PowerPoint presentations

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PowerPoint presentations

• CSE1304 Lecture 20

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Snazzy Features

• A different gimmick for each page
• What is this good for?
• What are the drawbacks?

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More animation gimmicks

• Different gimmicks on the same page
• Can be used to break tension
• Can attract attention

• May enliven the presentation
• May detract from it

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Simple Ways PowerPoint is useful

• Timed slide changes
• useful if youre confident of timing
• risky if interruptions occur
• not good for flexible presentations
• No messing with overheads
• Easy to find a particular slide
• Easy to layout a simple presentation very quickly

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Simple Ways PowerPoint is useful (continued)

• Producing animations to illustrate a point

• Flight of the Archaeopteryx?
• Primitive toothed bird of the Upper Jurassic
  Period

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Simple Ways PowerPoint is useful (continued)

• Demonstrating growth of molecular structures