If I may also put in my 2 cents worth, power point as Karl said is
excellent for the presentation of text, which you can introduce as you
want, without distracting from the point you are currently trying to
make.

Images are another issue as high resolution images take up lots of
memory. The presentations that seem to fail are those which have lots of
images and therfore hugh files with computers that are not adequate to
cope with the file sizes.

If I have a large number of  "pictures" I don't hesitate to use dual
presentation using both slides and powerpoint for text although I do
prefer powerpoint only.

At our recent 'Peads and Pods" conference all but two presentations were
on powerpoint and the slide presentation stuffed up with the caroussel
jamming.The powerpoint presentations all went quite smoothly. A bit of a
change from the early days when it seemed the computer presentation were
the ones that failed. The technology has come a long way as has peoples
familiarity with how to use it. At present it is quite reliable format
for presentations. I also find that the way in which you format and
present your lectures needs to change a little, particularly if you are
used to dual slide presentation as you need to give some thought on how
to present the information on one side which can be done, in my opinion
more effectivly with powerpoint.

regards

Andrew



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Fellow. Australian College of Podiatric Surgeons
Fellow Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine

59a Prospect Road
Prospect. 5082
AUSTRALIA

Phone +61  8  83445690
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