How to Make Easter Ecards with MS PowerPoint

Easter Sunday of 2015 is arriving on the 5th of April. Have you got any good ideas for the holiday? Maybe you have prepared everything you need for Easter holiday, or maybe you haven't, but for the Easter Holiday, at least you should prepare several Easter cards for you beloved ones.

Nowadays, people prefer ecards than the traditional paper cards, and most of them want to make the cards themselves. On Easter day, people will want to make Easter ecards for their families and friends, and they can take advantage of MS PowerPoint to finish the task. It's interesting, right? If you want to know to do that, just check the following post out.

How to Make an Easter Ecard with PowerPoint

Step 1. Run MS PowerPoint and insert an Easter background wallpaper or template. If you want to do that, you need to click "Insert > Pictures" at the upper left corner on your computer, and then adjust the size of the picture to make it fill in the whole page.

Step 2. Insert the Easter elements, such as Easter bunny, Easter egg and so on. Then click "Animations" and choose the animating movements of the elements. For example, you can choose "Custom Path" by clicking "Add Animation", and then you can add the customized animations for the Easter Bunny. The Easter egg can also be added with animation like "Grow/Shrink". Of course, you need to adjust the starting time of the animations of the pictures, and make the animations happen when the receiver open the card.

Step 3. Add your best wishes in the texting blanks of the page, and you can of course use some Easter quotes in this ecard. When the ecard is finished, you can send it to your friends. Of course, if you are skillful in using Photoshop, you are able to convert this PowerPoint ecard to a GIF picture. If you think using Photoshop is a little complicated, you can just convert the ecard to a video so that it is easier to play on smartphones and tablets. When you want to convert PowerPoint to a video that can be played on the smartphone and tablet, you will need a piece of PowerPoint to video converter software. You can find various kinds of PowerPoint converters on the Internet, and among these programs, Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Pro is a powerful one. This software is used for converting PowerPoint presentations to all kinds of standard video and audio files, and it keeps all the video and audio effects that you have made in the PowerPoint. If you are interested, you can check out the following guidance about how to convert Easter PowerPoint to Video with this software.

How to Convert Easter PowerPoint to Video

Step 1.Run Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Pro on your computer, and you'll see the main interface of the software. Click "Add" to import the Easter card into the software. The preview screen will display the PowerPoint presentations.

2. Choose MP4 as an output for the converted video, and choose the audio and video effects in the drop-down menus. Then click the folder icon in Output to choose a folder on your computer to save the exported video. Then click "Start" at the right bottom to start converting the Easter card.

3. The conversion will be noticed with the estimated time. When the conversion is finished, you will get the converted video in the target folder.

You can send the ecard to all of your families and friends, and don't forget to change the name of the recipient before converting and sending the card. It is for certain that your families and friends will be surprised when they get the Easter ecard you send.

PowerPoint for iPhone and iPad Will Be Free Later in 2015

According to the report on the Internet, Microsoft is going to update its Office kit for iPhone and iPad in the second half of 2015, and make them available for free. At the moment, iPhone and iPad users are not only able to view their Word documents, excels and PowerPoint files on iDevices, but also be able to edit them.

You need to use your computer to sync PowerPoint files to OneDrive, and then you are able to view the files on your iPhone and iPad. But if you want to work on them, you will need to download the PowerPoint files to your iPad. It seems impossible to move the PowerPoint files from OneDrive to your iPhone and iPad if you want to work on them offline. So when MS Office kits are available in the second half of 2015, you can benefit from the easy accesses to MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

When the iPhone and iPad get authorities to handle Office kits, you may not want to use iWork. In fact, iWork still has its unique characteristics. For example, the Keynote app of iWork enables users to preview the presentations immediately when you are creating one, but MS PowerPoint only displays the squares with dotted lines. You can find several other slight differences between Keynote and MS PowerPoint, so if you are a fan of iWork, it is still cool if you carry on using it.

