Have (new) Laptop, Will Travel

I’ve had a Dell Latitude D-800 for seven years with PowerPoint 2003, which was upgraded to 2007. Over the past several months it just started to bog down and freeze up most of the time, even after I installed the maximum two gigabytes of memory. It was time to retire the big D. I recently bought a new Dell Inspiron laptop. First thing I noticed was how lightweight it is. Next was the blazing speed after booting up. I installed PowerPoint 2010 and so far I like the changes Microsoft made in this version. The ribbon menu is still there, but it seems more organized compared to 2007. The ribbon in 2007 was a bit confusing at times. I also like the new slide transitions they added. Another new addition in this version is saving the presentation as a video file. The one thing I don’t like about this new addition is the only option available is saving as a Windows Media file (WMV). With Microsoft selling their Office software for the Mac, the option to save to a Quicktime movie (MOV) would have been nice to have. Next big investment is Adobe CS5 Premium, but that will need to wait with the holiday season just around the corner. If you need a presentation created or just want to “jazz” it up, call me and I’ll add the power into your PowerPoint presentation. Happy Holidays to all!