Earlier this week we asked you to share your must have presentation tools and tricks; read on to see how your fellow readers jazz up their presentati*** and keep things flowing **oothly.

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一些读者喜欢PowerPoint替代品来打破PP的低迷。凯特琳写道：

Prezi.com An amazing tool! Enables you to create really dynamic zooming presentati***, on one big canvas, with no slides! Wow-effect guaranteed.

如果你正在阅读评论线索，不太确定你是否想查看Prezi，Dan对演示工具的热情可能会让你崩溃：

John and Katalin are on the right track. PowerPoint is corporate karaoke. Prezi is the most dynamic communication tool currently in existence. A mediocre Prezi blows away the best PowerPoint presentation, plus Prezi has 3 huge advantages: 1) it’s cloud-based, 2) Prezi and the iPad were made for each other, and 3) it’s so much easier to use than PowerPoint there’s literally no fair comparison. It’s rare when an application comes along that’s so superior to everything else in its class that it literally makes all its current compe*****s instantly obsolete, but that’s exactly what happened when Prezi launched in 2009, and the updates released since then have combined to create a near perfect piece of software. Don’t take my word for it. Check it out for yourself and see how in 5 minutes or less almost anyone capable of non-linear thought can be creating presentati*** far better than most have ever seen.

在硬件方面，Mike绝对是一个看到了演讲大战的恐怖场面，并且活着谈论它的人：

As someone who has switched to Keynote for presentation software that are a few pieces of hardware that are required in the bag of tricks. 1. VGA, HDMI and DVI adaptors for the current macbook I am using. 2. iPhone or iPod and apples remote.app for controlling keynote 3. iPad and the keynote app and remote app Some presentati*** its nice to walk around with a screen that shows your next slide large enough to read. 4. Airport express I have been screwed way to many times by crappy wireless or wireless that blocks the protocols used by the above mentioned apps. While yes I can do ad-hoc with the laptop its so much easier to just plug this baby in and everyone connects to Mikes Presentation Network. 5. 25 foot vga cable with integrated audio http://tinyurl.com/6r5uh3 . Industrial strength insurance for crazy projector issues. The last thing you want is everything to fail and your stuck within 3 feet of a projector in the middle of the room or shouting next to someone to hit the spacebar on your computer for the next slide.

最后，如果您正在寻找一种对幻灯片内容和格式有完全控制权的演示媒体，您可能希望不要采纳您的意见：

At presentation time: 1. Any computer. Can be mine or someone else’s provided it has a browser with HTML, kiosk-mode and javascript support. 2. Projector or other large screen display 3. USB combo clicker + laser pointer (cheap no-name from China for $9) Sadly, android tablets with USB do not work with this clicker. ;( 4. Glass of some sort of fluid depending on the crowd. Water, but sometimes an alternative “beverage” is required.

When building a presentation deck, I need a few more things: * Presentation tool called “S5″ – It is an html standards-based tool. 100% F/LOSS. * A custom perl script to convert textile markup into HTML slides. * Any editor, vi is preferred.

Why S5? I was tired of having to create 2 presentati*** – one for the meeting and one to post in a webhost later. PDF is wasteful compared to HTML. S5 supports slide decks, 1-page sheets, hidden information, and appendices with links. Javascript is not required to display the information, just for the slideshow. CSS handles styles and fonts nicely.

I love textile. It is the right mix of function and ease of use.

我总是在做一个新的演讲。几年前就放弃了。限制太大了。

你可以在这里阅读更多关于S5的内容。如果你想买一支便宜的无名点击笔，你可以在这里花12美元买一支——我们用这种便宜的型号已经有一段时间了，肯定值12美元。

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