Most PowerPoint users will find that the MS PowerPoint allows users to convert their presentations into video files. This is an amazing feature of PowerPoint 2010 or later. If you are not convenient to using MS PowerPoint, you can take the converted video instead, and it'll be very helpful. If you are not sure how to convert PowerPoint presentations to video, you can check the following tutorial out:

1. Open your PowerPoint with MS PowerPoint 2010 or later. Click "File > Save and Send" at the upper left corner.
2. Choose "Create Video". Make up simple settings for the PowerPoint files and click the "Create Video" button in the window.
3. A window will pop up. Choose a folder on your computer to save the converted video. Then click "Save" to start converting the presentations.

When finished, you will get the converted video file in the target folder. The video will be saved in a WMV file, and you are able to open it with the video players that support this file extension. If you are going to play it on your iPhone or iPad, you will need a functional video player app.

When users want to play PowerPoint presentations on iPhone or iPad, they are also able to use the PowerPoint converter program to convert the presentations to iPhone-compatible MP4 files. It'll be easy to finish the task, and the following guidance will introduce a piece of PowerPoint converter program, Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Pro to help you.
1.Run Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Pro on your computer, and click "Add" button to import the presentations into the software. The "Customize" button beside it allows users to make customizable settings for the presentations.
2. The Profile option is below the buttons. Choose MP4 as the output for the converted video in the drop-down menu. Click "Settings" beside Profile to set up the details for the converted video, or you can just choose audio and video qualities below. Then click the folder icon in "Output" to choose a folder on your computer to save the converted video.
3. Click "Start" button at the right bottom to start converting the presentations to videos. The time of the conversion depends on the size of your PowerPoint file. When the conversion is finished, you will get the converted video in the target folder.

No matter which method you take advantage of, you are able to convert PowerPoint to video files for an enjoyment. Before Office kits totally open for iPhone and iPad, this conversion trick may be helpful for you.

10 Best PowerPoint Templates for 2015 Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day 2015 is coming soon, and have you thought of the romantic ideas for this day? Maybe most of men have prepared chocolates and cards for their beloved ones, and girls and ladies may have prepared the love-theme dinner for their men. How sweet it is!

Maybe some people want to make up a PowerPoint presentation on Valentine’s Day to show their love. The sweet moments, such as photos, songs and so on can be added to the file and call up the same memories of the couples. Speaking of making PowerPoint presentations on Valentine’s Day, you may want to choose a wonderful template for your presentations. Therefore, the following guidance will introduce 10 best PowerPoint templates for Valentine’s Day, and you can choose one to use for your own presentations.

10 Best PowerPoint Templates for 2015 Valentine's Day

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source: http://www.pptclipart.com/valentines-day-kids-1024x768.html

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source: http://animatedpowerpointtemplates.com/valentines-day-powerpoint-templates.html

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source: http://www.freepptbackgrounds.net/love/valentines-hearts-and-circles-powerpoint-template

4. 

source: http://www.templateswise.com/detail/link-115.html

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source: http://www.freeppt.net/background/february-14-valentines-day-hearts-757.html

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source: http://www.pptbackgroundstemplates.com/red-hearts-valentine-days-ppt.html

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source: http://nuoti.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/valentine-powerpoint.jpg

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source: http://www.freepptbackgrounds.net/love/heart-floral-frame-valentine-backgrounds

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source: http://www.pptbackgrounds.net/hearts-on-red-background-with-circles-download-backgrounds.html

10. 

source: http://www.nuoti.com/happy-valentine-day/

3 Methods to Convert PowerPoint to Videos

Occasionally, when you want to share your PowerPoint presentations with your friends and colleagues, you will want to convert the PowerPoint presentations to video files. To achieve that goal, you can search on Google for the possible methods, and in general, you have 3 methods to convert PowerPoint to video files. The following guidance will show you the 3 methods to convert PowerPoint to video files, if you are interested, just have a look at this post.

The first method is using the built-in conversion function of PowerPoint 2010 or later. If you are using MS PowerPoint 2010 or later on your computer, you are able to convert your PowerPoint presentations to a WMV file. If you don't know how to do that, the following guidance will be helpful:

1. Open your PowerPoint files in PowerPoint 2010 or later, and click "File > Save and Send".
2. Choose "Create Video" and make up the settings for the converted video.
3. Click the "Create Video" button in the window. A window will pop up, and it allows you to choose a folder on your computer to save the video.
4. Then MS PowerPoint will convert the presentation to a video file. The conversion will take a short time based on the length of the presentation.

