Creating Slides
Transcript: Creating Slides Overview Overview MS PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Google Slides, LibreOffice Impress, ... Canva, Prezi, Pawtoon, Moovly, ... Slide views from Markdown, Jupyter Notebook, StructuredText, ... Reveal.js, Impress.js, Webslides, MDX-Deck, ... LaTeX Beamer/Prosper, ... General Audience/Customers Geeks/Nerds、/OCDs More Animations, Fancier Transitions, More Engaging Effects Slide decks What you see is what you get Microsoft PowerPoint PPT-Like Slides LibreOffice Impress Google Slides Apple Keynote Canva Visme Tips Tips PowerPoint(s) are very powerful to create almost any desired effects. Try to apply the established templates, themes, plugins, diagrams, ... Don't overuse the animations, transitions. Slide Decks/Shows Generated by Scripts Slides By Scripts LaTeX: Beamer, Prosper Markdown: Marp, Marpit GitPitch Jupyter Notebook Slides Javascript: reveal.js, deck.js, webslides, ... Pandoc: a conversion toolbox from Markdown/Beamer/rST to html/pdf slides Pros and Cons Separating content and presentation design Friendly to version control Portable to edit and present. Precise positional alignments Great visual effects of animations/transitions Pros & Cons Not flexible to customize the template. Need expertise to set up the environment. Slides on a 3-D poster Not as a linear sequence of page deck Zooming-Type Slides Impress.js Prezi Sozi Zooming Slides in Zoom A simple demo in Prezi Zooming in Zoom Final Notes Final Notes Know the audience Powerpoint / Google Slides always as the 1st consideration Contents/ideas is always more important than slide techniques. For slide techniques: sometimes, the less, the better.