Abstract

Producer 2003 is a free add-on tool for PowerPoint 2003. This software allows the user to import PowerPoint slides, video, slides, and images and then capture, synchronize, and publish other audio, to provide a completed rich-media presentation. Audio and video content can be either prerecorded or created within Producer as you create the presentation. Producer 2003 is ideally suited for secondary and post-secondary teachers and students, media professionals, training specialists, sales professionals, and anyone who wishes to create exciting presentations. When using producer, most users begin by creating a PowerPoint presentation containing all the text they would like to include in the project. Next, the PowerPoint file and other media files should be imported into Producer (remember, the user can also create audio and media files and import them to Producer). Finally, the user can either use a drag-and-drop timeline to arrange and synchronize the timing of all the elements. In addition producer has a “New Presentation Wizard” that guides the user through the entire process. Several available templates allow the user to select from predefined screen layouts to create an attractive interface if the final presentation is to be published to the Web.