With the new MS PowerPoint on your computer, you are able to convert PowerPoint to video with ease. Note that the Macros and OLE won't be converted into the video.

The second method is to use the Windows Movie Maker to convert the slideshows to video files. The Windows Movie Maker is a built-in app of Windows system, and you can easily find with the searching function in Start menu. The following guidance will show you how to convert PowerPoint to video with Windows Movie Maker:

1. Open your PowerPoint presentations, and click "File > Save as", and then choose "Other Formats".
2. Save your presentations to pictures (PNG or JPG files), and save them on your computer.
3. Open Windows Movie Maker, and import all the pictures of the presentation into the app.
4. Select all the imported pictures and add it into the Storyboard (Ctrl + D).
5. Make up simple settings for the video you want to convert, and then save the video on your computer.

The third method is using a PowerPoint converter program, which is easy to be found on the Internet. I would like to introduce Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Pro to the users. People can use this program to convert PowerPoint presentations to more than 150 kinds of standard video and audio files, and it can convert PowerPoint presentations for specific devices. The following guidance will show you how to use this software, and you are allowed to free download the software to have a try:

1. Run Leawo PowerPoint to Video Converter Pro on your computer, and you will see the main interface. Click the "Add" button to add the PowerPoint file into the software. Click "Customize" to make up detailed settings for the PowerPoint presentations.
2. Choose a video format as output in the drop-down menu of "Profile", and click "Settings" to make detailed settings for the converted video. Or you can choose the video and audio qualities in the main window. Then Click the "Start" button at the right bottom to start converting the PowerPoint files.
3. The conversion will be divided into 4 parts, and each part is attached with the estimated time. When the conversion is finished, you will get the converted video in the target folder.

All of the three methods are helpful for the conversion of PowerPoint presentations, if you are going to convert PowerPoint files to videos, just check the methods out.

10 Best PowerPoint Backgrounds for Happy New Year 2015

New Year 2015 is arriving soon. The most interesting part of embracing the new year may be making your new year’s resolution and saying “Happy New Year” to everyone around you. Some people will make PowerPoint presentations to celebrate and memorize the coming of the Year 2015.

When it comes to PowerPoint presentations about embracing the new year, many people will want to choose the templates of the Happy-New-Year theme. If you are trying to find the best templates for your Happy-New-Year presentations, you will need to search on the Internet to find the ones you need because the templates in Office PowerPoint don’t provide any related templates by default. The post will introduce 10 best PowerPoint templates for your Happy-New-year presentations, and you may find the one(s) you need.

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source: http://www.template.net/design-templates/new-year-greeting-card-designs/

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source: http://usahumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Fire-works-wallpaper-happy-new-year.jpg

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source: http://www.pptback.com/2015-happy-new-year-celebrations-pptbackground.html

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source: http://www.pptbackgroundstemplates.com/new-year-2015-happy-1024x768.html

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source: http://www.ppt-backgrounds.net/christmas/5543-new-year-2015-christmas-backgrounds

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source: http://photo.elsoar.com/wp-content/images/Happy-New-Year-2015-Tree.jpg

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source: http://www.backgroundlabs.com/item/2015-happy-new-year/

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source: http://pixhome.blogspot.com/2014/12/2015-happy-new-year-texted-hd-wallpapers-background-images-free-download.html

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source: http://askatechteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kozzi-Happy_new_year_2015_year_of_sheep-2248x16901.jpg

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source: http://2015newyear.org/wish-happy-new-year-2015-hd-wallpaper

How to Retrieve Unsaved PowerPoint Presentations

If you are making a PowerPoint presentation for your lecture tomorrow, you should save your presentation once a while in case that your PowerPoint files would get lost. In certain occasions, we will unfortunately lose the unsaved PowerPoint files, and we desperately want to retrieve the lost PowerPoint files.

How to do it then? People may feel confused on this issue. I’m using a Windows 7 computer and the Microsoft PowerPoint in Version 2010, so I will show you how to retrieve unsaved PowerPoint 2010 files on Windows 7 computer at first.

