TurningPoint 2006 – Product Review
TurningPoint 2006, the PowerPoint plug-in from Turning Technologies started shipping about three weeks and we were fortunate enough to receive one of the first-to-ship release versions. And since it is summertime, I’ve had lots of time to play.
First, I really like the fact that there is now a full-blown hardware wizard to ease the task of setting up your system for the first time. Since TurningPoint is compatible with a number of polling devices, the wizard makes identifying your particular hardware easy. And, the wizard recognized and correctly installed required files for every device we tried.
Overall, this ‘from-the-ground-up’ rebuild is quicker, more robust and easier to use than ever before. Adding interactive questions to PowerPoint is a snap. Default graphs are visually appealing and change automatically when you select a new theme. There’s a new selection of great looking count-down clocks, more response counters, and even new ‘Answer Now’ reminders.
For those who are all about data mining and reporting, there’s lots for you to be excited about as well. The Excel reports we generated (with just a couple of mouse clicks) were perfectly formatted and great looking. And, we were able to serve up data in just about any way we imagined.
The development team at Turning Technologies should be very proud of the product they’ve built. It looks good, feels good, and runs like a champ.
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First, I really like the fact that there is now a full-blown hardware wizard to ease the task of setting up your system for the first time. Since TurningPoint is compatible with a number of polling devices, the wizard makes identifying your particular hardware easy. And, the wizard recognized and correctly installed required files for every device we tried.
Overall, this ‘from-the-ground-up’ rebuild is quicker, more robust and easier to use than ever before. Adding interactive questions to PowerPoint is a snap. Default graphs are visually appealing and change automatically when you select a new theme. There’s a new selection of great looking count-down clocks, more response counters, and even new ‘Answer Now’ reminders.
For those who are all about data mining and reporting, there’s lots for you to be excited about as well. The Excel reports we generated (with just a couple of mouse clicks) were perfectly formatted and great looking. And, we were able to serve up data in just about any way we imagined.
The development team at Turning Technologies should be very proud of the product they’ve built. It looks good, feels good, and runs like a champ.
Advertisement: You can purchase TurningPoint 2006 from our Buy Stuff page.
