Creating Dynamic Presentations with Streaming Media

Whether it's a key sales presentation, executive briefing, or online training event, Creating Dynamic Presentations With Streaming Media can help business professionals maximize the impact of their communications. This handbook introduces Microsoft ® Windows Media™ Producer, a new tool for capturing and integrating rich streaming media with Microsoft PowerPoint® presentations, HTML, and other digital media. Readers of this book should know how to use PowerPoint, but do not need experience working with digital media. Written by a member of Microsoft Windows Media Technologies team, this easy-to-read and expert guide steps readers through the entire process—teaching them how to record or import high-quality video and audio, edit and synchronize media, incorporate media into ready page-layout templates or create custom templates, and publish presentations to the Web or an intranet site. Throughout, the focus is on developing more compelling and effective presentations for real-world business scenarios. The companion CD-ROM comes loaded with ready-to-use audio and video content, Windows Media applications, templates, and a complete sample presentation.

Your one-stop handbook for creating rich streaming-media presentations using Windows Media Producer and PowerPoint

The business professional's guide to creating more-dynamic presentations using tools and information direct from the Windows Media Technologies team Key Book Benefits:

• Demonstrates how to easily capture, edit, synchronize, and publish streaming media using PowerPoint and Windows Media Producer
• Provides expert advice and how-to's for creating better and morecompelling presentations
• Features insider tips and tricks from the Microsoft team that created Windows Media Producer and other Windows Media technologies
• CD contains sample video and audio content; Windows Media Player 7, Windows Media Encoder 7, and ASF Indexer; templates for Windows Media Producer and PowerPoint; and a complete sample presentation, including all media files.

Contents

Introduction

1. Part I: Introducing Microsoft Producer
2. What is Microsoft Producer?
3. The Microsoft Producer User Interface

   Part II: Preparing to Create Presentations

4. Creating an Engaging Presentation
5. Setting up Hardware and Software
6. Preparing to Record Digital Media
7. Recording High-quality Audio and Video

   Part III: Creating Presentations Using Microsoft Producer

8. Starting a New Presentation
9. Capturing Video, Audio and Still Images
10. Editing on the Timeline
11. Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations in Producer
12. Publishing Your Presentation
13. Part IV: Advanced Producer Topics
14. Customizing Producer Templates
15. Customizing Your Presentations
16. Creating Custom Publishing Solutions

Glossary

Index