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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 (/BLOG/DESIGN/PRESENTATION-TEMPLATES)

Presentation templates:
You've been using them
wrong this whole time
(/blog/design/presentationtemplates)
VINICIO CHANTO (/BLOG/?AUTHOR=51D73A67E4B001CBC64AE914)
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ThiarticleipartofourlideeanAcademerie,aweekldigetof
preentationtipandkill.You'rewelcometoucriehere
(http://log.lideean.com/academ/).

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makeoujumpintouingthemwithoutproperlexplainingtheaicon
whattheareorhowtouethem.
Andforomeinexplicalereaon,preentationtemplateareamongtthe
motconfuingone.o,toetthingright,Illrieflwalkouthroughthe
aiconpreentationtemplate,andhowtouethemtherightwa!

What is a template?
Apreetformatforadocumentorfile,uedothattheformatdoe
nothavetoerecreatedeachtimeitiued-oxforddictionarie.com
Inotherword:You(oromeoneele)createadocumentwithpredefined
parameter,whichcanlatereuedtoprovideformattonewcopieofthat
amedocument,withouttheneedtotarteverthingafreh.

Newletter,forexample,arecreateduingtemplatethatareupdatedfor
everreleae.Notonldoeitpeedthingupfromthepuliher
tandpoint,utitalohelptheuerfamiliarizewiththewainformationi
giventohim.oitawin-winituation.

Threeeditionofaweeklnewletteruingtheametemplate.

Graphic Templates vs Content Templates

Oneofthemainreaonwhpreentationtemplateareterrilconfuing
ithatthereuuallamix-upetweenagraphictemplatewithacontent
template.
A G R A P H I C T E M P L AT E

dictatethedeignofourlideinviualterm,regardleofwhatcontentit
hold.Itetalihetheoverallaetheticofourpreentation,andhowthe
contentiarrangedwithinourlide;theingularitiethatprovidethelook
ofanpreentation(line,dot,hape,gradient,order,pacelimitation,
etc.)

Togiveouaquickexample,hereaquotelideuiltinlideean
(http://lideean.com/?ref=log).Imuingtheexactamecontentut
tringoutdifferentgraphictemplate:

Relatedread:PreentationDeign101
(http://log.lideean.com/log/2015/5/12/preentation-deign-101)

A C O N T E N T T E M P L AT E

ontheotherhand,iapredefinedtructuretowritethecontentofangiven
document.Itcaneuedtouildomethingaimpleaaletter:


Theprolemwithtraditionalpreentation
toolithenormallprovidecattered
template,inteadofacompletetorline.

TWTIT!(HTTP://CTT.C/GL2V1)

Ahortio+photolidetemplateinotofmuchueifitdetachedfroma
contextualnarrativetoupportit.
Andowhatuuallhappenithatouendupwithaviualtemplateou
dontrealllike,andwhichouareignificantllimited,whileattheame
timefiguringouthowtotellourideainpre-uiltlidethathaveno
relationwithourcontentwhatoever.

Thiiwhentoollikelideean(http://lideean.com/?ref=log)ecome
extremelueful.Notonldoeiteparategraphictemplatefromcontent
template,utthelatterarepre-filleddeckwithafullpreentationoutline
tofollow.oifforexampleoureinthemarketingarena,orourefounding
anewtartup,oucankiptartingourpreentationfromcratch,and
tartuildinguponanofthepreentationtemplateavailale.
Hereafewexampleofthetemplateitprovide:

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achpreentationhaauecaeindication,makingiteatoundertand
whenandhowoucantakeadvantageofit.Makeureoucheckitout!

Onceouvecreatedourcontent(replaceditwithour,thati)oucan
thenplaaroundwiththegraphictemplatetochooethefinaltleofour
preentation.

A few things to Remember:

Templaterepreentguide,notretriction.Thehouldeflexile
enoughtoeadaptedtoourneed!
Rememerthere'adifferenceetweengraphictemplateandcontent
template.
Ifpoile,tartwithacontenttemplateeforejumpingintoadeign
one.Thiwillhelpoutafocuedonthemotimportantelementof
ourpreentation:ourmeage.

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Relatedread:PreentationRuric:Iourpreentation
readforanA+?
(http://log.lideean.com/log/deign/preentationruric)

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