When you start Compel, it automatically creates a new, empty presentation. The presentation contains one slide that uses the default template.
A template makes it easy
to create good-looking presentations fast, because most of the design decisions are made for you. You can adjust the graphics or change the color scheme, but often you won
t need to do a thing.o do a thing.
For a different look, just
switch to a different template. Compel comes with over 100 professionally-designed templates to choose from.
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When you add a slide to your presentation, you can choose from 11 different slide styles.. slide styles.
Each slide style includes placeholders that show what text will look like and tell exactly where to type and place your graphics. our graphics.
To replace placeholder text with your text, you double-click the placeholder and start typing. To replace a placeholder graphic or chart with your own, you double-click the placeholder and import the graphic or enter chart data.
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You can display your presentation on your computer by switching to slide show view. Compel
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test links.
You also use slide show view to show your presentation to an audience.
Print slides, notes, and handout
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If you
re using conventional equipment such as an overhead projector or slide projector to show your presentation, you
ll need to print your slides on transparencies or 35mm slides. You may also want to give handouts to your audience or print speaker notes for yourself. for yourself.
You can print Compel slides in
a variety of formats, and add notes to slides to help you speak. You can create attractive, high-quality 35mm slides by printing to a desktop film recorder or taking your presentation to a service bureau.
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After you create a presentation, you may want to share it with somebody else. But what if they don
t own Compel?
They don
t need to. Your copy
of Compel includes a free
runtime version, Compel Show, that you can send along with your presentation so that anybody can show it (but not change it
that requires the full version).
You can also package a presentation to send to another system. Packaging copies your presentation, Compel Show, and supporting files such as sounds into one location, such as a floppy disk. You can even compress all the files into a single package file.
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What a slide can do
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Up and Running
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finish "Getting Started," then tour these topics to learn the basics of using Compel:
"Touring Compel
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"Building Slides"
"Designing with Templates"
"Making Your Point with
Bullets and Text"
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Showing Data
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Creating Visual Effects with Compel
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Up and Running.
This tour introduces important concepts and features of Compel so you can start creating presentations right away. The tour was created in Compel, so in addition to learning about Compel, you
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re pressed for time,
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Like a traditional slide show, a Compel presentation consists
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You build a presentation by creating slides and placing objects, such as titles, charts, and bullets, on each slide. You can create slides individually or have Compel generate slides for you. You create and change slides in slide view.in slide view. in slide view.
All slides in a presentation are stored in a single Compel file. You use Compel to display this file in slide show view, turning your computer screen into a slide viewer.ur computer screen into a slide viewer.
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All objects have certain attributes in common that make them easier to work with. For example, you can move any object by dragging it with the mouse, whether it
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In a traditional presentation, a slide usually has a title and two or three bullets with text for the points you want to talk about.
A Compel slide can contain these items and more. You can easily add charts, freestanding text boxes,and graphics to a slide.
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Slides can transition from one to another with special effects to keep your audience
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The next topic,
Touring Compel
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describes Compel
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Touring Compel
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click the right arrow.
Now that you
ve toured this topic, you know the basic concepts you need to start learning Compel. You know
what presentations and slides are, what slides can contain, and how templates and slide styles can save you time. You also know a little bit about how to create and change presentations.