Re: presentation

Hello:

I have developed a number of presentations in powerpoint including several
we placed on CD afterward.  As much as it compresses, it does not compress
like FLASH.  You need to be aware of your requirement for smoothness of
presentation.  This is particularily true if you are to embed sound files
and avi files for animation.

Two of our presentations included both sound and avi files.  They were both
presented in large halls with sound equipment and two large screen
projectors.  In our case they went fairly smooth.  Here's why.  I sequenced
and had the sound man run the music off of a CD player so as not to slow
down my computer.  The presentations were graphic intensive and animation
(avi) takes a toll on the machine.  I tested prior to the real thing.  Found
that I could run the sound and avi plus regular powerpoint right from my
machine but had to cache it several times to be sure the timing was right
on.  For example, one of my sound files was 45 meg and the avi files were
not far behind.

I was running this on a 200 mhz Pentium (not pentium 11 or pentium 111) with
128 meg of RAM.  If you are not using avi files or wav files you can get
away with a slower computer.  Someone in one of the responses suggested a
133 Pentium.  This might be fine for a straight forward presentation (low
end) but if you start adding sound, avi and large graphics or effects, you
could have problems with timing uless you cache it several times before you
play.

If I were using Powerpoint for a presentation and were concerned about it
coming off flawless, I'd be renting a machine that was fast and had plenty
of RAM.  Having lots of RAM will improve the flow of the presentation.  I'd
likely be looking for a Pentium 11 or 111 with a good deal of ram.  I'd also
be testing it out ahead to be sure it was flowing without any problems.

It's amazing what you can do with this program but it is not Director or
Flash.  Much like other Microsoft products, it's easy to learn and use but
it takes power to push it.

Sincerely
Rob Mellor
Millenium Studios
http://www.milleniumstudios.com
http://www.fallscasino.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Stafford <webmaster(at)noteworthydesigns.com>
To: <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 9:28 PM
Subject: presentation


> I'm becoming quite Internet-savvy, but not really presentation and
> PowerPoint savvy yet! I have two afternoons of workshops to present and
> do have PowerPoint installed on my laptop. I'd like to be able to
> present something on screen in lieu of using transparencies (planning
> outlines and visuals that would normally be on transparencies), plus be
> able to project some web site examples. Any suggestions as to machines
> and other things for a newbie like me on this? The equipment would have
> to be borrowed or leased.
>
>

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