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I recently stumbled upon this announcement of the long awaited Copilot Pro. I need to prepare a PowerPoint presentation this week so any capacity to use this for free would be tremendous. Thanks y'all!

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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (12 children)

[no solution for you, just a comment] - making slide presentations is such a waste of time that I actually think this is a great use case for AI-driven automation.

[–] Steve@communick.news 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

That's because most people don't know how to make them. When your presenter is basically reading the slides to everyone and making a few comments, they're doing it wrong.

  1. No text slide should be on the screen for more than 4 seconds. (2-3 is better) And it must be fully readable in that time.
  2. Charts, graphs, and images can be up for as long as needed, but the only text should label specific parts.
  3. Don't use fancy transitions or pretty backgrounds for anything.
  4. Breaking the above rules is okay once or twice, if you have a very specific reason for that specific slide.
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Knowing or not how to make them, they're still barely useful. They convey less information than a written report, and nobody goes back to a slide deck for reference if given a choice between that and a PDF. When printed as handouts, they're a waste of paper. Their "need" basically comes down to graphic information, which could be in a boring report too.

[–] Steve@communick.news 2 points 10 months ago

You're still just thinking of how everyone currently uses them. Which I said was the wrong way. None of the uses you mentioned has anything to do with the presentation it's self. You know, the part where you're lecturing in front of a group of people. Knowing how to make a slide deck is all the difference in how useful they are.

What I suggested, flat out, can not be used for anything you said. You might have 70+ slides for a 10min presentation. But it works great during the presentation itself. (What it's supposed to be for). My style guide works for emphasizing points, entertaining and maintaining attention, so people remember more and don't need to reference as much later. It makes the actual presentation better. Not just something to replace notes or reference materials for later. If you're designing your slide deck to actually hand out for people to read, it'll be rubbish for the actual presentation.

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