justice in my abandoned presentation (How could I? 14 minutes? Not nearly enough time to play with all its cool features.)
Someday soon, when I have more time, I'll play with Perspector some more. I found the tour that tells me how to use Perspector, but really -- it's so intuitively easy to use, you might not even need it.
So, here are the two freebies I mentioned in the title of this post:
1. Click the link here to download your thirty day free trial of Perspector
2. Click here to download the abandoned tax time PowerPoint presentation
Phone's rocking again. Gotta motor. ¶ 6/24/2005 12:19:00 PM
