Microsoft PowerPoint is known by many people, and used very frequently. While it is a useful tool and is a great way to give a presentation there are ways to make your presentation either good or bad.
Some guidelinges that will help you with a PowerPoint presentation:
1) Get the attention of you audience!
This sounds easy, and is, if you know how to do it. Create a presentation that is visually appealing but is not distracting. Make the layout look sharp and clean cut, do not have things exploding from every corner. This is a mistake made by many.
2) A lot of information is too much information!
This may sound completely ridiculous, but there is nothing more boring and not to mention deterring than staring a slide full of text right in the face. Seeing a slide full of text is intimidating, also people are there to listen to the information, not read it.
3) Include relevent pictures, sounds, or videos into your
presentation!
There must be a balance of text and animation, without any form of animation you will find your audience daydreaming right away. Balance, and relevence is the key to animations.
4) Have a theme!
This is a common mistake that people make when putting together a presentation. Some people feel that this may be boring, but the fact is that when there is a major difference from slide to slide it gets distracting.
5) Color Choice is Key!
This may be a very small part of the presentation, but it is another problem area for people. Do not forget to view your presentation yourself and look for any text that may be hard to see.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Searching
Ever try searching for something, and did not get what you were looking for? I know I have. There are different techniques to narrowing your search, to find what you want.
One method to get what you are searching for is to put quotes around, this finds the exact phrase you are searching for. Also, you can search for results that have a certain ending (.com, .edu, etc.). You may also search for pages that are from another country by adding their country code in the advanced search.
These tips should help you get what you are looking for, and they can also help you make sure that the sites are credible.
One method to get what you are searching for is to put quotes around, this finds the exact phrase you are searching for. Also, you can search for results that have a certain ending (.com, .edu, etc.). You may also search for pages that are from another country by adding their country code in the advanced search.
These tips should help you get what you are looking for, and they can also help you make sure that the sites are credible.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Copyright
Today I learned that copyright laws are very extensive. For instance, I did not know that you could not download a song from a CD that you own onto your computer, and then place it on a website that you own. I had always figured that since you had not illegally obtained the song, and that you own the CD it was alright for you to but it on your web page. Because both the CD and that website are yours it was okay to transfer the song from the CD to the site, or so I thought.
Copyright laws say that for a person to use a song that person must get permission from the musical composer as well as the sound recording owner before you place music on the internet.
At first I did not understand this and wondered what harm this would do but then I realized that if this were allowed then there would be many websites that let people listen to and download songs for free. This is like all illegal downloading theft of an owned piece of art, which music is.
I have yet to see a copyright law that is absurd, but I have not looked at all of them either. So as far as I can see copyright laws are a pretty good thing.
Copyright laws say that for a person to use a song that person must get permission from the musical composer as well as the sound recording owner before you place music on the internet.
At first I did not understand this and wondered what harm this would do but then I realized that if this were allowed then there would be many websites that let people listen to and download songs for free. This is like all illegal downloading theft of an owned piece of art, which music is.
I have yet to see a copyright law that is absurd, but I have not looked at all of them either. So as far as I can see copyright laws are a pretty good thing.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
My Excel Experience
During our work with excel I have learned many new and quite helpful skills. Probably the most time efficient thing I learned was how to pull down formulas and not have to retype them into every cell. That function would have saved me a lot of time on high school projects.
Aside from the formula functions, the new formatting functions make it easier to keep track of your information, which I have a hard time doing. The conditioned formatting helps point out key pieces of information with color, rather than having to search through the data to find the one piece you are looking for.
Another upgrade that I appreciate is the new charts and graphs. This new version of excel makes it so much easier to create graph that is nice to look and while still being very easy to produce.
I would have to say that I learned a lot from our section on excel and am happy to have learned these new skills.
Aside from the formula functions, the new formatting functions make it easier to keep track of your information, which I have a hard time doing. The conditioned formatting helps point out key pieces of information with color, rather than having to search through the data to find the one piece you are looking for.
Another upgrade that I appreciate is the new charts and graphs. This new version of excel makes it so much easier to create graph that is nice to look and while still being very easy to produce.
I would have to say that I learned a lot from our section on excel and am happy to have learned these new skills.
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