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Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations

By : Russell Anderson-Williams
Book Image

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

Drawings and diagrams


Another useful new feature and a big time saver within the Prezi insert menu are drawings and diagrams. You can locate the drawings and diagrams templates by clicking the button in-between YouTube and File from the Insert menu.

There are twelve templates to choose from and each has been given a name that best describes their purpose. Rolling over each thumbnail will show you a little more detail to help you choose the right one. Once you have chosen, double-click the thumbnail and then decide where to place your drawing on the canvas. You can see in the following screenshot that the drawing or diagram is grouped together and will not become active until you click the green tick.

Once you make the drawing active, you can access all of its frames, text, and any other elements that are included. In the following screenshot, you can see that we've zoomed into a section of the tree diagram.

You can see in the preceding screenshot that the diagram uses lines, circular frames...