Power Point

[Aeval]

I've never really used it and now I have to transfer a 70 page word doc to a presentation.

Any pointers?

Do I have to c&p this or is there an easier way?

[Panacea]

I'm not sure if there's an easier way, I don't know many shortcuts with Office because I never take the time to learn it better.

But I feel ya, I have to create a presentation this week and I dread it, mostly for the content.
Good luck

[teh_fuzz]

yikes a 70 page document to PPT???
LOL

Can you summarize it? a 70 slide power point presentation is going to be a pain in the ass to handle lol

If the person wants you to bring the entire 70 page document, you're probably better off converting the 70 page document into a PDF and using that as a presentation medium.

[Aeval]

yikes a 70 page document to PPT???
LOL

Can you summarize it? a 70 slide power point presentation is going to be a pain in the ass to handle lol

If the person wants you to bring the entire 70 page document, you're probably better off converting the 70 page document into a PDF and using that as a presentation medium.

Never thought of that...I'll mention it to him tomorrow. I can reduce the size, he has a font of like 30 something in most of if, no need, I'm making it pretty for him, but it's copy and paste all the way.

[acctnt shan]

Yeah if you need the whole document, just convert it to PPT and make copies. If it's for a presentation to a group, you wouldn't want to copy that into PPT anyway - it would be impossible to read.

If it has to be a PPT, here are some real general PPT tips:
- Don't write out full sentences - summarize your key points into bullet-pointed brief statements, and expand on them in the dialogue of your actual presentation
- Try to keep your bullet-points in the 5-7 count per slide - too many less, and it'll look too empty to justify the slide - too many more, and it becomes cluttered and hard to read
- Where possible, use graphs/charts/tables/etc to make your point. Visuals are way more powerful in a presentation than words.

If you need any other tips, just shoot me a message. 5 years of business school drilled this crap into my head, haha.