Presentation Templates_ You'Ve Been Using Them Wrong This Whole Time

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Presentation templates:You've been using themwrong this whole time

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What is a template?Apreetformatforadocumentorfile,uedothattheformatdoe

nothavetoerecreatedeachtimeitiued-oxforddictionarie.com

Inotherword:You(oromeoneele)createadocumentwithpredefined

parameter,whichcanlatereuedtoprovideformattonewcopieofthat

amedocument,withouttheneedtotarteverthingafreh.

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everreleae.Notonldoeitpeedthingupfromthepuliher

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giventohim.oitawin-winituation.

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Graphic Templates vs Content Templates

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ithatthereuuallamix-upetweenagraphictemplatewithacontent

template.

A G R A P H I C T E M P L AT E

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hold.Itetalihetheoverallaetheticofourpreentation,andhowthe

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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

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extremelueful.Notonldoeiteparategraphictemplatefromcontent

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tofollow.oifforexampleoureinthemarketingarena,orourefounding

anewtartup,oucankiptartingourpreentationfromcratch,and

tartuildinguponanofthepreentationtemplateavailale.

Hereafewexampleofthetemplateitprovide:

C H E C K O U T A L L S L I D E B E A N T E M P L A T E S( H T T P S : / / S L I D E B E A N . C O M / E D I T O R / N E W ? R E F = B L O G )

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ourownimage,andouredone.

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whenandhowoucantakeadvantageofit.Makeureoucheckitout!

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thenplaaroundwiththegraphictemplatetochooethefinaltleofour

preentation.

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A few things to Remember:

Templaterepreentguide,notretriction.Thehouldeflexile

enoughtoeadaptedtoourneed!

Rememerthere'adifferenceetweengraphictemplateandcontent

template.

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Relatedread:PreentationRuric:Iourpreentation

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