Mon Apr 9 11:43:25 EDT 2012 Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Apr 9, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > I know this is gonna stretch you're imagination, but in the days > > before PowerPoint things went like this. > > You sketched out a presentation on paper, or maybe an HP9814 computer > > with a plotter. > > With the plotter's output, you could make color overheads for small > > audience presentations. > > But the larger group presentations (50-250+people) were all color > > slides in glass mounts. > > You and your Kodak carosel flew off to various cities to give the > > presentations. > > You brought the script and the slides in your carry-on luggage, > > because you were worthless without the slides. > > You had to finalize the presentation 2 or 3 days before departure so > > they could create the slides. > > It's all PowerPoint now. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > it was all PowerPoint. These days, most professionally prepared > presentations are done on Keynote. > > Paul
Paul, that depends on the "profession" (i.e. the field). You are probably talking about art/photography portfolios, and other sales/marketing-oriented presentations. In all scientific/engineering conferences that I go to (physics, materials, eletronics), PowerPoint is a de-facto standard for presentations. Occasionally you see a PDF. On the subject of Powerpoint: It's interesting, that PowerPoint was originally created for preparing overhead slides and printouts and on-screen presentations, not for projectors. Some people here may enjoy reading this two historic documents: Original proposal for PowerPoint: http://www.gbuwizards.com/files/gaskins-original-powerpoint-proposal-14-aug-1984.pdf Product marketing strategy for PPT: http://www.gbuwizards.com/files/gbu-presenter-strategy-document-june-1986.pdf More (rather interesting) history about PPT can be found on the website of its creator, Robert Gaskins: http://www.robertgaskins.com/ Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
