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Craft Memorable Content: Writing & Organizing

Using hyperlinks
Expanding one slide into two
Organizing content
Complete set of PowerPoint tutorials
Using a Summary Slide for questions & answers
Designing a Web-style presentation
Mind Mapping® to organize your presentation
Repurpose presentations for a kiosk or the Web
3 Components of an effective presentation
Create slides from audience input
Beyond words
Cliff Atkinson's Beyond Bullet Points
Create a quiz in PowerPoint
Is PowerPoint evil? UPDATED!
Link to other presentations and return to the original presentation
Choose titles for a summary slide
Base content on your audience
Quickly get rid of bullets
Tell a story, or where's the point in all this?
Hyperlink to a specific slide in another presentation, or specific location in
   another file
Protect slide content
Import text from Word or Notepad
Choose words for your audience
Add relevance with layers of meaning
Add notes during a presentation
Understand the types of speeches
PowerPoint principles for education
A good introduction/opener
Export all presentation text
Create a visual menu
Add flexibility with custom shows
Use an audience-centered structure
How many bullets should I put on a slide? NEW!
Create a drop-down menu NEW!
Create a looping introduction
Create section markers NEW!
Do the research! NEW!

Design Compelling Graphics

New! Now broken up into the following categories:

Animation & transitions
AutoShapes (Shapes) & text boxes
Backgrounds & color
Charts, tables & diagrams
Design principles
Hyperlinks
Images
Music, sound, & video
Slide layout
Slide masters & templates
Text & fonts

Animation & transitions

Putting Flash animation in PowerPoint UPDATED!
Animating text on top of text
Animate a chart or table
Motion path animation effects
Create the effect of a line drawing itself
Use triggers to create interactive charts
Synchronize animation with music
Text animation techniques
Multimedia animation techniques
Create a pop-up window
Animate a revolving earth
Cascading animation
Dissolve one image into another
Create a slide show that really slides!
Highlight important words
Use advanced animation to show growth & motion NEW!
Make an object disappear behind another object NEW!

AutoShapes (Shapes) & text boxes

Creating soft edges
Changing the default for new objects
Create multi-color gradients
Turn AutoShapes into pictures
3D effects with radial gradients
Cycle through overlapping objects to select them
Layer two fill effects
Rotation tips
Use transparency gradients
Attach objects exactly
Create Bezier curves
Create cutouts
Use materials and lighting for interesting fills NEW!
Create text reflections NEW!

Backgrounds & color

Backgrounds: Using mid-range colors
Using Web page backgrounds in PowerPoint
Copying colors from a Web site
Create multi-color gradients
Create an instant background from a photo
Choose fonts and colors for legibility
Create a simple border

Charts, tables & diagrams

Designing chart titles
Formatting bar charts
Animate a chart or table
Push PowerPoint charting options to the limit
Create effective graphs/charts

Design principles

Beyond Words
Design guidelines for web conferences
Simplicity and understatement
The importance of design
Try design variations
Best practices for PowerPoint presentations in Second Life NEW!
Tell 'n' show slide design NEW!

Hyperlinks

Create hyperlinks in a timed presentation
Create invisible buttons Updated for PowerPoint 2007!

Images

Managing graphics to reduce size
Importing art into the Clip Gallery
Resizing your presentation
Colorizing a photo for a background UPDATED!
Turn AutoShapes into pictures
Recolor bitmap images
Find free photos Updated
Where and how to insert an image
Inside secrets to making your visuals look professional
Crop around an image
Emphasize a section of text or an image
The Magic of False Backgrounds
Recolor graphics in PowerPoint 2007
Cool contour shadows NEW!
3D and reflection technique NEW!

Music, sound, & video

Playing music continuously in a Web-based presentation
Play music or narration throughout a presentation
Control movies with buttons
Synchronize animation with music

Slide layout

Creating a grid for perfect layout
Nudging objects slightly
Reapply the slide layout
Beyond Words
Create a custom layout Updated
Put objects exactly on top of each other
Align objects perfectly

Slide masters & templates

Creating multiple slide "Masters" in PowerPoint 2000
Create your own template
Get rid of a template Updated!

Text & fonts

Choosing the most readable font
Controlling text shadows
Animating text on top of text
Fitting more text in a Placeholder or AutoShape
Text animation techniques
Choose fonts and colors for legibility
Set vertical alignment of text
Emphasize a section of text or an image
Highlight important words NEW!

Deliver with Confidence!
Rehearsing with narration
Publishing a presentation on the Web
PowerPoint and the Future of Education
Making great handouts
Creating a slide list
Creating a compact list of notes
Going to the previous slide when you have text animation (builds)
Export the text in a presentation
Reduce the size of your presentation files UPDATED!
12 steps to becoming a charismatic speaker
Print in black & white or grayscale
Play sound or music by passing mouse over an icon (without clicking)
Presentation styles
Black out the screen and other delivery tips
Create a background for printed handouts
Manage the process from conception to rehearsal to handouts
Keys to being a unique and memorable presenter
Start a presentation at a specified time
Don't look at the screen!
Create notes as you deliver in PowerPoint 2003
Presenting to young audiences
Add taped narration to a presentation
Public speaking is the number 1 fear -- How to beat it
Use feedback to complete the communication cycle
Life after death by PowerPoint
Have a conversation with your audience
A good introduction/opener
Undim bulleted text
Add flexibility with custom shows
Put a presentation on a CD that runs automatically
Turn off pop-ups when presenting
Best practices for PowerPoint presentations in Second Life NEW!
Importing a PowerPoint presentation into Flash UPDATED!
Collect information or feedback
Create a game quiz (similar to Jeopardy®)
Create a timer
Display a quarter-size slide show view

Copyright 2007 Ellen Finkelstein, Inc.