Julie Terberg is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and one of the top presentation designers around. She is well-known for her incredible animations and special effects, which look as if they were done in Adobe Flash or a high-end animation program. They're all done in PowerPoint.

She has created a stunning set of slides for PowerPoint 2007, which are now on Microsoft's Web site. They include the following:

• Animated image effects
• Animated text effects
• Static image effects
• Static text effects
• Combined picture/image effects
• Animated hierarchy and process graphics
• 3D shapes and objects
• Backgrounds

Not only are they beautiful, but they include instructions! You'll learn a lot by following the instructions to re-create the effects. I highly recommend this download.

Here are some samples:

Note that some of the effects won't be editable if you open them in PowerPoint 2003. Also, I had some difficulties with the downloading process, but I suggest that you persist because they're worth the time and effort.