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    Creative Presentations With Microsoft Powerpoint

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    The document discusses creative design techniques in Microsoft PowerPoint. It recommends treating PowerPoint projects as multimedia designs by creating assets in other applications like Photoshop and then importing them. PowerPoint supports a variety of graphic formats, basic typography controls, and multimedia elements like video, audio, and Flash. It also allows for some interactivity, navigation, layout controls, shapes, transitions, and basic animations. However, some design elements are limited in PowerPoint and other applications may provide more control.

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    The document discusses creative design techniques in Microsoft PowerPoint. It recommends treating PowerPoint projects as multimedia designs by creating assets in other applications like Photoshop and then importing them. PowerPoint supports a variety of graphic formats, basic typography controls, and multimedia elements like video, audio, and Flash. It also allows for some interactivity, navigation, layout controls, shapes, transitions, and basic animations. However, some design elements are limited in PowerPoint and other applications may provide more control.

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    The document discusses creative design techniques in Microsoft PowerPoint. It recommends treating PowerPoint projects as multimedia designs by creating assets in other applications like Photoshop and then importing them. PowerPoint supports a variety of graphic formats, basic typography controls, and multimedia elements like video, audio, and Flash. It also allows for some interactivity, navigation, layout controls, shapes, transitions, and basic animations. However, some design elements are limited in PowerPoint and other applications may provide more control.

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    Creative Presentations With Microsoft Powerpoint

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    The document discusses creative design techniques in Microsoft PowerPoint. It recommends treating PowerPoint projects as multimedia designs by creating assets in other applications like Photoshop and then importing them. PowerPoint supports a variety of graphic formats, basic typography controls, and multimedia elements like video, audio, and Flash. It also allows for some interactivity, navigation, layout controls, shapes, transitions, and basic animations. However, some design elements are limited in PowerPoint and other applications may provide more control.

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    Creative presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint

    Method and contents

    The method (ethos) for creative powerpoint design is to treat the project as a multi media design exercise. This simply means that the assets used in the presentation are created in other applications. This is the same approach as running a Macromedia Director or Flash project.

    graphic formats supported (images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 typography within Powerpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 multi media support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 video audio Macromedia Flash (windows only) interactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 navigation www links layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 grids guides rulers columns powerpoint elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 auto shape lines, fills, shapes, 3D shapes buttons flow charts transitions, animations - custom animations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

    Graphic formats supported


    EMF - enhanced meta file WMF - windows meta file JPG JFIF PNG BMP GIF PICT (mac) PCX Pros and cons 1. anti-aliasing not supported (smoothing) 2. image files can be linked or embedded 3. very basic photo image control - brightness, crop etc 4. images can be imported, scanned or selected from a clip art library

    Summary Using Photoshop, Illustrator and Freehand is always the best way of creating any design element, and these are all supported by Powerpoint.

    Typography within Powerpoint


    Pros and cons 1. all basic typographic control, no justify, kerning or tracking 2. reasonably good anti-aliasing 3. basic leading control (paragraph spacing)

    Summary Although some control is missing, on the whole good typographic control is possible.

    Multi media support


    Pros and cons 1. all media embeds into the file 2. other media can be embedded via ActiveX Control, only available on Windows video - Quicktime, AVI, MPEG, MP2 playback can be via mouse click, or autoplay audio - supported - Aiff, .wav, rm1 playback via click or autoplay, supports loops, play and pause control available Macromedia Flash (windows only) below are the steps required to embed a .swf (shockwave flash): 1, locate the path of the .swf from windows explore, then copy 2, in powerpoint, view/control toolbox - this opens a new control box at the top of the window/page 3, click the more controls button in the control toolbox window, (it looks like a hammer and spanner) 4, select the flash activeX control 5, draw a box on the slide 6, right click the box and choose properties 7, choose custom 8, paste the path you copied and add the file name 9, choose embed The file is now embedded in the powerpoint slide.

    Summary Supports most multi media elements.

    Interactivity
    Pros and cons 1. navigation via hyperlinks to anywhere in the presentation 2. www links have support for alt tags, as found in HTML 3. it is possible to run macros and other programs from within Powerpoint 4. very basic button choice available, however imported graphics allow for greater design freedom 5. simple to learn

    Summary
    Although simple, can create interesting navigation through-out a presentation.

    Navigation maps
    the traditional linear presentation slide show

    an example of a multi media non linear navigation map

    splash sequence (intro)

    menu sub navigation level 2 home page level 2

    b www link

    Layout
    Pros and cons 1. master slides, ie QuarkXPress master pages 2. grids none 3. simple guides 4. simple ruler 5. can create columns of text 6. zoom tool 7. running headers and footer, for the placement of dates etc

    Summery Ample amount of control.

    Powerpoint elements
    auto shape lines, fills, shapes, 3D shapes buttons flow charts

    Summary Just like running any multi media project, all assets are created in other programs and then imported.

    Transitions
    Pros and cons Very basic standard set, wipes, push, splits, stripes etc.

    Animations - custom animations


    Pros and cons Very simple pre-set animation.

    Summary Some transitions/animations usable.

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