Resources

= = = = = = = = =Resources for Digital Pictures for Projects= [|www.pics4learning.com]

[|www.debsthisnthat.wordpress.com]

http://www.digitalphotofix.com/free-digital-photo-frames.html

=Sounds and Music Resources= http://www.freeplaymusic.com/  http://findsounds.com/  http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html

http://www.garageband.com/charts  http://music.podshow.com/

http://www.podsafeaudio.com/

http://www.archive.org/details/audio  http://naturesongs.com/  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

=Embedding Media into Powerpoint 2007=
 * Click on the Office button (upper left-windows icon)
 * Click Powerpoint Options
 * Click Popular
 * Check "Show Developer Tab in Ribbon"
 * Click "OK"
 * Open the Developer Tab in the Ribbon
 * Click on the "More Controls" icon (hammer) in the Controls Section
 * Select Windows Media Player
 * Draw a box that will become the image below
 * Right click on the media player> Select Properties
 * Click on the empty cell next to "Custom"
 * Browse for your video>Click OK
 * In the slideshow mode, you will be able to play the video embedded with controls like rewind, fast forward, sound, etc.
 * You can also right click to open more menu controls, like >View>Full Screen

=How to Rip CD Audio Tracks Into MP3 Files to use in PowerPoint or Other Projects= >
 * Go to [|www.mgshareware.com>]
 * On the first screen about half way down, under "Convert Your Audio CD Collection to MP3, click on FreeRIP
 * Read next screen and scroll down to Download Now hotlink and click on it
 * On next screen, click on Run
 * After a few minutes on downloading, on next screen, click on Run
 * On next screen, select English & OK
 * On next screen, Free RIP Set Up, click Next
 * On next screen, Click on button - I accept agreement and click on Next
 * On next screen, click on Next
 * On next screen, click on Next
 * On next screen, click on Next
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">On next screen, click on Next
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">On next screen, click on Install and wait several minutes for installation
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">After Installation:
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Put in CD
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Go to Start Menu, then select Programs and then double click on FreeRIP to open it
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">On next screen, notice that the CD tracks are listed
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Click on the box on the left of the track you want to copy and then from the RIP Menu, select RIP to MP3
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">After a minute or so, Done will appear at the bottom - click on the Dismiss button and then close the FreeRip window
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You will find an Icon of the Ripped CD track on your desk top converted to an MP3 file
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To listen to the track, double click on the Icon
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To save the ripped file to your USB, put the USB ib, right click on the CD track Icon, move pointer to Send To and select your USB