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ACT360 Media Ltd.: PowerPoint in the Classroom. An easy to understand tutorial.

J. Barnes and B. Patterson (2011): A Necessary Evil: Edward Tufte and Making the Best of PowerPoint. In PDF, Jury Expert. See likewise here.

R.A. Bartsch and K.M. Cobern (2003): Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures. PDF file, Computers and Education, 41: 77-86.
See also here.

Biorender, Toronto, Canada.
Browse thousands of pre-made icons and templates from more than 30 fields of life sciences. Note also:
Was macht BioRender? Wissenschaftliche Figurendesign-Software erklärt (in German, PrompLoop).

Bit Better Corporation:
PowerPoint Tips & Tricks.
This expired link is now available through the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.

S. Brock and Y. Joglekar (2011): Empowering PowerPoint: Slides and Teaching Effectiveness.

Chip Online: Jenseits der Folien (by Roland Freist).
Die besten PowerPoint-Alternativen.
Powerpoint-Viewer 14.0.
About Powerpoint presentations (in German). See especially for download:
! PowerPoint Viewer (in German).

Electricteacher.com: Microsoft PowerPoint For Presentations and Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorials.

IvyPanda (registered in Estonia): IvyPanda is a student success hub designed to improve the educational outcomes and learning capabilities of students around the world. Go to:
The Effectiveness of MS PowerPoint: Take Your Presentation to the Next Level. Updated on July 21, 2022.

Don McMillan, YouTube: Life After Death by Powerpoint.

! Microsoft.com: Basic tasks in PowerPoint 2010. See also MicrosoftOffice:mac:
Powerpoint basics.

! Microsoft.com: PowerPoint Viewer 2007. PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.

Netzwelt.de: 5 Alternativen zu PowerPoint Slide Show Converter (in German).

Peter Norvig: PowerPoint: shot with its own bullets. The Lancet, 362: 9381. See also here (PDF file).

Dave Paradi, Mississauga, Canada:
Dave Paradi´s PowerPoint Blog.

! Rdpslides.com: The PowerPoint FAQ. See especially: Tips, Techniques, Tutorials.

W. Schlaich, Freiburg: Powerpoint basics. Powerpoint presentation, in German.
This expired link is still available through the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.

Bernt Schnettler et al. (2007): Die Powerpoint-Präsentation. Zur Performanz technisierter mündlicher Gattungen in der Wissensgesellschaft. PDF file, in German. See here as well.

Simplified Science Publishing:
Comparison of BioRender and other popular scientific illustration software costs, pros, and cons.
A chart compares the pros, cons, and costs of the most commonly used design tools.

Spiegel Online: Bye, bye Folien About Prezi, SlideRocket and Zoho Show. Alternative software to Powerpoint (in German).

! Stanford University: Postdoctoral Education at Stanford. See especially: Scientific Management Series. Go to: Sue McConnell, Powerpoint basics. In PDF.

! E.R. Tufte (2006): The cognitive style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within. In PDF. A critical statement on this:
! A Review of Tufte's The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint In PDF, by Brian D. Kangas, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 24: 421-423.

! E. Tufte (2003): PowerPoint is evil. Wired Magazine. See also here (in PDF).
Websites outdated. Links lead to versions archived by the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.

Wired Digital, Inc.: Learning to Love PowerPoint.
Still available via Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Microsoft PowerPoint.

J.A. Yates and W. Orlikowski (2007): The PowerPoint Presentation and Its Corollaries: How Genres Shape Communicative Action in Organizations. In PDF, in: Mark Zachry and Charlotte Thralls (eds.) The Cultural Turn: Communicative Practices in Workplaces and the Professions. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
See also here.