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Communicating Using Technology
Vol. 4 Issue 24 November 29, 2005
Published and Copyright by Dave Paradi
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In this issue:
Web Tutorial Series
PowerPoint picture file format
New Seminar on CD available
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Web Tutorial Series
I have booked my web tutorials for early next year and they are
now open for registration. The format is a one hour web session
where I will share my computer screen with you and you can listen
to me on your telephone as I explain exactly how to do what you
see me do on the screen. As a bonus, I am recording each session
and if you register for the live session, you will get the
recording on CD after the session. If you can't make the time of
the session, sign up anyway because you will get the recording
and watch it whenever you want. The three sessions are: Using
Digital Photos on Jan 24, Creating Effective Graphs on Feb 7, and
Non-Linear Presentations on Feb 21. I have the full description
of the first session posted on the web site at:
http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/webtutorials.htm
and I will get the rest of the session descriptions up in the
next two weeks.
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PPT - Picture File Format
Photos are becoming a more important part of our presentations.
In order to connect emotionally, photos are so much more
effective than plain text. So if you are going to use photos,
what file format should you use? There are many formats out
there, including TIF (high quality, allows transparency, large
file size), BMP (high quality, very large file size) and EPS
(used for print applications, many can't be used in PowerPoint).
But I have found the best format for use in PowerPoint
presentations is the JPG file format. It is a compressed format,
so it creates small files, but it does lose some quality due to
the compression. In my experience because of the resolution of
computers and projectors, the loss in quality is not noticeable.
And the reduction in file size is a greater benefit to
presentations because the presentation file is easier to
distribute and runs quicker. A recent experience with a fellow
professional speaker, Laura Stack illustrated the differences in
file formats. She was having a problem with a large graphic file
and sent it to me after she had tried to make it smaller. The
problem was that it was in the BMP format. I used IrfanView,
which I have mentioned many times before, to convert the file
into the JPG format. The resulting file was 85% smaller! It was
easy for Laura to integrate the smaller file into her slide.
Make sure you also resize and resample the file to get it down to
a reasonable size as well.
New Seminar CD Set Now Available
I had a great group in Los Angeles earlier this month and they
really inspired my presentation of the Think Outside The
Slide(tm) seminar. Fortunately, I recorded the whole seminar and
it turned out really well. It is now available as a set of 3
audio CDs and one multimedia CD. This fourth CD contains a
printed copy of every slide I went through (including the two
brand new "good" and "bad" examples I created just before the
seminar), both handouts and as a bonus, all the CD tracks in MP3
format for you iPod and MP3 player enthusiasts. To check out
what is covered and order your own copy, go to:
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