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Overhead transparencies are the media of choice for presentations to small audiences in which interaction and spontaneity are essential. With overhead transparencies, presentations can be made with the lights on, overheads can be written on while projected on the screen, and minimal investment in hardware is required to produce black-and-white transparencies. When using overhead transparencies, it is important to use film made especially made for the printing equipment being used, and to mount transparencies in frames. Avoid putting too much data on one overhead, and restrict use of graphs to the essentials. Too much flair or too many typefaces can bury rather than enhance information being presented. Use of lines, borders, or logos should be consistent, and should add emphasis rather than clutter. Using color complicates both the design and production of overheads. A simple and consistent presentation is most effective for delivering a clear message that is to the point.
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Creating 35mm slide presentations is easier using such presentation graphics programs as Aldus Persuasion and Xerox Presents, but it can be done much less expensively, if also less well, using a page layout program. Most such presentations are served very well by overhead transparencies, which can be created using a page layout program, a good printer and overhead transparency film. The page layout program should be set up to produce landscape pages; each page is treated as a separate overhead, with text entered and extra graphic elements added. PostScript printers are preferred for output because they can rotate any font to create landscape-oriented text, saving time and money in creating horizontal visuals. It is possible to create effective if unspectacular slides using a page layout program, although such features as color gradient backgrounds, predefined color palettes and templates found in presentation packages will be sorely missed.
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IBM introduces version 2.0 of its PC Storyboard Plus graphics package with a new interface, support for most PC graphics modes, from CGA to extended VGA, and five specialized modules that provide all the tools necessary to create effective on-screen presentations. Visuals are created using either the Text Maker or Picture Maker module, the presentation is organized using the Story Maker module, and is played back using the Story Teller module. Storyboard Plus 2.0 is priced at $434.
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