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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 -------------------------------------------- Privacy Policy: I will never sell or distribute your e-mail or information to anyone. -------------------------------------------- If you like the tips, pass it on! If you have received this as a forward from a friend, sign up for your own copy at: http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/newsletter.htm --------------------------------------------
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: http://tinyurl.com/adgak
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