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Microsoft(R) Office
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Along with the upcoming release of PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft has announced an update for Producer, an add-on that works with PowerPoint. Producer 2003 provides 20 new features for presenters who need to synchronize images, audio, video, HTML and PowerPoint slides into one file. The application, which is compatible with PowerPoint 2002 and PowerPoint 2003, is at press time available in a beta version on Microsoft's Web site (www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/producer.aspx). The official release is scheduled for later this year.
Here are a few of the upgrade's highlights:
* Better audio and video compression.
With additional support for Windows Media 9 applications, Producer 2003 captures audio with a 20-percent compression improvement (over Producer 2002) and captures video at a 50-percent compression improvement. Producer 2003 offers support for Windows Media Video 9 Screen and Windows Media Audio 9 Voice applications.
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