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Communicating Using Technology
Vol. 2 Issue 1 January 7, 2003
Published and Copyright by Dave Paradi
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Vol 2 Issue 1 January 7, 2003
1. Rate Your Presentation Slides Audit
2. Removing Delayed Menus in MS Office
3. Useful Resource - www.presentations.com
BONUS - Free Special Report link
Contest Winner! The winner of the free e-Book is
Elizabeth Hagen! Thank you to all those who ordered
prior to the end of last year and were entered into the
contest. Again, the link to more info on the book is:
http://www.communicateusingtechnology.com/Pres_Career_Limiting.htm
(if the above link does not work, paste the
entire address into your browser)
1. Rate Your Presentation Slides Audit
One of the things many people have asked me is: "How do
I know if my presentation slides are any good?" We have
all seen the bad slides - and some are truly worthy of
the Hall of Shame. How do you make sure that yours are
not in that shameful category? Use the free Rate Your
Presentation Slides Audit I have on the web site. The
audit is a 34 question evaluation of your presentation
slides. Once you have answered the questions, compare
your score to the legend to help you determine if you
have done a good job. The audit covers areas such as
the slide design (colors and fonts), slide text (text
density, text builds and text movement), graphics &
multimedia (graphics/clip art, copyrighted material,
audio/video and charts), and ease of understanding (fit
with topic and presentation map indicator). You are
encouraged to use it and because it is a free download
in Adobe PDF format, you can send it to others who would
benefit from it. Let me know how you have found it
useful. Here is the link to the Learning Tools page:
http://www.communicateusingtechnology/products_home_page.htm
2. Removing Delayed Menus in MS Office
One of the features in Microsoft Office I find most
annoying is the delayed menus. This is when you click
on a menu item at the top of an application and it shows
you only some of the menu options and if you wait for
three seconds, it will show you the rest of the options
(you can also click the double chevron at the bottom of
the list to expand the menu option list). If you want
to turn this off, follow these steps in Office 2000:
Click on the Tools menu item Click on the Customize item
Click on the Options tab Uncheck the Menus Show Recently
Used Commands First checkbox Click on the Close button
(In Office XP, the option is a slightly different name,
but it is on the same Options tab.)
3. Useful Resource - http://www.presentations.com
To start the new year in the Useful Resource section of
the newsletter, I am starting a series on useful
presentation related web sites. I hope you find these
as useful as I have. The first is the web site for
Presentations magazine. It is loaded with good articles
that focus on both presentation technique and on
presentation equipment. If you are located in the
United States, you can sign up to receive their magazine
for free, and it is a good read each month. They also
publish a regular e-zine that has the latest news from
the presentation industry. Definitely a good choice if
you want to improve your presentation ability.
BONUS
Starting today I am offering all new subscribers to the
newsletter access to a free special report titled "Do
More With the Technology You Already Own". It is only
fair that I provide that link to all of the current
subscribers as well, so here is the link:
http://www.communicateusingtechnology.com/freereport.htm
Enjoy!
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Do you want more articles on how to effectively
communicate when using technology? Visit the web site
for more articles and Dave's books, booklets and CD's.
http://www.communicateusingtechnology.com
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If you have a tip you want to share, we are always
looking for good ideas to share with our readers - we
always attribute the ideas to the source. If there is
an area of communicating with technology that you need
more information on, please let us know and we will try
to include it in a future issue. Send an e-mail to
dave@communicateusingtechnology.com with your ideas.
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