There are a lot of good reasons to convert your PowerPoint graphics into PNGs... Especially if you are using Articulate.
It can reduce file size and simplify a cluttered slide. You can also do cool stuff like set transparent areas; Tom Kuhlmann has a great screenr on that http://screenr.com/YTC
I despise repetition in my daily life and often create snippets of code to automate stuff I find myself doing over and over. In this case I created a PowerPoint add-in that puts a button on the Ribbon that quickly does the cut-paste for me.

I got a question about opening links in the same window from Engage.
It is not very easy to it from within Engage itself. But if you are willing to edit the XML after you publish your file it is not too hard to accomplish. And it opens up other possibilities as well.

Here is the code I used in the examples:
(note I converted " to " )
javascript:alert( " test " )
javascript:window.open("http://eLearningEnhanced.com","mywindow" ,"status=0,location=0,resizable=1,width=550,height=450");


I thought it would be cool if everyone could make their own Articulate skin!
This skin allows you to use any graphics you want for the navigation. And you can place them left, right or center.
This skin is fairly simple... no menu, tabs, etc. But it does handle branching and locked slides appropriately.
Actually... Branching/locking is one of the features you should make sure any skin you use has...

Play with it here
Watch the two screenrs below to see more about it.

This is my second custom Engage interaction and boy have I learned a lot! My next project just might be to rewrite the documentation for the Engage SDK...
This interaction was inspired by the new iPad. You can use the standard Engage options to turn the navigation on and off... and you can lock it to linear playback.
Click the screen shot to play with a live sample.
Watch the screenr to see more features.
Purchase it for a mere ten bucks at eLearningEnhanced.com