<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello Richard<div><br></div><div>I agree, the iBook templates in iPhoto can be very frustrating. Specially on the first project which is almost always time sensitive.</div><div> I haven't used powerpoint so I can't say how it would integrate with this program. Can you export frames as pdf's or jpeg's?</div><div>The Apple iBook program seems to work well with imported JPEG's, so if you convert text and other graphics into a jpeg file , they can then be imported into the template.</div><div>The yellow exclamation mark usually indicate that the image is of a low resolution that won't print well. It might also mean that all the text is not showing and you need to use a smaller font or shorten the text.</div><div>When the ibook is complete on your computer, it is converted into a high quality pdf document which is then sent to Apple for printing. </div><div>Or you can save it as a pdf document for other uses . It would probably import into powerpoint too. </div><div>Once a presentation is in pdf form, it can't change anymore so there would be fewer surprises when projected as part of a presentation.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>George</div><div><br><div><div>On 18-Oct-10, at 8:54 PM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font size="2"><div>Kweh George,</div>I've played around with it, but I can't manipulate by enlarging, or shrinking</font><div><font size="2">no little white glove grabber fist to move things,</font></div><div><font size="2">like you can do with pictures and text on powerpoint. </font></div> <div><font size="2">In comparison It seems confining,(can't move text boxes where i want them.</font></div><div><font size="2">but maybe its because </font>I need to start with a completely blank page?</div><div><br></div> <div>since i finally figured out Powerpoint, (sort of)</div><div>(photoshop drives me nuts with those D@#&M layers!! till i simply quit!)</div><div>maybe i'll try what you suggested</div><div>import a finished page (from powerpoint?) onto the book....see what happens.</div> <div><br></div><div>another thing, i'm not sure why i get little yellow exclamation point warning signs<br><div class="gmail_quote">on just about everything i upload.. whats with that??</div><div class="gmail_quote"> <br></div><div class="gmail_quote">I have to add,I spent five full days putting together a PowerPoint</div><div class="gmail_quote">presentation for ONLA, our Oklahoma Language Conference in Ada Okl.</div><div class="gmail_quote"> only to have it all go haywire when i exported it from</div><div class="gmail_quote">my iMac onto a memory stick and plugged it in to the PC on the lectern. </div><div class="gmail_quote">Embedded audios failed (some did, some didn't)</div> <div class="gmail_quote">the ones that <b>did</b> work had no volume...nobody in the auditorium could hear it.</div><div class="gmail_quote">texts were loosing all their shading and some photos didn't appear at all.</div> <div class="gmail_quote">Then to make it worse the whole slide series was projected <b>too large</b></div><div class="gmail_quote">so text was often missing until i scrolled down, at which point</div><div class="gmail_quote"> I'd accidently advance the slide to the next one....auuugh</div><div class="gmail_quote">and so it was ...a frustrating distracting nuisance to say the least.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"> people were wonderful and polite and told me "it was good",</div><div class="gmail_quote">but it really wasn't.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">I'm NOT a HIGH techie, and when things go this bad i start losing any</div> <div class="gmail_quote"> momentum i have left.</div><div class="gmail_quote">So much work to do! and this kind of stuff drags like a dead weight.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">Richard Zane Smith</div><div class="gmail_quote">Wyandotte Oklahoma</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Mushkeg Media <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:languages@mushkeg.ca">languages@mushkeg.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">We found a simple and very fast way to make a book is by using the ibook function in Apple's iPhoto application. This may only work if you use a Mac but it is quite amazing.<div> The program uses a limited number of templates which you simply fill with text or photos. If you have a complex page you can do it in photoshop or Illustrator and import it into your book projects as a full page. Books can be printed in a variety of sizes with hard or soft covers. The last book we made was 26 pages, 6in. x 8in. spiral bound and cost about $12.00 each. There is a discount for over 50 books. The best thing about this process is the speedy delivery. You send it off to Apple and it comes back in less than a week looking absolutely beautiful. </div> <div><br></div><div>George Hargrave</div><div>Producer</div><div>Mushkeg Media Inc.</div><font color="#888888"><div><span style="font-size:12px">103 rue Villeneuve O. </span></div><div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> <font face="Helvetica" size="3">Montreal, QC H2T 2R6</font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Tel: 514-279-3507</font></div></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"> <font face="Helvetica" size="3"><a href="mailto:hargrave@mushkeg.ca" target="_blank">hargrave@mushkeg.ca</a></font></div></font></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>