Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Mastering Prezi for business presentations : engage your audience visually with stunning Preszi presentation designs and be the envy of your colleagues who use PowerPoint with this book and ebook /
If you use Prezi in business and want to take your presentations to the next level, or if you want to become the office Prezi master, this book is for you.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Birmingham, UK :
Packt Publishing,
2015.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Community experience distilled.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Understanding the Prezi Frame of Mind; Thinking about nonlinear presentations; Linear presentations; Nonlinear presentations; The best of both worlds; Think for Prezi; Planning your Prezi; The three Prezi design steps; Step 1
- planning your Prezi; Step 2
- getting the style right; Step 3
- building in layers; The steps, again; Mind Mapping; Writing a list; Starting with the tool; Working efficiently with Prezi; Map your journey; Deciding the BIG picture.
- The science behind itNeural networks in action; How to find your BIG picture; Common Prezi mistakes; Motion sickness; The blank canvas challenge; Going too big; Summary; Chapter 2: Hands-on with Prezi Mechanics; Templates; The templates; Getting the most from templates; Paths; Creating motion; Adding, removing, and editing; Shapes; Get creative; Editing shapes; Editing lines; Styled symbols; Highlighter; Grouping; Prezi text editor; Spell checker; The text drag-apart feature; Font colors; Bullet points and indents; Animations; 3D backgrounds; A single 3D background; Multiple 3D backgrounds.
- The present buttonSummary; Chapter 3: Consistent Branding for Business; Color schemes; Customizing Prezi graphics through CSS; Editing fonts; Editing a frame; My Content; Custom logos; Summary; Chapter 4: Importing Slides into Prezi; The importance of slides; Slide-based software and businesses; Converting colleagues to Prezi; Importing slides into Prezi; The Insert PPT function; Prezify your slides; Checking the import; Positioning content; Missing content; Placing slides on to a Prezi canvas; Zooming in and out on slides; No time to Prezify; Importing your slides as PDF files.
- Potential problemsLow-resolution imagery; Pixilation; Text; Spell check; Animations; An alternative solution; Summary; Chapter 5: Best Practices with Imagery; Raster and vector images; What are raster images?; Raster file formats; What are vector images?; Vector file formats; Benefits of Prezi; Finding great imagery; Direct upload; Prezi insert; Limitations of the Insert from web function; Using Google image search outside of Prezi; Advanced image search; Standard search; Google image search limitations; Other online sources for imagery; Time versus quality; Vectorising your imagery.
- Using software to vectorizeThe quick way to create a vector image; Creating your vector images; Hand-drawn images; Working with images
- quick tips; Prezi effects and animations; Effects; Fade-in animations; Summary; Chapter 6: Using Audio; Why use sound in Prezi?; How to find sound files; Creating your own sounds; Adding audio in Prezi; Background music; Voice-over; Using the audio during presentation; Common problems; Uneven volume levels; Background music for only one path step; Music only; Music and voice; Working on mobile devices; Android; iPhone; Getting the audio into Prezi.