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Decoding Technology: Presentation Graphics

by Tim Walker and Chip Donohue
September/October 2007
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Presentation graphics are tools that help you become a more effective presenter by organizing your words and images to create slides, speaker notes, and handouts that display information and enhance your speech or presentation. Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Lotus® Freelance Graphics, Harvard Graphics® Pro Presentations, and Apple® Keynote are all examples of presentation graphics applications. These applications include a variety of tools that make them easy to use. With a little practice you’ll have fun creating eye-catching, professional looking presentations in no time.

Tech Terms

• Presentation Graphics: Software used to compile text, graphics, video, and sound onto slides to show and share information.

• Presentation: A collection of pages (slides) which are saved as a file and can be timed to run in sequence or manually navigated through by a presenter or viewer.

• Slide: In presentation graphics, a slide is the term used to describe one complete full-screen image, and a presentation is called a Slide Show, or screen show. The “slide” analogy refers to the more familiar slide projector and slide show from the days before personal computers.

Tech Tools

Presentation Graphics programs typically include three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images, ...

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