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Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations

By : Russell Anderson-Williams
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Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations

By: Russell Anderson-Williams

Overview of this book

Prezi is a tool for delivering presentations in a linear or non-linear format. This cloud-based software enables users to structure presentations on an infinite canvass in a way that is much more engaging and visually stimulating to the audience. "Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations" is a must read for anyone already using Prezi who wants to take their presentations to the next level. It covers all of the technical elements of the software, whilst also looking at the practicalities of using Prezi in a business environment. This book covers all the technical elements of Prezi and also teaches the reader how to think for Prezi, and approach their design in the best way. This is an essential resource for people who want to use Prezi seriously. As well as covering best practices for inserting imagery, sound, and video, this book also covers topics for business users like collaborating and sharing Prezis online, using Prezi at a meeting to brain storm with overseas colleagues, and how to 'Prezify' PowerPoint or Keynote slides. "Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations" will escalate you from Prezi user to master with ease.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Why you need to know about ratios?


Nowadays, most PCs and Laptops are widescreen. But the majority of projectors on the market have an aspect ratio of 4:3. The term aspect ratio refers to the ratio of a picture's width to its height. If the aspect ratio of a picture were 1:1, the width and height would be the same, and you'd have a perfect square.

The aspect ratio of 4:3 means for every four units of width, the picture will be three units high as shown in the following screenshot.

What this means for your Prezi

Essentially what's happening here is that most of us are designing our Prezis on a screen that is much wider than the projector being used in the end result. What happens then is that our Prezis end up with lots of empty space in each frame or elements from other frames creeping into view because the frame isn't the right size.

The following screenshot is an example of a Prezi being designed on a widescreen laptop. It's a very common mistake to try and fill the screen with content and...