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Animate to Explain - PowerPoint Motion Path and Keynote Actions
Animations are rarely used in presentations, possibly because using motion path effects on Microsoft PowerPoint or action builds on Apple Keynote is intimidating. Learn the basics of animations...

The map slide and navigation hyperlinks in PowerPoint / Keynote
In large presentations, a graphical map slide and invisible hyperlinks help the audience keep track of progress while letting the presenters follow either a preset or a spontaneous path through...

Scale objects and groups containing text
To resize a group of object that includes text, first the group has to be converted into an image or text needs to be resized separately from the image.It is possible to reduce the effect of...

Pan through images with PowerPoint (inch-based offset)
With this technique the presenter moves seamlessly inside a document larger than a slide by imitating a camera panning through the document, as if the hand moved a transparency across an overhead...

Pan through images with Apple Keynote (pixel-based offset)
With this technique the presenter moves seamlessly inside a document larger than a slide by imitating a camera panning through a document, as if the hand moved a transparency across an overhead...

Produce effects without effects
As the number of effects increases, custom animations rapidly become unwieldy. An alternative technique consists in using one slide per effect, thus simplifying the process. The addition of slide...

Choose B key or black slide
The B key blanks the screen during a presentation. It is advantageously replaced with a black slide for scheduled breaks to recapture audience attention. Keynote and PowerPoint techniques are...

Microphones and how to handle them
Learn how to identify the type of mike you are given for your talk, and learn how to handle it to avoid volume changes and popping. Audibility is as important as slide legibility. Audibility is...

Choose and Handle Presentation Remotes
Presentation remotes are both a blessing and a curse, depending on how easy they are to use and how familiar we are with them. They do free us from having to constantly stand by the keyboard, but...

6 Ways to write a bad scientific paper
This is a tongue in cheek presentation including for the first time the participation of a Smart Presenter Agent that assists the presenter in his task and improves the quality and impact of the...