Freepath plays PowerPoint, among other things. And if I may say so, it does a pretty good job of it too. Just drag any .ppt(x) file into Freepath’s playlist and it’s ready for you. The same goes for any image, Word document, PDF, Excel, URL, Music, Movie or Flash/Shockwave file.
PowerPoint does a nice job of creating interesting entrances, exits and transitions for your various graphics and bullet points. Freepath plays them all. Other applications and web apps import PowerPoint files, but they flatten the images. That is, they remove all the glitz. Freepath launches the PowerPoint file in its native application, so those cool effects work exactly as you would expect.
Freepath sees PowerPoint as a nice package of slides that can be made to play seamlessly alongside other files, including some that are otherwise incompatible. Freepath rips each .ppt into a “chooser” window where you can actually pick which slide you want to show, in or out of order. Here’s what the chooser looks like:
Of course it’s also worth pointing out that you can open several PowerPoints at the same time in Freepath. That way you can jump from one slide in any .ppt to any other slide in any other .ppt. This is especially helpful when you consider Freepath’s advanced optional use of Two Monitors. That’s what I’ll talk about in the next post here on the Freepath Blog.
Meanwhile, below is an interview I did last year at PowerPoint Live in New Orleans with Geetesh Bajaj from Indezine.com. Besides coming up at the top of any Google search for PowerPoint blogs, Geetesh is also a Microsoft MVP. You’ll see quickly in this YouTube video that this visionary slide maven recognizes the powerful synergy between Freepath and PowerPoint.
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