Maybe on Monday.

And I have a few questions for those of you in "the know."

1) wtf is Powerpoint?


More questions will follow depending on the response to this one.

call in sick...

i have to do a presentation tomorrow! and if i don't nail it, my classmates won't know something we're going to be tested on! NO PRESSURE.

i'm thinking i'm going to either a) faint, b) stutter every other word and basically be incoherent, or c) run away to mexico sometime tonight.

mexico's sounding pretty good.

my kids told me about powerpoint today they said there was a red dot and a yellow arrow and it has different worlds in it, like a game. Hope that helps!

Basic MS Office program.

The nice thing about powerpoint: it's barely giving a presentation. It's like reading cue cards, but everyone gets to see the cue cards.

Just try and memorize 2-3 things that aren't on the slides; expand on what everyone can see.

MarkThrust said:

It's presentation software, I use it everyday for writing lectures etc.

What is your presentation on?

Whatever you do, don't overdo it on the sound effects. Many a time I've sat looking like this while discussion points fly in from different angles accompanied by either applause, gun shots or, "d-doing," noises.

Hideous!

sj1600 said:

I don't use any of that bullshit.

Clear headings, bullet points, the rule of 6 and the odd figure or video for illustrative purposes.

roodboi said:

Can I do that? Won't they know?

evenstar said:

Just think to yourself, "What would Prince do in a situation like this?" and sue them.

ZombieKitten said:

It actually doubles my knowledge. I had no idea about the red dot.

MarkThrust said:

If I just brought in cue cards wrappen in tinfoil would that do the trick (Cue cards I know.)

PREDOMINANT said:

So it's not just agressive pointing? Damn, I've been practicing my lunges all night.



That's another thing I need help with.

I may need to start another thread.

sj1600 said:

Don't JINX me!

Now I'm going to overdo the sound effects! I *know* it!







I bet I wouldn't have to edit if I was using Powerpoint
[Edited 11/16/07 3:49am]

try doing your presentation using a false voice, emo philips or christopher walken perhaps. It may distract them from the powerppint slides. Also a little dance, a jig perhaps, may get you through the trickier moments.

jami0mckay said:

That's actually not a bad idea, but I don't know how to do a jig. Can you send me a Powerpoint presentation on how to do one? Though I doubt I'll be able to open it. (It's a vicious circle!)

2the9s said:

its what elton john and tim rice based The Circle Of Life on, the perils of powerpoint

jami0mckay said:

I'm gonna get looks, I *know* it!

2the9s said:

have you explored the fancy dress avenue?

http://oregonstate.edu/in...pphome.htm

this may help, it goes through the basics.

This thread makes me limp.

Cloudbuster said:

jami0mckay said:

Nice nose.

2the9s said:

The kids/schools in this area start students on powerpoint presentation giving in the 7-8th grades

catch up man

If you don't know what powerpoint is ... that actually is a good thing

steer clear of it ...

ok.


Let's start at the beginning.



Do you own a computer?

It's a program that allows you to point with exceptional power.

PREDOMINANT said:

I learned it in art school.

Mach said:

that's young
and now I realize why I am constantly undergoing 'death by powerpoint' when them youngsters come out and talk in public ...