If Power Point is killing you why not try Windows Movie Maker?
I use ppt to make easily laid out stickers for our robot because I can print the screen and play with the word art and such
But Movie Maker is much easier to work with because you set up an archive of art and pix you want and just drag and drop them into a timeline. You can also easily add a soundtrack and all kinds of transitions and special effects. It is far less wieldy than ppt.
If you have windows xp and office 2000 you no doubt have it in your program list (check accessories). To a guy who remembers the discovery of color television and the microwave oven this program is pretty impressive.
Of course if microsoft products are not good enough for you, you won't listen anyway.... ; )
WC
