I agree, Kevin, but we're off the point of what I need to do :) Cheers, Andrew
On 09/02/2013, at 3:08 AM, Kevin O'Brien <zwil...@zwilnik.com> wrote: > On 2/8/2013 10:58 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> On 02/07/2013 09:37 AM, Michel Dauchez wrote: >>> Hi Jay, >>> >>> This is a hint : you have to reduce your text length. Every presentation >>> program does the same. >>> >>> >>> Michel >> >> I suspected as much because the slide should be a highlight not the entire >> text. When I give presentations/lectures/talks I use the slides to keep me >> on track. >> >> Jay > > I recently saw one of the best presentations ever, which did not have a > single bullet point, and scarcely any text at all. Each slide was an image > that illustrated the thought involved. > > My rule is that if people can understand your content just by reading the > slides, you are doing it wrong. And in that case, just give them the slides > to review on their own time and cancel the meeting. > > Regards, > > -- > Kevin B. O'Brien > zwil...@zwilnik.com > A damsel with a dulcimer in a vision once I saw. > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted