Introduction | p. vii |
Presentation Strategy | p. 1 |
From Strategy to Structure | p. 3 |
Strategy: What To Do | p. 4 |
Determine your presentation type and goal | p. 4 |
Analyze your audience | p. 5 |
Structure: What To Do | p. 8 |
Research and collect information | p. 8 |
Organize the information | p. 9 |
Decide what you will say | p. 12 |
Prepare your note cards | p. 16 |
From Structure to Slides | p. 19 |
Structure To Slides: What To Do | p. 20 |
Deciding on your key slides | p. 20 |
Composing message titles | p. 23 |
Tying your slides together | p. 25 |
Slide Master Design | p. 29 |
Slide Master Colors | p. 31 |
What To Do | p. 32 |
Choose a background color | p. 32 |
Choose a sharply contrasting text color | p. 33 |
Choose an accent color | p. 35 |
Remember other color problems | p. 37 |
How To Do It | p. 38 |
Slide Master Fonts | p. 41 |
What To Do | p. 42 |
Choose your font, case, and styles | p. 42 |
Choose large enough font sizes | p. 44 |
Choose an unobtrusive bullet character | p. 45 |
How To Do It | p. 46 |
Other Design Elements | p. 49 |
What To Do | p. 50 |
Designing the title area | p. 50 |
Designing the text area | p. 51 |
Inserting optional design elements | p. 52 |
How To Do It | p. 54 |
Individual Slides | p. 59 |
Charts to Show "How Much" | p. 61 |
What To Do | p. 62 |
Select the correct chart type | p. 62 |
Delete chartjunk | p. 64 |
How To Do It | p. 69 |
To select a chart type | p. 69 |
To delete chartjunk | p. 70 |
To import charts from Excel | p. 76 |
Concept Diagrams to Show "How" | p. 79 |
What To Do | p. 80 |
Choose a diagram | p. 80 |
Make sure your diagrams make visual sense | p. 82 |
How To Do It | p. 83 |
To create concept diagrams | p. 83 |
To modify shapes | p. 86 |
To position shapes | p. 89 |
Text Slides to Show "Why" or "How" | p. 93 |
What To Do | p. 94 |
Include a variety, not all text slides | p. 94 |
Aim for "six by six," not an overload | p. 95 |
Use "telegram language," not a script | p. 97 |
Control the overall slide design | p. 99 |
Use lettering, not "letterjunk" | p. 100 |
Check for correctness | p. 102 |
How To Do It | p. 104 |
To compose text slides | p. 104 |
To change text format | p. 105 |
To import text from Word | p. 108 |
Other Slide Enhancements | p. 111 |
Using Photographs | p. 112 |
Selecting and inserting photos | p. 112 |
Modifying photos | p. 115 |
Using Clip Art | p. 117 |
Choosing effective Clip Art | p. 117 |
Finding Clip Art | p. 118 |
Modifying Clip Art | p. 120 |
Using Video/DVD | p. 122 |
Inserting and modifying video | p. 122 |
Playing video or DVD | p. 124 |
Using Audio | p. 126 |
Recording, selecting, and storing audio | p. 126 |
Adding audio | p. 128 |
Playing the audio | p. 131 |
Presentation Delivery | p. 133 |
Nonverbal Delivery | p. 135 |
Nonverbal Skills | p. 136 |
Body language | p. 136 |
Vocal qualities | p. 138 |
Space and objects | p. 139 |
Practice and arrangements | p. 140 |
Relaxation Techniques | p. 142 |
Physical relaxation | p. 142 |
Mental relaxation | p. 144 |
Last-minute relaxation | p. 146 |
PowerPoint Delivery | p. 149 |
Before Presentation Day | p. 150 |
Check your slides | p. 150 |
Practice your slide interaction | p. 154 |
Consider using handouts | p. 156 |
Create your handouts | p. 159 |
On Presentation Day | p. 162 |
Getting set up | p. 162 |
Solving projection problems | p. 165 |
Glossaries | p. 167 |
Basic Instructions For the PowerPoint Novice | p. 168 |
PowerPoint Terms and Shortcuts For the "How To Do It" Sections | p. 172 |
Design and Editing Terms For the "What To Do" Sections | p. 179 |
Bibliography | p. 184 |
Index | p. 186 |
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