Regular readers of Cool Tool Awards will know that I have a weakness
for screen saver authoring tools. I think giving away FREE screen
savers are WONDERFUL promotional tools.
The problem with a lot of these authoring and design tools is that they
take a while to learn, and you need to re-source lots of pre-existing text and
graphics from other places to create the final screen saver. A waste of time.
Along comes ScreenTime
For PowerPoint, a unique tool which can take an existing Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation and compile it instantly into a screen saver,
complete with an installation routine.
Just how easy is it to use ScreenTime
For PowerPoint? Well, frankly, it doesn't get much easier than
clicking a button within PowerPoint to launch the simple 3-Step wizard.
Step 1: Set Preferences: You can set an
expiration date for the screen saver, give it a name, and set the level of
interactivity.
Step 2: Customize Settings Windows: Drag and
drop a BMP file of your choice to help brand your screen saver.
Step 3: Build Screen Saver: With a click your
screen saver is compiled into a small EXE file ready for distribution and
download.
Since most folks already know how to use PowerPoint and
have pre-existing marketing and sales presentations, it's a relatively quick
path to creating presentation-based screen savers.
Now there are a few features missing from ScreenTime
For PowerPoint like including web links from the branding screen and
the screen saver itself, but overall, this is a fine, inexpensive utility and
it should prove quite helpful to those of you wishing to expand your marketing
and promotional efforts without having to reinvent your existing material.
More info is here.
