Prezi Cookbook电子书

Prezi Cookbook

Table of Contents

Prezi Cookbook

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Administer Your Account and Your Prezi

Introduction

Choosing the right Prezi account

The Continue with public presentations account

The Enjoy account

The Pro account

The Teams account

The Edu account

The account overview window (your prezis)

How to use it…

Why do you need it?

There's more…

Creating a new prezi

Saving your Prezi

Saving with the save icon

Saving with close and exit

Finding an existing prezi

How to do it…

Creating a folder

Getting ready

How to do it…

Renaming a folder

How to do it…

Getting ready

How to do it…

Showing the prezi of a specific folder

Removing a Prezi from a folder

How to do it…

Sharing a folder

How to do it…

There's more…

See also

Deleting a folder

How to do it…

There's more…

Privacy settings

How to do it…

There's more…

2. Inserting Text, Images, and Links

Introduction

Choosing a Prezi template

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Navigating through the Prezi canvas

Getting ready

An overview of the canvas

How to do it…

Zoom on the canvas

Working with text in Prezi

How to do it…

Textbox – an editing tool

Style options in the textbox

There's more…

Other options in the textbox

There's more…

Multiple textboxes for different styles

How to do it…

Copy and paste text and images

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more…

Inserting images from your computer

How to do it…

There's more…

Inserting images from Google/Flickr

How to do it…

Images for commercial use

Editing images by cropping

How to do it…

Using effects of Prezi's photo editor

How to do it…

There's more…

Understanding image file types in Prezi

Image sizes

File types for images

PNG

JPG

GIF

SWF

PDF

Inserting hyperlinks

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works…

There's more…

3. Symbols and Shapes, Lines and Arrows

Introduction

Symbols

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Shapes

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Changing the color of a shape

See also

Arrows and lines

How to do it…

How it works…

Changing the color of an arrow/line

Adjusting arrow/line width

How to do it…

4. Editing Elements on the Canvas

Introduction

Moving an element – image, text, or some other type

How to do it…

There's more…

Rotating an element

How to do it…

Resizing an element

How to do it…

Adjusting text elements to the same size

Getting ready

How to do it…

Adjusting elements to the same turn degree

Getting ready

How to do it...

Selecting multiple elements

Click-selecting multiple elements

Getting ready

How to do it…

Marquee-selecting multiple elements

Getting ready

How to do it…

Grouping and ungrouping elements

Getting ready

How to do it...

Ungrouping elements

How to do it...

Working in layers

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

5. Path and Steps

Introduction

Setting steps to create a path

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

Creating steps using frames and elements

See also

The path order

Editing steps

Adding additional steps using the canvas

How to do it…

Rearranging steps using the canvas

Getting ready

How to do it…

Deleting steps using the canvas

Getting ready

How to do it…

Rearranging steps using the path lane

Getting ready

How to do it…

Deleting steps using the path lane

Getting ready

How to do it…

Path lane quick tools – Adding current view

Getting ready

How to do it…

Path lane quick tools – the Clear all option

Getting ready

How to do it…

6. Frames and Prezi Ratio

Introduction

What are frames used for?

Types of frames

Inserting frames

How to do it…

How do frames work?

How to do it…

Content in a frame

How to do it…

There's more...

Removing content from a frame

How to do it…

Adjusting the size of a frame

How to do it…

Turning a frame

How to do it…

Moving a frame

How to do it…

Editing a frame without impacting content

How to do it…

The frame toolbar

The Frame toolbar – Zoom to Frame

The Frame toolbar – Replace or Delete frame

The Frame toolbar – Delete frame

Deleting a frame – overview

Getting ready

Prezi ratio

Prezi ratio and output source

Prezi ratio and frames ratio

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Frames troubleshooting

7. Zoom and Turn

Introduction

See also

Zoom in

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Zoom out

Getting ready

How to do it…

Zooming with frames

See also

Zooming out with frames

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Zooming in with frames

Getting ready

How to do it…

Turns

How it works…

There's more…

Turning an element

Getting ready

How to do it…

Turning a frame

Getting ready

How to do it…

Anatomy of a turn

There's more…

Combining turns for elements and frames

8. Animation

Introduction

See also

How are animated elements activated for presentation?

Examples of animated elements

Before you animate

Frame elements

There's more...

