Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations -- Table of Contents -- Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Best Practices with Imagery -- Raster and vector images -- What are raster images? -- Raster file formats -- What are vector images? -- Vector file formats -- What are the benefits of Prezi? -- Where can you find great imagery? -- Prezi Insert from web -- Limitations of the Insert From web function -- Using Google image search outside of Prezi -- Advanced image search -- Standard search -- Google image search limitations -- Other online sources for imagery -- Bang for your buck -- The big advantage -- Time versus quality -- The best of both worlds -- Vectorising your imagery -- The quick way -- Creating your own flavor -- Grab a pen -- Working with images - quick tips -- Summary -- 2. Using Audio -- Why use sound in Prezi? -- Where's the Insert Audio button? -- How is audio inserted? -- Where to get sound files from? -- Creating your own sounds -- Audio options -- Option 1 - looping the background music -- What you need for Option 1? -- Creating a movie -- Converting to .swf -- The Prezi bit -- Testing the audio -- Sharing your Prezi -- Option 2 - different sounds at path points -- What you need for Option 2? -- Creating a movie -- Inserting into Prezi -- Hiding sound behind content (optional) -- Being clever with audio -- Translation -- Narration -- Creating an environment -- Customers -- Summary -- 3. Inserting a Video -- The technical bit.

File size restrictions -- Online or offline? -- Will your Prezi be viewed online? -- Will colleagues want a copy of your Prezi? -- Ask the question -- Playing videos -- Playing along a path -- Letting the user play -- Positioning videos -- Videos - the easy way with YouTube -- Searching for the right clip -- Creating your own YouTube account -- Uploading your own videos to YouTube -- Editing videos in YouTube -- Enhancements -- Quick Fixes -- Effects -- Audio -- Annotations -- Captions -- Some businesses don't like YouTube -- Windows Live Movie Maker -- The Home menu -- Animations menu -- The Visual Effects menu -- The Edit menu -- Inserting WLMM videos into Prezi -- Benefits of Windows Live Movie Maker -- Fun with video in Prezi -- Questions -- Experts -- Customer scenarios -- Summary -- 4. Approaching Your Prezi Design -- A change of approach -- A prison without walls -- No end in sight -- Linear presentations -- Non-linear presentations -- The best of both worlds -- Ask the question -- Death by Prezi -- Think for Prezi -- Motion sickness -- Master the approach -- The three Prezi design steps -- Step 1 - Plan your Prezi -- Things you need to know -- Mind Mapping -- Why not just write a list? -- How to do it? -- Why it works well with Prezi? -- Map your journey -- Step 2 - Get the flavor right -- What's wrong with this picture? -- Frame it right -- Themes -- Step 3 - Building in layers -- Piece of cake -- Bottom layer of sponge -- Cream and Jam -- Top layer of sponge -- The steps, again -- Presenting your BIG picture -- The science behind it -- Neural networks in action -- How to find your BIG picture -- Summary -- 5. Projecting Your Prezi -- Planning your Prezi -- A common mistake -- The simple solution -- Master's secret shortcut -- Why you need to know about ratios? -- What this means for your Prezi -- Build your Prezi at the 4:3 ratio.

Beware the double-click! -- Sharing your Prezi -- Interactive Prezis -- How it works -- How will you use it -- Summary -- 6. Prezis for Online Delivery -- Your Prezis -- Private Prezis -- Search engines -- Share this Prezi -- Viewing -- Editing -- Embedding your Prezi -- Prezi size -- User experience -- Embed code -- The online design approach -- The three Prezi design steps -- Give instructions -- Embedded Prezis -- Narration -- Highlighting -- Highlighting with frames -- Highlighting with color -- Timing -- The BIG Picture hook -- Summary -- 7. Importing Slides into Prezi -- Why oh why! -- A bit of history -- Slides are here to stay! -- Slides are useful -- Another reason why -- Importing slides into Prezi -- The Insert PPT function -- Prezify your slides -- Positioning content -- Placement and frames -- Zooming -- No time to Prezify -- Importing your slides as PDF -- Things to look out for -- Imagery -- Zoom -- Text -- Spell check -- Animations -- The solution -- Summary -- 8. Prezi for iPad and Android -- The Prezi iPad app -- Using Prezi viewer -- Edit mode -- Show mode -- Prezi viewer tips -- YouTube -- Sound -- Images -- Prezi for Android -- Using Prezi with Android -- Stay connected -- Images -- Editing -- Sound files -- YouTube -- iPad and Android comparison -- When to present with a tablet -- Projector + tablet = wow! -- A bit of fun -- Summary -- 9. Mastering the Newer Prezi Features -- Templates -- The templates -- Getting the most from templates -- Paths -- Assets -- Branding -- Shapes -- Get creative -- Editing shapes -- Editing lines -- Highlighter -- Pencil -- Drawings and diagrams -- Prezi text editor -- Spellchecker -- Text drag-apart -- Font colors -- Bullet points and indents -- The plus (+) button -- Scaling layouts -- Grouping and moving -- Using a frame -- The Shift key -- The play button -- Summary -- 10. Prezi Meeting.

Setting up a Prezi meeting -- Sending invites -- Invite to an online presentation -- Invite to edit -- The invitation e-mail -- Presenting online -- Audio -- Where have they gone? -- Timings -- Editing online -- Instructions -- Practice area -- Chat area -- Personal space -- Keeping control -- Removing access -- Summary -- 11. Getting Prezi through the Door -- PowerPoint's grip on business -- The hard truth -- The first hurdle -- Opportunities to zoom -- Be prepared -- Using the Theme Wizard -- Frame templates -- Backing it up -- Using PowerPoint to introduce Prezi -- Inserting PowerPoint slides -- Building a PowerPoint presentation -- Slide Dynamic -- Offline Prezis -- Online Prezis -- Educating your business -- Company's how-to guide -- Summary -- Index.