Chapter 3. Slideshow Presentations

 

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

 
 --Mark Twain

Presentations make some people shudder with fear, yet they are an undeniably useful tool for information sharing when used properly. The content has to be great, and some visual flourish can make it stand out from the crowd.

Too many slides can make the most receptive audience yawn, so having the presenter focus on the content and automatically take care of the visuals (saving the creator from fiddling with different animations and font sizes) can help improve presentations. Compelling content still requires the human touch.

Building a presentation application

Web browsers are already a type of multimedia presentation application, ...

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