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Sign in to Prezi

1. Go to www.prezi.com/. and login to Prezi. Or click the 'Sign up' button to create an account.

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Start a New Prezi

After you log in, you will see three tabs at the top of the page. 1. Your Prezis show all the presentations you have created. 2. Click the Learn tab to see fantastic videos that show you how to create and setup a prezi. 3. The Explore tab lets you see other people's presentations. 4. Click the New Prezi link to create a new presentation.

You'll be prompted to name your prezi, and to give it a description, then click 'New Prezi'.

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Templates?

Choose a template, or a theme for your presentation. 1. If you do not want a theme, then click the Blank template. 2. Click the button that reads Start Editing.

We're going to create a blank prezi without a template. Select Blank and then start editing.

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Creating a Prezi

1. Left click anywhere on the canvas to move up, down, left or right. 2. Use these navigation buttons to zoom in, or zoom out. You can also zoom using the middle wheel on a mouse. 3. The path, or order or a presentation will show here. Each frame is equivalent to a slide on a PowerPoint. The order of the frames determines the path. 4. The Freestyle tool allows you to create elements to use anywhere throughout your presentation. 5. The Guided tool allows you to create a frame and add content to that frame.

We are going to use the the Guided tool to create our first frame, or slide. Double click the plus within the circle.

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Frame View

This is a Frame, or slide. 1. The frame is outlined by brackets, a circle, a picture or a video. Select how the frame will look. 2. Click the Check Mark to accept the frame and add it to your path. Click the Trash icon to delete the frame and start over. 3. Click anywhere within the frame to add the frame to your path, and to begin editing for content.

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Editing Text

Click on the text that reads "Click to Add Text". Notice how the text editing box appears. 1. Type your text. 2. Change the text style here. 3. Edit color, justification, indentation and insert a bullet list here.

When you're done, click anywhere outside the text box to exit. After the editing box disappears, select the text again and see what happens.

Zebra Tool

This is the Zebra tool. 1. Grab the little lines around the circle to rotate the text 360 degrees. 2. Grab the + or the- to make the text larger or smaller. 3. Grab the hand to move the the text around. 4. Click the Trash icon to delete the text. 5. Click the Pencil icon to edit the text.

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Add a Picture

1. To add a picture, click the box with a + inside it. Choose the image icon, then select and upload your picture. Resize the picture and position it where you want it to go.

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Another Frame

1. Click the +Add button to add another frame to your presentation. 2. Notice that another frame, or slide suddenly appears. This is like another slide within a PowerPoint presentation. Click anywhere within the frame to add and edit content. 3. On the Freestyle tool, click the circle that reads Frame.

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Freestyle Tool

After selecting Frame from the Freestyle tool, 1. Select a type of frame. 2. Insert the Frame and position it around three slides you've already created. This will allow you to create a 'Big Picture" view of all your slides. Now we're going to add text to this view. 3. Click the tiny arrow to go back to the Freestyle tool.

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Adding More Text

1. Click anywhere on the canvas and start typing. 2. After you've created your text, drag the text to the frame. Now we want to create a custom path to the "Big Picture" view. 3. Click the words Path on the Freestyle tool.

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Custome Path

After you have clicked the words Path in the FreeStyle tool, 1. Select the Big Picture frame. 2. Watch as the Big Picture view suddenly appears in the path of the your presentation.

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Look at the Path

This is the path that the presentation will run. Each frame, or slide is similar to that found in PowerPoint. You can easily change the path by re-arranging the order of the slides.

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Themes

On the Freestyle tool, click the circle that reads Theme. 1. Choose a cool looking color theme and see how your presentation changes.

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Show

1. In the bottom corner of the canvas is the Show button. Click this button to view your presentation.

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Viewing Together

From the Your Prezi tab, select a presentation that you would like to share.

1. Click the button that reads View Together. 2. Copy the URL and then email the link or set the link on your website. 3. Click the Start Presenting button to begin your presentation.

As you are presenting the prezi, other people can now follow your presentation on their own computers.

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Download Your Prezi

If you would like to download your prezi to your computer, and show your presentation offline, then select a prezi from the Your Prezi tab.

1. Click the button that reads Download.2. Choose Export to Portable prezi. 3. Click Download.

You will prompted to choose a location to save your prezi. Your prezi will download as a zip file. Extract the zip, and the presentation will run with Adobe Flash. You can now give your presentation without an internet connection.

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Import a PowerPoint

Create a new prezi presentation. On the Freestyle tool, select Insert. 1. Select the PPT option under Insert. Locate your PPT and upload the file.

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PPT Slides

1. Notice the slides from your PPT suddenly appear on the right side of your screen. You can drag and drop individual slides into your prezi one at a time. 2. Or you can select the Insert All button to insert all the slides in the PPT. Click the Insert All button.

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Insert All

1. Choose a layout for how your ppt slides will flow through the presentation.2. Be sure to check this box so that a path is automatically added from one slide to another. Otherwise you'll have to manually add a path. 3. Click the Insert button. 4. Notice your PPT slides appear on the canvas. You still can moves the slides around or edit each individual slide. 5. Click the Checkmark to accept. 6. Click here to view your presentation.