Chapter 8. Printing Presentations
Most of the time, youâll deliver your PowerPoint presentations electronically, on a computer or digital projector. So with all these high-tech bits-and-bytes options, why on earth would you print your slides?
Here are three cool things you can do with printed slides:
Create a foolproof, fail-safe backup. Printouts may not look as glamorous as full-color, widescreen slideshows, but theyâre invaluable when you have a technology meltdown. So when you reach your clientâs office with three minutes to spare and discover that your preschooler poured maple syrup into your laptop when you werenât looking, you at least have hard copies to work from.
Run off quick-and-dirty handouts. For really useful audience handouts, youâll probably want to create separate supporting materials, as described in the box. But to give your boss a quick outline of your presentation, printouts are the way to go.
Deliver your presentation in low-tech but effective ways like overhead transparencies. You canât always control your presentation environment. For example, if youâre in a location where an old overhead projector is all thatâs available, you can turn your presentation into overheads.
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You can also turn your presentation into 35mm slides, which offer higher image quality. See the box.
In addition to printing your slides, for some presentations you may want to print related materials like speaker notes for moral support behind the podium; a presentation ...
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