Before starting to recover the unsaved PowerPoint files, you need to make sure that the PowerPoint AutoRecover is enabled within PowerPoint. You can have a check by clicking "Tools > Options", and then check "Save AutoRecover Info every" and enter a number you want. If you have done this before, you are able to find the auto-saved PowerPoint records after the unexpectedly data loss. The following guidance will show you how to do that:

1.       Click the Start button on your computer, and enter ppt*.tmp in the searching column, and hit the searching button.

2.       If a file matches, you can right-click the file and choose "Rename". Rename the file with any name you want, but you should add the file extension as .ppt.

3.       Double-click to open the file, and check whether this is the file you need to recover. If it is, you can use the "Save as" option to save it on your computer. Note that if you are getting an error message when you attempt to open the file, you will not be able to recover the PowerPoint file.

If you can’t use this method to get the files back, the following method may also be helpful:

1.       Go to "Save" option in your PowerPoint, and find the location of the AutoRecover file. On a Windows 7 computer, it should be in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\PowerPoint.

2.       Click "Tools > Folder Options > View", and check "Show hidden files and folders". Then you will get the PowerPoint files with a random-code name.

3.       Double-click to open the PowerPoint file to see whether it is the one you want to recover. If yes, you can save it with the name you need.

You are also able to take advantage of the "Recover Unsaved Presentations" option to recover the deleted PowerPoint files. You only need to open the PowerPoint file, go to "File > Recent", and click "Recover Unsaved Presentations" at the right bottom. This recovery option is built in PowerPoint 2010 or later.

If you want to retrieve an unsaved PowerPoint 2007 presentation, you will find it is easy to be done. If you don’t save the PowerPoint file and restart MS PowerPoint application, then the app will automatically recover the unsaved file. If not, you can search for the unsaved presentations on your computer. The following steps will show you how to do it:

1.       Start PowerPoint 2007 on your computer.

2.       Click the Microsoft Office button and click "Open".

3.       Choose "File Name" and enter the name of the PowerPoint file in the box. If you don’t remember the name of the file, just enter %temp%\ppt*.tmp in the box.

4.       Click the Open button and then click the name of the file you want to recover, then click "Open".

5.       If you find the file you want to recover, just click "Save" to save the files on your computer.

Note that the presentations may not be saved in random-coded names, so you will have to open the files one by one until you find the presentation you need.

These methods may be helpful for the people who want to retrieve unsaved PowerPoint presentations, and when you come up with a power failure or program crash which leads to the loss of the presentations, you can check these methods out.

How to Play PowerPoint Presentations on Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 in Different Cases

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 was introduced into the world on the same day with Galaxy Mega 6.3. It is basically a smaller Galaxy Mega 6.3 from screen size, to key specifications and most likely, price.

The Galaxy Mega 5.8 is constructed from Samsung's very familiar glossy plastic. Despite being smaller than the Galaxy Mega 6.3, the Mega 5.8 is slightly thicker — 9mm compared to 8mm. The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8's TFT screen only has a qHD resolution of 540x960, which gives it a pixel density of 190ppi. This is significantly less than all current flagship Android phones. There's an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera for still photos and full HD video recording and a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls.

Compared to the Galaxy Mega 6.3, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 has a slower, dual core processor (1.4GHz compared to 1.7GHz), just 8GB of internal memory and a 2600mAh removable battery. There's also no 4G connectivity. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 has a microSD card slot to expand the 8GB of internal memory.

The Galaxy Mega 5.8 has the same software as the Galaxy Mega 6.3. It runs the latest version of Android, 4.2 Jelly Bean, but is skinned with Samsung's TouchWIZ user interface.

The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 will be available globally from May and will be initially be released in Europe and Russia. There's been no word as yet if and when the Galaxy Mega 5.8 will be released in Australia.

Play PowerPoint on Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 has the similar features in most parts. So, just like playing PowerPoint on Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, we have the same two ways to play PowerPoint on Galaxy Mega 5.8 - install PowerPoint viewer apps for android and convert PowerPoint to video before playing on Galaxy Mega 5.8.

The previous method is suitable for those presentations which are aimed at logic and text contents, while the second method works perfect when the slideshows include rich multimedia, animations or transformations.

Here are the tools you may need: Android PowerPoint Viewer Apps and PowerPoint to Galaxy Mega 5.8 Converters.