moritz
6/15/2009 10:19 pm
Hi Graham,
another approach might be to export all slides as separate presentations, e.g. using this macro: http://skp.mvps.org/ppt00036.htm#2
To manage the resulting slides you have multiple options:
1. use a "power PIM" like Zoot or Ultrarecall to manage links to slides and add metadata to facilitate categorization, management and easier retrieval
2. use Windows Explorer (Windows 7 works best; Vista is good as well; forget XP) and configure metadata columns + use search. One advantage of using metadata (structured + Windows keywords) + search is that you could "file" slides into a hierarchical folder structure and Windows search automatically considers everything in the current directory node and below.
3. use an alternate file manager with views, filters, metadata and preview capabilities. I like Directory Opus (www.gpsoft.com.au), this could be used effectively in that fashion.
4. use Mindmanager (again with links to slide) for moderately complex collections.
5. (for big slide libraries) maybe Personal Brain could be a good solution as well (it has tagging and in the Professional version can fulltext index your slides)
All of these options will _not_ give you "dynamic" linking (as with SharePoint) but I have used many of those approaches myself with good results. Main difference with server based solutions really is when you have to collaborate with others on a common slide deck -- e.g. monthly business review presentation with 7 stake holders. In this case you have to go with an enterprise approach.
Moritz
another approach might be to export all slides as separate presentations, e.g. using this macro: http://skp.mvps.org/ppt00036.htm#2
To manage the resulting slides you have multiple options:
1. use a "power PIM" like Zoot or Ultrarecall to manage links to slides and add metadata to facilitate categorization, management and easier retrieval
2. use Windows Explorer (Windows 7 works best; Vista is good as well; forget XP) and configure metadata columns + use search. One advantage of using metadata (structured + Windows keywords) + search is that you could "file" slides into a hierarchical folder structure and Windows search automatically considers everything in the current directory node and below.
3. use an alternate file manager with views, filters, metadata and preview capabilities. I like Directory Opus (www.gpsoft.com.au), this could be used effectively in that fashion.
4. use Mindmanager (again with links to slide) for moderately complex collections.
5. (for big slide libraries) maybe Personal Brain could be a good solution as well (it has tagging and in the Professional version can fulltext index your slides)
All of these options will _not_ give you "dynamic" linking (as with SharePoint) but I have used many of those approaches myself with good results. Main difference with server based solutions really is when you have to collaborate with others on a common slide deck -- e.g. monthly business review presentation with 7 stake holders. In this case you have to go with an enterprise approach.
Moritz