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The SlideRocket Monthly Newsletter
  November, 2008

 

Get The Most From Your SlideRocket Account

 

SlideRocket is open for business and we want to make sure you're getting the most out of your account. Now is a great time to get an incredible deal on SlideRocket with introductory pricing and annual discounts.

• 30-Day Trial - All the functionality of the business plan, free for 30 days, no credit card required.
• Business or Individual Subscription - You're a serious presentation user and ready to get a great deal on all the value that's in SlideRocket.
• Free - You're a casual SlideRocket user and don't need all the business functionality.

How do you get signed up and activated? Just LOGIN to your account. If you haven't logged in for a while you'll be prompted to select a plan, just follow the guides. Otherwise just go to the Account tab in SlideRocket and select Plan and Billing to determine which plan is right for you.

 

PhotoShow Competition

 

SlideRocket and ATP have teamed up to bring you a "PhotoShow" competition with some great prizes. The first competition starts December 1st and runs until January 31st with three categories:

• Portfolio - your best shots.
• Photo Essay - your best shots that tell a story or speak to an issue.
• Stock Photos - if you're not a photographer you can still enter the competition by creating a narrative using stock photos.

Winners will be announced around February 15th. Sign up for a SlideRocket account (you can use a Free account to enter) and check the competition page for details.

 

Astronaut Tips & Rocket Tricks - Audio

 

We've had a few questions on audio options recently so let's talk about the different ways you can use audio files. 

1.  An audio file for your whole presentation
2. An audio file per slide

#1 is typically considered a music bed which you probably want to play for the duration of your presentation or loop as the presentation loops. With your presentation open, go to the File menu and select Presentation Settings. In the dialogue you'll see an area for Presentation Audio that lets you Add from library, preview your audio, clear your selection and set the volume. Set your preferences here and select ok.

 

#2 lets you select a piece of audio for a given slide and this is usually used for something like a voice over or an audio effect. To use this feature, open your presentation and select the slide you want to add audio to. In the properties menu you'll see a drop down for Audio which give you the same options as #1 and works the same way but just for this one slide. 

 

Now you can make great presentations with beautiful audio.

 

Live Demos

 

We're starting up live demos every week to let you chat with the experts and see SlideRocket in action. See the schedule and register to attend. Places are limited each week but don't worry, there'll be another one next week ;-)