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Interactivity and linking are covered in Chapter 13. Good flow concepts are
influenced by proper use of consistency and animation. Consistency is
covered in Chapter 4, and animation is covered in Chapter 12.
Going Outside PowerPoint to Create
Presentation Elements
Although you might believe that all the elements of a cutting-edge presentation
are accessible from within PowerPoint, that’s not entirely true. Professional
presentation design houses don’t want you to know the secret of using non-
PowerPoint elements in your presentation — this knowledge is often the
difference between a cutting-edge presentation and an ordinary one!
Examples of non-PowerPoint elements include the following:
⻬ Images retouched and enhanced in an image editor, such as Adobe
Photoshop
⻬ Charts created in a dedicated charting application
⻬ Music and narration fine-tuned, amplified, and normalized in a sound
editor
⻬ Video clips rendered in a custom size and time in a video-editing
application
⻬ Animations created in a separate application, such as Macromedia Flash
When these non-PowerPoint elements are inserted inside PowerPoint, most
of them can be made to behave like normal PowerPoint elements.
Structure and Workflow
The words structure and workflow might sound a little intimidating, but they
are merely a way of ensuring that your presentation elements are working
together.
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