How to PowerPoint

I work on a 30 inch monitor.  So when I create a slideshow in PowerPoint and want to play it back, it fills my entire screen.  This can be a little overwhelming.

On top of that, when I do a video tutorial I may already have my screen recorder set to a specific resolution like 960×600.  I need to be able to do my screen recording and playback the slide show in the same window.

Here’s a quick tip to help set your slide show playback to a resolution that works with the screen recorder.

Here are the basic steps and then you can watch the tutorial below.

• Go into Slide Show and then select Set Up Slide Show.
• Select browse by individual window. This creates a scalable window that you can position inside the screen recorder.
• I always choose the lowest resolution.

PowerPoint Screencast Tutorial

Click here to view the tutorial.

Screenr is a great screencasting application.  It lets you make videos of your computer screen that you can share with others.  Here’s what I like about Screenr:

• It’s free
• Doesn’t require a download
• Easy to share via Twitter or Youtube
• Looks great on the iPhone or iPod Touch

PowerPoint and Screenr are a great combination.  I like to frame the screencast border around a blank PowerPoint slide to give me a virtual whiteboard.  Then I can use all of PowerPoint’s features as I explain a topic or present a lecture.

This works really well with a tablet PC (which you can see below) because it looks more like a real whiteboard.  It’s a great way to do math lessons, for example.

Check out the screencasts below.  In the first one, I show a demo of how it looks with a tablet PC (although it that demo I used OneNote).

Example of a Virtual Whiteboard

Click here to view the Screenr demo.

Here’s another example of Screenr and PowerPoint.

How to Frame the Screenr Window

In this next example, I explain how I frame the Screenr window around the blank PowerPoint slide.

Click here to view the Screenr demo.

One other thing I really like about Screenr is that the full screen of HD view mode gives you a really clear and crisp image.  Most of those video sites give you a full screen image which tends to make the video blurry because it stretches the video to fit your screen.

Give it a try, I’m sure that you’ll find that the combination of Screenr and PowerPoint is a winner.

PS.  If you’re not familiar with OneNote, check out Microsoft’s OneNote site.  It’s one of my favorite applications.