RE: Simple business animation software

[John Hedtke <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>]

My wife was speaking at an OR State Bar Association conference 
recently and one of her co-presenters said "Power 
corrupts.  PowerPoint corrupts absolutely."

John

At 08:01 AM 5/20/2008, Leonard C. Porrello wrote:
>I would bet the problem was not PowerPoint but that you were using
>non-union truck drivers.
>
>Leonard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Hudson [mailto:caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:42 AM
>To: Leonard C. Porrello
>Cc: chrismorton11 -at- gmail -dot- com; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: Re: Simple business animation software
>
>Is there a good source of information on creating animations with
>PowerPoint? The stuff I was trying to do in the past involved showing
>trucks picking up goods and moving from one building to another. No
>matter what I did, the truck would always leave its payload at the
>original building :)
>
>On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
><Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> > We've even done dynamic GUI simulations using PowerPoint.
> >
> > Leonard
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > To: Rob Hudson; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: Re: Simple business animation software
> >
> > Dunno... if you explore PowerPoint's full capabilities and really
>think
> > creatively, I believe there is little you cannot do in the
>application.
> > I
> > drove full-day seminars for seven years using a LOT of animation,
>etc.,
> > and
> > this was with prior versions that had significantly less
>functionality.
> > My
> > recommendation, then, is that you have a closer look.
> >
> > The Capivate recommendation is also a good one, however.
> >
> > Jagdriver
> >
> > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Rob Hudson <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com>
>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for something simple to make really basic business
>process
> >> animations. I've tried PowerPoint, but it seems a little limited.
> >> Flash seems like overkill, but might be necessary. An example of
> >> something I might animate is data flows leaving one process and
> >> entering another.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Rob

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