Sample / Example Presentations

I know were off topic and my refusal to learn HTML has haunted me for years : (. I first selected a pic from my desktop, but I guess that wasn't going to work, so I grab an image hosted on the net... is that the way it works? And, if I knew some more tags I would have sized it smaller.

Hey! but at least the link worked...But, thanks never-the-less.

NEFTALI wrote:
I first selected a pic from my desktop, but I guess that wasn't going to work, so I grab an image hosted on the net... is that the way it works?

NEF ~ Yes, or you can upload your pics to the Public folder of your iDisk here:

http://www.me.com/idisk

...then, for example, the HTML for displaying an image named "image1,jpg" there would be:

<IMG SRC="http://idisk.me.com/YourMemberName-Public/image1.jpg"/>

NEFTALI wrote:
And, if I knew some more tags I would have sized it smaller.

Reduce the pixel width in the HR WIDTH tag to 250:




...and leaving the HR WIDTH tag out altogether displays the image at its original size.

NEFTALI wrote:
checkout the medium and tell me what you think...

NEF ~ In case you aren't aware, in iMovie '08 you can choose +Share > Re-publish to MobileMe Gallery...+, fill in the Description field and click Update without re-uploading your video. Your description will then appear below your video and also pop-up when someone mouses over the video's title.

The music worked especially well when sometimes its change of tempo coincided with a change in the visuals. ...Whether that was by chance or not, I think it would be worthwhile working more on synchronizing the music with the visuals.

At times there was too much text to read and it disappeared before I had finished reading it. ...If you really want viewers to read something, then split up lengthy text into two or more separate slides. ...If you don't want viewers to read it, don't put it there and risk causing your viewers to feel confused.

...Although perhaps you don't need to try to explain everything via a lot of text — instead, you might be able to rely on the emotional impact from the music and visual movement to get your message across.

It's also okay to occasionally give the viewer's eyes a rest by gradually fading to a blank screen for just a second at appropriate points in the presentation. And in general, simplifying your presentation may (paradoxically) make it more meaningful. Here are some quotes regarding simplicity...

"Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful." — John Maeda

"Make things just as simple as they need to be, but not simpler." — Einstein?

"With presentation, you have to decide what little chunk of the thing it is you’re going to talk about and that is it. You can go deep or you can go wide, but you can not do both, and frankly you can’t even go that deep or that wide either. It is after all just a short presentation — an ephemeral moment in time — so think carefully about what will be included and what will end up excluded." — Garr Reynolds

“Creativity means creative choices of inclusion and exclusion.” — Robert McKee

“Do only what is necessary to convey what is essential. Carefully eliminate elements that distract from the essential whole, elements that obstruct and obscure. ...Clutter, bulk, and erudition confuse perception and stifle comprehension, whereas simplicity allows clear and direct attention." — Richard Powell

“When forced to work within a strict framework the imagination is taxed to its utmost – and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom the work is likely to sprawl." — T.S. Eliot

Yes, well made points... the presentation was designed to solicit clients on the services that I would offer. I need to work on the slides with text to allow more time as you mentioned... I guess when you work on something you tend to memorize those bits of info.

I agree about simpler is better, but I did intentionally throw in a few extra transitions to showcase some of the possibilities within keynote for the various clients it would be shown to. This particular presentation was meant to be shown on a iMac 24 where I bring the iMac to them and show them full screen about my services. In other words as the presentation is playing I would be there to explain essentially what the text is spelling out.

The Music and timing were purely coincidental and not meant to sync with any visuals, which I agree work better when they do. : )

hi am new to keynote how do i change the kinds of bullets or make a bullet go under a heading?