Animation tools

Animation stars

Animation dialogue box

Animating elements

Getting ready…

How to do it…

There's more…

Resetting or deleting animation

Getting ready

How to do it…

Line-by-line fade-in of text

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Animating grouped elements

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

9. Reuse Favorite Frames and Elements

Introduction

See also

My Content – your collection of favorites

Saving favorites to My Content

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Inserting items from My Content

Inserting favorites from My Content

Getting ready

How to do it…

Inserting favorite frames with My Content

Getting ready

How to do it…

Reusing Prezi template elements via My Content

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Copying elements from one prezi to another

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

See also

Layouts

How it works…

Inserting layouts

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Customizing layouts

Inserting tables and graphs created in Word and Excel

Inserting tables created in Word

Getting ready

How to do it…

Inserting graphs or diagrams created in Excel

Getting ready

How to do it…

10. Media Files in Prezi

Introduction

Audio in Prezi

There's more…

Adding audio to one or more steps

Getting ready

How to do it…

The audio toolbar

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Adding background music

Getting ready

How to do it…

The background music toolbar

How to do it…

There's more…

Audio file types in Prezi

Video in Prezi

Inserting a video from online storage

Getting ready

How to do it…

See also

Inserting a video from your filesystem

Getting ready

How to do it…

There's more…

Video file types in Prezi

Tips for recording audio

Recording devices

Microphones

Recording tips

Prezi's list of preferred free recording software

Editing audio

Using a script

A prezi video

There's more…

11. Templates, Colors, and Fonts

Introduction

See also

Choosing the right template

Applying a template

How to do it…

Customizing the background

Changing or deleting background color, background image, and graphics

Deleting the background image

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

Changing the background image

How to do it…

Applying a theme

How it works…

How to do it...

There's more…

Customizing with Theme Wizard

Accessing Theme wizard

Getting ready

How it works...

Changing colors with Prezi's default palette

Getting ready

How to do it...

Three-dimensional background in Prezi (simple)

Getting ready

How it works…

How to do it…

Inserting a custom logo

Getting ready

How to do it…

Changing colors (advanced options)

How it works…

Three-dimensional background in Prezi – layered (Advanced option)

Getting ready

How it works…

How to do it…

Inserting a custom logo (Advanced option)

Getting ready

How to do it…

Changing fonts in your prezi

Getting ready

How to do it...

Saving a customized theme

How to do it…

12. Presenting with Prezi

Introduction

See also

Prezi in present mode

Getting ready

How to do it…

Present mode controls

Prezi in autoplay

There's more…

See also

13. Prezi on Other Devices

Introduction

See also

Using Prezi for Windows/Mac

Getting ready

How to do it…

Working in Prezi for Windows/Mac

How to do it…

Synchronizing your prezis

How to do it…

Re-synchronizing your prezis

Detaching a prezi from your online Prezi account

How to do it…

There's more…

Working online and offline in Prezi – the differences

Prezi on iPad and iPhone

How to do it…

Downloading a prezi on your device

How to do it…

Editing and closing a downloaded prezi

How it works…

There's more…

Presenting with Prezi on an iPad

How to do it…

There's more…

14. PowerPoint and Prezi

Introduction

Reusing PowerPoint material

Reusing PowerPoint material – method 1

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

Reusing PowerPoint material – method 2

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Reusing PowerPoint material – method 3

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

15. Sharing and Collaborating

Introduction

Portable prezi

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Pez – the prezi file format

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Real-time collaboration in Prezi

Getting ready

How to do it…

Real-time editing in collaboration mode

How it works…

Presenting in collaborative mode

How it works…

A. Design

Introduction

The importance of design

Consistent visual language

Basic design principles – colors

Important color choices

Color match palette

The principles applied

Basic design principles – fonts

Prezi's selection of fonts

Variations – regular, bold, and italic

How to use the fonts

Basic design principles – composition

Design example – chapters and subchapters

Design example – development or process

Design example – concepts or ideas

Finding the right graphic theme

See also

B. Transitions

Introduction

Designing your transitions

Distance

Size

Turning

See also

Smooth transitions

Smooth moves with no zooming

Smooth moves with zooming

Smooth move with turning

Combine anchoring and turning

There's more…

C. Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts for presenting

Keyboard shortcuts for editing

Index