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Why do we need or want to have a visual display behind us when we give a presentation?
We might well discuss this using one of the tools.
In an article about the topic, one observer noted
Like so many instructional practices, PowerPoint is not inherently good or bad.
It's all about how we use it and that's not something about which we can afford to be complacent.
If you share that thought, you might consider
Use the tool that can do what you need done.
... and Prezi used to explain why you want to use it to tell a story
Let's use an example to see how it can be used.
One respected person implies that it is.
But other voices suggest that it can be useful
PowerPoint has gotten a bad rap
on account of the ugly and inane stuff people do with it ...
Yet PowerPoint (is) not inherently evil ...
(it has) been abused and over-used to the point of exhaustion (p. 179).
We can easily find bad examples. But are there good uses for it?
Or is it just how we (mis)use it?
No, in fact, it is quite a useful tool.
Don't blame the problem on the tool.
Dotted borders identify placeholders where you can type text or insert pictures, charts, and other objects
After you add other slides, you can click a thumbnail on the Slides tab to make the slide appear in the Slide pane. Or you can drag thumbnails to rearrange the slides in your presentation. You can also add or delete slides on the Slides tab.
You can edit text on slides by typing either in the outline tab or the slide pane and you can change the order of slides by moving slides in the outline tab or in the Slide Sorter view.
Normal View shows you three frames simultaneously
Slide Sorter View shows you miniature images of all the slides in the presentation.
Slide Show View takes over your screen to show you a single slide in presentation format.