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Communicating Using Technology
Vol. 4 Issue 14 June 28, 2005
Published and Copyright by Dave Paradi
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In this issue: Announcements 1. PPT - Feedback Forms 2. Word Print Layout View 3. Useful Resource - Missing DLL files
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Public Seminars a success In the last two weeks I held successful Compelling PowerPoint seminars in Chicago and Washington. Attendees encouraged me to consider more public workshops in the fall. I am thinking of New York and Boston in October and Los Angeles in early November. If you would be interested in these cities, let me know by dropping me an e-mail at Dave@ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com. You can still order the recording of the seminar at http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/resources.htm.
Save Money - Book me where I am travelling I am travelling quite a bit in the next few months and this is a great opportunity for you to save the travel costs for an in- house workshop or one on one consulting appointment. Here is where I will be and the dates: July 7 in Atlanta, GA; August 2-3 in Victoria, BC; August 19-23 in the San Francisco/San Jose, CA area. If you want to save some money and book some time with me on one of these dates, just e-mail me at Dave@ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com.
1. PPT - Feedback Forms If you do presentations that include a feedback form or other paper that you want returned after the presentation, don't include it as the last page of your handout. In the past, I have had my feedback form copied as part of my handout. The form was stapled to the rest of the handout as a single package. What inevitably happened was that a number of people would turn the entire handout over and take notes on the back of the handout. Which was actually the back of the feedback form. So when it came time to fill out the feedback form, they would not fill it out because they wanted to keep the notes they had made. Now I always have a separate feedback form so it gets returned at the end of the seminar. If you have forms such as employee benefit forms, project feedback forms or sales followup forms, ensure that they are separate from any other handouts you give so that you get the forms back at the end of your presentation.
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2. Word Print Layout View In Microsoft Word, I find it valuable to always work in a view that shows me what it will look like when the page is printed. This way, I can make sure that my text is properly aligned with page borders and any graphics are positioned as intended. I find many documents sent to me are not prepared this way because when I look at the Print Preview, the page doesn't look like it should. By using the Print Layout view in Word, you can avoid having to always look at the Print Preview to see what your page will look like when printed. To switch to the Page Layout view, click View -> Print Layout. Now you will see the page in white on a grey background and your text and graphics as they will appear when printed.
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3. Useful Resource - Missing DLL files If you get an error when starting a program that indicates a missing or corrupt DLL file, there is a web site that help. At http://www.dll-files.com, you can search for and download most of the files that you need. They are in zip format and you can unzip them using the built-in tools in Windows XP instead of the unzip tool they suggest. Keep this site handy for future problems you may run in to.
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