PowerPoint 2002 is the new version of PowerPoint which ships as part of Microsoft's Office XP suite.
Illuminatus can also create an autorun.inf file which tells Windows to run a CD ROM automatically on insertion through the Publication Properties dialog box. As soon as the presentations were viewed, the control reverted back to the splash screen.
Resultant menu clicks opened PowerPoint presentations in full show mode. The compiled splash screen was set to run as a trigger from an autorun procedure as soon as a CD was placed inside a system. The entire thing was accomplished in less than half an hour, and the whole thing included animations, custom backgrounds and embedded typefaces. Since we were experimenting with Illuminatus, we tried to create an interactive splash screen as a menu to run multiple PowerPoint presentations. Some time ago, we needed to create a portfolio of PowerPoint presentations on an autorun CD.
Finally, Illuminatus costs much less than its other competitors, and almost anyone who has PowerPoint can take advantage of a cheap upgrade path to buy Illuminatus at an even lower price. Let's look at features: Illuminatus can create autorun splashes for autorun PowerPoint presentations on CD ROM, it can create browser controls to view the new PowerPoint 2002 HTML presentations fullscreen from the web or CD ROM, it can incorporate actual PowerPoint presentations in itself using the DocView feature and finally it can create standalone EXE files which can be linked to actual PowerPoint presentations. Illuminatus basically scores better on both the features and the price front. It is certainly more strange than ever because the question is why Illuminatus and why not any of the other multimedia programs like Director, Authorware, Dazzler or Mediator? We would love to answer that question because we've had some experience with a few of the other products too. That's why it is important to create opportunities where other programs perform in concert with PowerPoint, and that's why we are looking at Illuminatus. In plain words, PowerPoint is omnipresent! That's something you cannot do with a multimedia development program. There were a few changes he needed last-minute, so all he did was to open the presentation in his copy of PowerPoint and edit a few figures. Let us explain using an example:Ī few months ago, one of our clients visited Australia to deliver a presentation we created for him using PowerPoint. And yet, we've not discussed PowerPoint's greatest advantage. Tomorrow's presentations are going to be even more PowerPoint-centric, with almost unlimited distribution strategies being developed around its core. In fact, PowerPoint owns the presentation standard.
Our experiences with PowerPoint have resulted in a mindset which believes that PowerPoint is much more than a basic presentation program. Now, many people would point out that with Illuminatus and its advanced multimedia features, one does not need PowerPoint. So, how do PowerPoint and Illuminatus work together? Actually, in many ways only limited by your creativity or imagination. You'll find more information on Illuminatus Opus at its homepage: However, for this review, we have used the basic Illuminatus Opus application for all techniques explained hereafter. Digital Workshop also creates an advanced version of Illuminatus Opus called Opus Pro. The newest version called Illuminatus Opus takes this trend further with many new features and refinements. You'll find more information at their site:Īcross subsequent versions, Illuminatus has evolved to emerge as a mature multimedia creation platform. They create many more fine products which surprisingly cost only a fraction of the amount you would pay for other similar stuff elsewhere. Illuminatus is basically a multimedia development tool from a UK-based company called Digital Workshop. In many ways, they both compliment each other perfectly. And frankly, we are sure that we would not be off the mark to quote that this could be a very significant research indeed for users of both PowerPoint and Illuminatus. And now we look at Illuminatus Opus (hereafter, Illuminatus). In the past, we have discussed using PowerPoint with Director, Flash, SVG, and AutoCAD (using WHIP! and Volo View). Using other applications with PowerPoint to exchange and enhance content has been an important aspect here. We focus on Microsoft PowerPoint quite extensively. Indezine is primarily a site which aims to address issues pertaining to presentations and multimedia.