If you are uncomfortable simply using a black slide at the end of your talk, why not advertise your email address? This means you don’t have to hand out your business cards! Instead, the audience can jot down your address and contact you if thety have any further questions they want to ask you. I [...]
Entries from June 30th, 2009
Using PowerPoint & Keynote
together for stunning presentations
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Apple Keynote, Great design, PowerPoint
Jason Valalik has produced a very useful video showing how you can have the best of both worlds i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint and Apple Keynote. His video is shown here: http://www.jasonvalalik.com/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,29/p,623/ Why would you want to use both? Because there are things PowerPoint does well that are not available in Keynote and vice versa.
Tags: Apple Keynote·PowerPoint
Garr Reynolds (Presentation Zen)
has released a streaming video!
June 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Garr Reynolds, Presentation Zen
Garr Reynolds has just released his first online streaming video, Presentation Zen: The Video, where he expands on the ideas presented in his book and blog. More info can be found here: http://tr.im/lFvO If you haven’t seen his book go and check it out. It is best in class and a design masterpiece.
More on JPEG saving in PowerPoint
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Apple Keynote, Fonts, PowerPoint
OK, I tried something new. I created a simple slide in PowerPoint with big text then saved as JPEG – 72 dpi and 600 dpi (does the 600 dpi option really work??). I have to say they looked the same. Then I opened the slide in Apple Keynote and exported as a high quality TIFF [...]
Tags: Apple Keynote·Fonts·PowerPoint
Another way of getting exactly the font
you want in PowerPoint or Keynote
June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Apple Keynote, Fonts, Images, PowerPoint
Besides the embedding font option which is problematic, there is another way of making sure your font looks as good when projected at the venue as it does on your own computer. You can save your presentation as a series of images (JPEGs or PNG files – the latter uses gamma correction which make improve [...]
Tags: Apple Keynote·Artwork·Fonts·Impressions·PowerPoint·Presentation design
