Thanks, this is all starting to ring a ell now and even bringing back some 
good memories in the place where I acquired this some time ago!    I take it 
then one can browse through other files if you want to incorporate video or 
audio?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catherine Getchell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] any tips on preparing Power Point Presentations with 
JAWS?


> Hi Jeff,
> I've done a lot of Powerpoints for my job, so I have some experience
> but am not an expert by any means.  When Powerpoint first comes up,
> you get a blank presentation.  Your first slide will default to the
> title slide, so you'll put your title in there.  You can tab between
> the title and subtitle placeholders in the slide, and these fields are
> where you would put the title and subtitle.  Then you would go to the
> home menu and click on new slide.  A menu comes up where you can tell
> it what kind of slide you want.  For example, you could have another
> title slide, a slide with title and content (probably most common), or
> two collumns of content, or some other choices.  You can also insert
> pictures, charts, etc.
>
> Using f6 is handy because this can take you between various panes on
> the Powerpoint screen.  One pane just has the slide titles.  Another
> pane lets you page down through the slide content.  Another pane is
> for notes like if you had notes you wanted to refer to while
> presenting.  I personally never put anything in there because I type
> out notes for what I want to say in Braille or have them on my Braille
> notetaker... but that's just me.
>
> The presentations you make, if they're anything like mine, will not be
> visually glitzy.  But I've heard from a lot of people that
> presentations with a lot of animations and stuff that "looks cool" is
> actually sort of distracting to the audience when you're up there
> presenting.  Nonetheless you might want to have a sighted person look
> things over just to make sure the fonts are good for all your slides.
> For example, if your font on the slide is too big for the amount of
> content you have, it may be hard for your audience to see all the
> content on that slide.
>
> Also, when someone sends you a Powerpoint to look at, you might find
> it easiest to save it in outline format (RTF).  It's easier to read
> than reading the slide content within Powerpoint.  Just my take.
> Saving it in outline format is something you can do from the save as
> dialog.
>
> Hope this helps get you started.  I think if you use JAWS, Freedom
> Scientific has some training and stuff on their website.
>
> On 9/3/13, Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi everyone, I have a possible job lead here, and I also have a potential
>> resource for refresher training for Power Point.  I was just wondering if
>> there are any pointers anyone could let me know of when preparing or help
>> prepare a presentation?  Right now, I don't have many details and will 
>> get
>> them in the next few days.
>>
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