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Best resources, ideas and tools for creating, managing and delivering effective PowerPoint presentations
researched, tested and reported by Luigi Canali De Rossi
MasterView Issue#3
Improving the look of your presentation
MasterView
Creating and Managing Effective PowerPoint
Presentations for International Audiences
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MasterView by IKONOS New Media
August 13th, 2001 Issue #3
"Improving the look of your presentation"
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In this issue:
1. Customizing presentation templates
2. Clip art
3. Background images
4. Web sources
5. Design guidelines
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MasterView is a free monthly newsletter focusing on
designing and managing effective PowerPoint
presentations for international audiences. Directed to
communicators, managers, trainers, presenters and
lecturers, it provides selected solutions, how-to
techniques and resources on effective
presentation-making.
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This issue's theme:
"Improving the look of your presentation"
* Problems: *
* Customizing presentation templates *
How can I customize the original Microsoft PowerPoint templates?
* Clip art *
Is it possible to customize Clip Art?
* Background images *
How can I use an image as a background?
* Web sources *
Where can I find useful and effective presentation design resources on the
Web?
* Design guidelines *
If I am not a graphic designer by training, which rules should I follow to
make sure my presentation looks professional?
* Solutions: *
1) Step-by-step guide to modify standard templates
and more
2) Tips and suggestions on how to customize Clip Art
in unique ways
3) What you need to know to be able to use images as
backgrounds. How to apply a background image
captured from a Web site
4) A review of the best Web sites where you can
download free additional templates
5) 12 fundamental design commandments to create
professionally-looking presentations
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Our third issue of MasterView focuses on improving the
look of your presentations.
After you have organized the content of your
presentation, and it has been put into PowerPoint using
the Outline View mode, it's time to decide what you can
do in order to make your presentation more effective,
original, consistent and readable.
Probably most of you already know the power of ready-
made templates, the ones that come installed with
PowerPoint.
But not all of you are aware of the possibility to
customize those templates and make them more original,
by modifying colors, the position of text or the
elements of the design. We will see in detail how this
is possible.
On the topic of template customization, I am going to
share some easy steps to modify and personalize Clip
Art, to make it look different and unique and fit to
your specific presentation's needs.
Further on, since we have dedicated this issue to the
"look" of your presentation, we will see together what
basic changes can be made to any image you want to
insert as a background for your slides. Also, how you
can insert any Web image as a background of
your presentation.
Finally, I am providing you with a review of few
selected Web sites where you can freely download
presentation templates.
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Next Issue Theme:
Running your presentation like a pro
* Problems: *
1) How can I make my presentation run by itself unattended?
2) How can I easily control my presentation with the keyboard while
running the show?
3) What can I do to create a memorable opening and closing for my
presentation?
4) Is it possible to link my presentation slides to other presentations
or to other application files?
5) How can I mix within the same presentation, slides with different
page layouts (portrait/landscape)?
6) Which is the way to create optional slides, that need to be shown
only in special, unplanned situations?
* Solutions: *
1) Learn how to record all of your presentation
settings and timing so that it can be run unattended
2) Find out all of the secret and advanced keyboard
commands that allow you to do near-magical tasks
while running your show
3) Discover the experts approach to open and close your
presentations in a memorable way. Learn from films
and theatre how this has been culturally developed
and why therefore some visual solutions are better
than others
4) Master in this mini-tutorial how you can link any
web page, Word document or other application file to
any slide in your presentation
5) Learn how to get around this fastidious limitation,
by saving your individual slides to a standard
file format.
6) Discover the "hidden slide" PowerPoint functionality
which can help you take out your magic slide, just
when you need it
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http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com
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Send your presentation questions in:
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MasterView is an open discussion forum for many of you
having specific questions about making presentations.
These can be addressed to:
ask-masterview#yahoogroups.com. I and everybody at
IKONOS New Media will be happy to provide you with best
advice, tools and resources.
Who am I?
I am the Executive Editor of this electronic
publication, my name is Simone Luchini and I am a
presentation specialist and trainer for IKONOS New
Media (http://www.ikonosnewmedia.com)
We specialize in empowering international
organizations, grow and prosper online through the
effective use of new media and ICT (Information &
Communication Technologies).
Founded in 1988, IKONOS New Media is an electronic
publishing and distance learning company serving
education, research and development organizations.
If you would like to know something more about me, come
and check out my page at:
http://www.ikonosnewmedia.com/
people/simone.htm
Sincerely,
Simone Luchini - Executive Editor
Presentations Specialist, Trainer
IKONOS New Media
Rome | Washington
(Simone.Luchini#ikonosnewmedia.com)
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Feedback
Direct feedback: simone.luchini#ikonosnewmedia.com
IKONOS New Media
Via P. Giannone 10 - 00195 Rome, Italy
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MasterView Editorial Staff
Luigi Canali De Rossi - Editor-in-chief
luigi.canali#ikonosnewmedia.com
Simone Luchini - Executive Editor
simone.luchini#ikonosnewmedia.com
MasterView Expert Contributors
Antonella Pastore
antonella.pastore#ikonosnewmedia.com
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