{"id":727,"date":"2008-11-09T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T20:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alsplace.aldenbaker.com\/alsplace\/microsoft\/ms-office\/ms-powerpoint\/727\/powerpoint-users-%e2%80%94-don%e2%80%99t-be-afraid-of-rich-media\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T15:52:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T20:52:46","slug":"powerpoint-users-%e2%80%94-don%e2%80%99t-be-afraid-of-rich-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alsplace.info\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"PowerPoint users \u2014 don\u2019t be afraid of rich media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ALL ADSENSE ADS DISABLED -->\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul class=\"postData\">\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: September 3rd, 2008<\/li>\n<li><strong>Author<\/strong>: Susan Harkins<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- \/contentData --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"entry\" align=\"justify\">Last fall, my nine-year-old granddaughter asked if I had PowerPoint and then proceeded to create a presentation for Social Studies,&nbsp;mostly on her own. 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