Topic 14: Presentation Software

Most people are familiar with presentation software and its uses. It can be used fo many different functions and not just for creating presentations.

Design templates:

• Producing your own design for a presentation is quite hard
• It is easier to use a template
• Templates provide the design
• You simply have to enter your own content

Animation:

• You can animate the way material goes onto a slide
• You can also create your own animations and add them to a presentation

Transitions and timings:

• The movement from one slide to another is called slide transitions

To make the presentation more appealing you can:

- Alter the way the slide appears on the screen

-Alter the speed at which the slide appears

- Get the computer to make a sound when the slide appears

Video and sound:

• Video and sound can add an extra dimension to a presentation that will make it much more interesting and effective.

Navigation: Hyperlinks and hotspots

• Navigation allows the user to select which slide they want to view next. A presentation can be interactive in the same way you would use a website
• Hyperlinks: an icon, graphic or word on a slide, when clicked opens another slide
• Hotspots: are images that contain links. Several hotspots can be used on a…