Adobe Presenter 7 still a Breeze to use

I've got the new Adobe Presenter 7 on a month's trial and have spent the past hour giving it a thorough working over. I'm interested in this sort of PowerPoint-based tool both for myself, because I like to package up my presentations with audio for web delivery, but also because I meet so many trainers who want to produce some simple e-content for themselves and want the process to be as simple as possible.

Presenter 7 installs as a PowerPoint add-on (including the 07 version if you have this). At its simplest you can just export your slides as a Flash movie, along with any existing animations and any slide notes you have. More likely you'll want to add narration, which you can capture directly or import from an existing file. Alternatively, you could record a narration using your webcam and play the video in the sidebar. If you want more multimedia, import Flash movies (including Captivate output) and videos onto new slides.

I like the fact that the quizzing tools can be configured directly from PowerPoint and that you can customise them using all the usual PowerPoint features. I'm not a great fan of these simple correct / incorrect question formats, but I know they work for many people.

Output is as a bundle of web files or as one of the latest generation of PDF files. I wasn't sure why you'd want to do that, until I realised that the whole output could then be contained in a single file, which is handy for downloads and emailing around. You can also export in a mobile-friendly format, though I didn't try that.

All in all, I'd have to say that I had no trouble at all in using this product and never had to resort to the help files. This is what rapid development tools need to be like if teachers and trainers are going to do it for themselves.