Presentations
The traditional way of presenting information to people was to stand at the front of a room armed with a set of notes or prompt cards and to speak clearly and slowly.
Sales people often have to give presentations to customers, clients or managers.
Teachers often use presentations so that students have a concise set of notes to copy from the board.
Students are also regularly asked to create presentations about a topic they have been studying. They may be asked to show their presentations to the rest of the class.
Presentation software is regularly used during conferences. Speakers will project their key points onto a large screen whilst they talk about the subject.
Who uses presentations
How to do a presentation.
Features
How presentations used
There are a large selection of different layouts available. Each slide can have a different layout.
A 'master slide' is available so that you can set up things which you wish to appear on every page such as a footer or page numbers or a title.
A 'master slide' is available so that you can set up things which you wish to appear on every page such as a footer or page numbers or a title.
Using multimedia in presentations
Text, Images, Video,and sound
Animation Effects: Custom animation is often added to a slide show. It can be used to delay the appearance of bullet points on the screen.
Slide Transitions: Slide transitions can be set up to govern how you move from one slide to another.
Action buttons or hyperlinks can also be used on slides to help you navigate through the presentation.
Hyperlinks can also be used to help you access a relevant website.
Animations and transitions
Make text large enough, Keep it simple
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A presentation can be set up to run continuously on a screen. Passers by can stop and watch for a short while.
The presentation usually loops automatically back to the beginning once it has finished.
This can be used when you want to give people information. For example, the Post Office use this method to inform people about their products whilst queuing.
Slides from a presentation can be printed onto acetates and used with an overhead projector.
This method is becoming less common now as most businesses and schools use projectors linked to a computer.
Advantages
A presentation can be set up to run continuously on a screen. Passers by can stop and watch for a short while.
The presentation usually loops automatically back to the beginning once it has finished.
This can be used when you want to give people information. For example, the Post Office use this method to inform people about their products whilst queuing.
Slides from a presentation can be printed onto acetates and used with an overhead projector.
This method is becoming less common now as most businesses and schools use projectors linked to a computer.
Disadvantages
Audiences are often happy to sit placidly and not interact with the presenter
Not good for presenting certain kinds of information such as complex maths equations
It is all too easy to make a very bad presentaiton with too many animation effects and too much text, images