ExtremePresentation™ExamplePageLayoutsRev.2.0AndrewV.Abela,Ph.D.www.ExtremePresentation.coma.v.abela@gmail.com2ApplyingtheSquintTestIntheExtremePresentationworkshopwediscusstheimportanceofusingwhatgraphicdesignerscallthe“squinttest”whenlayingoutapage.Topassthesquinttest,thelayoutofthepagemusttellyousomethingaboutthepage,evenifyou’resquintingsothatyoucannotreadanyofthetext.Thegoalisthatthelayoutofthepageshouldreinforcethemainmessageofthepage.Ifthemessageisthattherearetwoalternatives,forexample,thenyoushouldlaythepageoutwithonealternativeoneachside.Tohelpyouwiththis,wehavecreatedthisPowerPoint™document,whichcontains36examplesofpagelayoutsthatpassthesquinttest.Ofcourse,thesearejustafewideasamongthousandsofpossiblelayouts.Thesimplestwaytousethisistosaveacopyofthisfile(withthenameofyournewpresentation).ThengototheSlideSorterviewandmoveallthelayoutsthatyouwanttousetowardsthefrontofthepresentation,anddeletetherest.Thenputtheremaininglayoutsintheorderyouwantthem(youcanuseCTRL-Dtoduplicateanylayoutswhereyouneedmorethanonecopy).ThisworkislicensedundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution-ShareAlike2.5License.Thismeansthatyouarefreetocopyit,modifyit,anduseitforcommercialandnon-commercialpurposes.Youarenotallowedtosellthesetemplates,oranyderivativesofthem.Ifyouwishtosharethemwithothers,insteadofforwardingthemthiscopy,pleasehavethemaccesstheirowncopyatwww.extremepresentation.com;thiswaytheywillbesuretogetthemostup-to-dateversionsofthetemplates.Toviewacopyofthisliiih//i/li/b/25/Introductiontoversion2.03InOffice2007,MicrosoftintroduceditsSmartArtfeature.AccordingtoMicrosoft,“ASmartArtgraphicprovidesavisualrepresentationofinformationsothatyoucanmoreeffectivelycommunicateyourmessage.Eachgraphicrepresentsadifferentconceptoridea,suchasaprocessflow,anorganizationhierarchy,arelationship,andsoon.”SeveraloftheoriginalExtremePresentationlayoutsareincludedinthecurrentsetofSmartArtdesigns.Thisversion(2.0)ofthelayoutsnowincludesthosedesignsoradaptationsofthem.WeareworkingwithMicrosoftonfutu...
