Use it to display graphics that illustrate and complement your spoken
presentation. Don't use it to display your bulleted outline.
-- Dan Goldstein
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From: Brierley, Sean
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:55 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] Care to share a PowerPoint
I'll chime in here. I have had a lot of fun with PowerPoint, and I love
using it when I have reason to.
Recommendations (depending on your situation and reason for using it):
* Make liberal and creative use of transitions. With a little bit of
planning and judicious use of copied slides, you
Brierley, Sean wrote:
What's the best tip you can offer about using or how to use MS
PowerPoint.
Am not looking for advice against using the product. Just for a variety
of things that people think are nifty or good to know.
In presentation mode, press the B key to toggle between the
I like the graphics part.
Why not the bulleted outline? It helps keep you on track and you can go
into detail and pursue topics at length off the slide.
Attendees (students) can use the bullets as an outline for their notes,
followup questions, etc.
Cheers,
Sean
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Don't cram too much on each slide. Besides the fact that small text is
hard to read from a distance, you want people listening to you, not
ignoring you and reading the slide.
If you have the opportunity, sit at the farthest point away from the
screen where your PowerPoint presentation will be
So, I press Esc to drop off full screen, and alt-tab to the (dreaded)
live software demo I'm doing, I run the software demo, then alt-tab back
to PPT and press F5 to go full-screen and WHAM-O, I'm back at page one
of the presentation. What the heck? How do I stop that? How can I go
back full
If you're going to distribute an outline, send it in early for inclusion on
the conference CD or let attendees pick it up at the exit. You want them to
pay attention and/or take notes, not to be reading ahead while you're
talking.
Include audience participation -- a short brainstorm, feedback,
It's not quite Friday, but at least this is loosely related to tech writing:
http://tinyurl.com/36bdz5
Or the full URL:
http://consumerist.com/consumer/home-depot/home-depot-thinks-lorem-ipsum-is-spanish-244319.php
Enjoy your Friday--a little early.
:)
Arroxane
Brierley, Sean wrote:
I like the graphics part.
Why not the bulleted outline? It helps keep you on track and you can go
into detail and pursue topics at length off the slide.
A bulleted outline is a great way to organize your thoughts as you
prepare the presentation. Use it. Create a
Respectfully, I disagree with this advice. It violates one of the
primary principles of learning. I recommend not relying on text alone
(IOW, as one other poster said, don't just put your outline bullets up
there!), but at the same, you can use text as a good way to reinforce
what you are saying
Sorry to keep bobbing in here, but this sparked another thought. I agree
totally with Donna's excellent advice, too, and would just add a couple
more practical bits of advice:
Never, ever, EVER use anything less than a 24-point font, and use that
sparingly. Anything less than that is too small
Shift G-N when you're in Slideshow Mode calls up the Slide Navigator, but
the little pop-up has to be showing first. You get that to appear by moving
the cursor down to to lower left of the screen and hovering over the little
icon that appears.
The F5Esc thing is a toggle for going in and out of
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do, there *is* a duh
simple way. You can simply use ALT+TAB to the live software demo and
then ALT+TAB back to your presentation. You don't have to ESC your
presentation at all.
HTH,
Chuck
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To call up the Slide Show Help panel (Very useful) when you are in the
middle of a slide show, press Shift - ? in Powerpoint 2002.
It tells you about the Shift - B toggle that was discussed earlier. It also
tells you about the Shift - W toggle (which turns the screen white).
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Well, duh.
I am curious to know of a way that incorporates Esc and F5 as well; if
there be one.
Thanks and cheers,
Sean
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From: Charles Beck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:07 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; TCP List
Subject: RE: [TCP] Care to share
Not an option, but thanks. I'd love to present where you present,
though!!!
Sean
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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:29 PM
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Subject: Re: [TCP] Care to share a PowerPoint tip?
If you
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