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Prezi Cookbook

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Prezi Cookbook

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Prezi Cookbook
Apr, 2015 | 296 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
1
1. Administer Your Account and Your Prezi
1. Administer Your Account and Your Prezi
Introduction
Choosing the right Prezi account
The account overview window (your prezis)
Creating a new prezi
Saving your Prezi
Finding an existing prezi
Creating a folder
Renaming a folder
Showing the prezi of a specific folder
Removing a Prezi from a folder
Sharing a folder
Deleting a folder
Privacy settings
2
2. Inserting Text, Images, and Links
2. Inserting Text, Images, and Links
Introduction
Choosing a Prezi template
Navigating through the Prezi canvas
Working with text in Prezi
Multiple textboxes for different styles
Copy and paste text and images
Inserting images from your computer
Inserting images from Google/Flickr
Editing images by cropping
Using effects of Prezi's photo editor
Understanding image file types in Prezi
Inserting hyperlinks
3
3. Symbols and Shapes, Lines and Arrows
3. Symbols and Shapes, Lines and Arrows
Introduction
Symbols
Shapes
Arrows and lines
Adjusting arrow/line width
4
4. Editing Elements on the Canvas
4. Editing Elements on the Canvas
Introduction
Moving an element – image, text, or some other type
Rotating an element
Resizing an element
Adjusting text elements to the same size
Adjusting elements to the same turn degree
Selecting multiple elements
Grouping and ungrouping elements
Working in layers
5
5. Path and Steps
5. Path and Steps
Introduction
Setting steps to create a path
Creating steps using frames and elements
The path order
Editing steps
Adding additional steps using the canvas
Rearranging steps using the canvas
Deleting steps using the canvas
Rearranging steps using the path lane
Deleting steps using the path lane
Path lane quick tools – Adding current view
Path lane quick tools – the Clear all option
6
6. Frames and Prezi Ratio
6. Frames and Prezi Ratio
Introduction
What are frames used for?
Types of frames
Inserting frames
How do frames work?
Content in a frame
Removing content from a frame
Adjusting the size of a frame
Turning a frame
Moving a frame
Editing a frame without impacting content
The frame toolbar
Deleting a frame – overview
Prezi ratio
Frames troubleshooting
7
7. Zoom and Turn
7. Zoom and Turn
Introduction
Zoom in
Zoom out
Zooming with frames
Zooming out with frames
Zooming in with frames
Turns
Turning an element
Turning a frame
Anatomy of a turn
Combining turns for elements and frames
8
8. Animation
8. Animation
Introduction
How are animated elements activated for presentation?
Before you animate
Animation tools
Animating elements
Resetting or deleting animation
Line-by-line fade-in of text
Animating grouped elements
9
9. Reuse Favorite Frames and Elements
9. Reuse Favorite Frames and Elements
Introduction
My Content – your collection of favorites
Saving favorites to My Content
Inserting items from My Content
Inserting favorite frames with My Content
Reusing Prezi template elements via My Content
Copying elements from one prezi to another
Layouts
Inserting layouts
Customizing layouts
Inserting tables and graphs created in Word and Excel
Inserting tables created in Word
Inserting graphs or diagrams created in Excel
10
10. Media Files in Prezi
10. Media Files in Prezi
Introduction
Audio in Prezi
Adding audio to one or more steps
The audio toolbar
Adding background music
Audio file types in Prezi
Video in Prezi
Inserting a video from your filesystem
Video file types in Prezi
Tips for recording audio
Editing audio
A prezi video
11
11. Templates, Colors, and Fonts
11. Templates, Colors, and Fonts
Introduction
Choosing the right template
Applying a template
Customizing the background
Changing or deleting background color, background image, and graphics
Deleting the background image
Changing the background image
Applying a theme
Customizing with Theme Wizard
Accessing Theme wizard
Changing colors with Prezi's default palette
Three-dimensional background in Prezi (simple)
Inserting a custom logo
Changing colors (advanced options)
Three-dimensional background in Prezi – layered (Advanced option)
Inserting a custom logo (Advanced option)
Changing fonts in your prezi
Saving a customized theme
12
12. Presenting with Prezi
12. Presenting with Prezi
Introduction
Prezi in present mode
13
13. Prezi on Other Devices
13. Prezi on Other Devices
Introduction
Using Prezi for Windows/Mac
Working in Prezi for Windows/Mac
Synchronizing your prezis
Re-synchronizing your prezis
Detaching a prezi from your online Prezi account
Working online and offline in Prezi – the differences
Prezi on iPad and iPhone
Downloading a prezi on your device
Editing and closing a downloaded prezi
Presenting with Prezi on an iPad
14
14. PowerPoint and Prezi
14. PowerPoint and Prezi
Introduction
Reusing PowerPoint material
Reusing PowerPoint material – method 1
Reusing PowerPoint material – method 2
Reusing PowerPoint material – method 3
15
15. Sharing and Collaborating
15. Sharing and Collaborating
Introduction
Portable prezi
Pez – the prezi file format
Real-time collaboration in Prezi
Real-time editing in collaboration mode
Presenting in collaborative mode
16
A. Design
A. Design
Introduction
The importance of design
Basic design principles – colors
Basic design principles – fonts
Basic design principles – composition
Finding the right graphic theme
17
B. Transitions
B. Transitions
Introduction
Smooth transitions
18
C. Keyboard Shortcuts
C. Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts for presenting
Keyboard shortcuts for editing
19
Index
Index

Clicking on Your prezis opens the account overview window for your prezi files. All your prezis are listed here as thumbnails.

From here, you can either go directly into editing mode or you can access file handling features for a prezi.

Hovering over a prezi's thumbnail gives you access to the icons that you can use to edit or share your prezi. Hovering over a thumbnail produces the Edit, Share, Folder, and Delete icons. The trash icon to the right can be used to delete the prezi as shown in the following screenshot:

How to do it…

To access the full range of file handling features for a prezi, begin by clicking on its thumbnail in the account overview window. This opens the prezi-handling window for that prezi. Here you see your prezi in a small window, as shown in the following screenshot:

How to do it…

At the bottom of the prezi-handling window, you'll find forward and backward arrows that you can click to navigate through the prezi. For faster navigation, use the blue slider tool (visible after hovering over the black navigation bar at the bottom of the window).

Below the prezi-handling window is a toolbar with various options to handle your prezi. The options are as follows:

  • Use Edit to access editing mode for your prezi
  • Use Present remotely to start a remote presentation (please refer to Chapter 12, Presenting with Prezi, to learn about presenting)
  • Use the Download button to download your prezi (please refer to Chapter 15, Sharing and Collaborating, to learn more about the download of prezis)
  • Use the Save a copy option to create a copy of your Prezi (this copy will be immediately accessible in your account overview window)
  • The Share option allows you to share a prezi in different ways (please refer to Chapter 15, Sharing and Collaborating, to learn about sharing)
  • Use the Embed button to create a small piece of code to use for embedding the prezi on your website (please refer to Chapter 15, Sharing and Collaborating, to learn more about embedding)

The Public & reusable button shows the current privacy choice for your prezi. (Please refer to the Privacy settings section of this chapter to read more about this.)

The trash icon to the very right can be used to delete this prezi.

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