Best resources, ideas and tools for creating, managing and delivering effective PowerPoint presentations
researched, tested and reported by Luigi Canali De Rossi

MasterView Premiere Issue

How to show your presentation on any computer

MasterView
___________________________________

MasterView by IKONOS New Media

June 14th, 2001 Premiere Issue
........................................................

In this issue:

1. Making your presentation run on any computer

2. Saving a presentation in HTML format

3. Utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint "Pack and Go Wizard"

4. Exporting to Adobe Acrobat PDF file format

5. Integrating transitions in Acrobat-based presentations

6. Creating simple animation effects that work everywhere

........................................................

MasterView is a free monthly newsletter focusing on creating effective presentations with PowerPoint for international audiences. It is directed to Communicators, Managers, Trainers, Presenters and Public Speakers.
MasterView provides selected solutions, how-to techniques and resources on effective presentation-making for international audiences. MasterView is designed for a target audience of research, education, training and development organizations, and all information and knowledge-based institutions.

*******************************

In this issue:

* Making your presentation run on any computer! Run your presentation on a different PC from the one where you created the original presentation *

Solutions:

1) Saving a presentation in HTML format

2) Utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint "Pack and Go Wizard"

3) Exporting to Adobe Acrobat PDF file format

4) Integrating transitions in Acrobat-based presentations

* How to create simple animation effects that work everywhere (on the web, in a PDF file) *

===============================

New MasterView readers, Welcome!
Today we have access to a lot of free, low-cost tools, online services and valuable information, and any presenter should be aware of the ones that can provide benefits to improve the quality of presentation-making and delivery. The very mission of this newsletter is to research and scout useful resources on the web and to share with you our professional discoveries and insights.

MasterView is also an open discussion forum for many of you having specific questions about making presentations. These can be addressed to ask-masterview#yahoogroups.com. Me and everybody at IKONOS New Media will be happy to provide you with best advice, tools and resources.

This first issue is dedicated to provide you with information when traveling around the world with your presentations to show. Have you ever experienced the feeling of not being sure if the file with the presentation you store in a floppy disk or CD-ROM will be compatible with the computer you will find at your destination?

In this light, I am going to cover some of the most interesting aspects of new media technologies applied to the problems and needs we encounter daily in our efforts to communicate more effectively in front of international audiences.

I will first guide you to discover which Microsoft PowerPoint features can be easily adopted in order to reliably travel around the world with your presentations.

In this very issue I will also review the benefits of using popular software Adobe Acrobat, as it provides solutions for distrubuting electronic presentations to any type of computer. As a bonus for the ones of you looking for extra compatibility of your transitions and animation effects with more media and different output options, I will finally explain, in an easy step- by-step fashion, how to apply simple animation effects to any PowerPoint presentation even without having PowerPoint own animation controls.

===============================

Finally, as the Executive Editor of this electronic publication, let me just spend a few words to introduce myself: my name is Simone Luchini and I am a presentations specialist and trainer for IKONOS New Media (http://www.ikonosnewmedia.com).

IKONOS New Media is an electronic publishing and distance learning company serving education, research and development organizations. We have over 15 years of experience in presentations, new media publishing and training.

If you would like to know something more about me, read on directly at my personal Web page on IKONOS New Media web site: http://www.ikonosnewmedia.com/ people/simone.htm


Sincerely,

Simone Luchini - Executive Editor
Presentations Specialist, Trainer

IKONOS New Media
Rome | Washington
(Simone.Luchini#ikonosnewmedia.com)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

*******************************

In the next issue:

"Presentation Size"

Problems

a) Learn how to manage presentation files larger than the capacity of a standard floppy disk

b) Know how to send, copy, email presentation files larger than 1 MB

c) Discover how to reduce file size in PowerPoint: tips and tricks to quickly obtain a smaller file size when saving your presentations

Solutions:

1) Windows 95/98/ME "Compression Agent" and "Drive Space"

2) Microsoft Back Up

3) Compressing files using WinZip

4) Easy and automated file-splitting with "Chainsaw"

5) Native "Save As..." feature in PowerPoint and options in file's properties

*******************************

Feedback

Direct feedback: Simone.Luchini#ikonosnewmedia.com

IKONOS New Media
Via P. Giannone 10 - 00195 Rome, Italy

........................................................

MasterView Editorial Staff

Luigi Canali De Rossi - Editor-in-chief
Simone Luchini - Executive Editor

MasterView Expert Contributors

Antonella Pastore

........................................................

MasterView Profile

Visit MasterView Web site at
http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com

........................................................


Subscription Information

To subscribe to request your free copy, simply go to the following URL:
http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com, type your email in the box and click the "Subscribe" button

........................................................

(C) 2001, Simone Luchini
IKONOS New Media (c) 2001
http://www.ikonosnewmedia.com

Home | Site map | Contact
About | Privacy