How Auction Houses Use Data Driven Presentations
Critical data driven television output Most, if not all, auction houses use data driven presentations, like here on this image, a recent record-breaking auction at Sotheby’s. With a data driven and, more important, real-time presentation, you can display bidding...
Problem: Truncated Texts of Excel Connections
DataPoint users report that sometimes information of an Excel file is not showing at full length or that text data is truncated or cut off. When we have a closer look at this problem, we always see that the first 255 characters of the Excel cell are read into the...
Correct PowerPoint Aspect Ratio: 4:3 or 16:9
Last week, I checked in at a nice hotel. Close to the reception desk, there was a big television screen mounted to the wall. It played an hotel promotion video showing the rooms, facilities, restaurants etc. A wide-screen or typical 16:9 movie on a typical television...
Annoying Cursor Visible in PowerPoint Kiosk Presentations
Microsoft learns you that, by default, the pointer or cursor in a slideshow, hides automatically after three seconds of inactivity. The pointer reappears when you move the mouse. There are scenarios possible where the pointer is not hidden automatically when using...
