Prezi.com provide an official video at YouTube, https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/ScjACjRUd2A. The screenshot of the video is available athttp://basic-steps.blogspot.com/2013/06/prezi-getting-started.html. This tutorial is an approach to guide the reader to re-create the sample presentation featured in the video. It is applicable to both Desktop and Online version of Prezi application.
1) Create New Prezi.
1a) Go to your Prezi.com account, http://prezi.com/your/
The Online version is as shown below.
Click "New Prezi".
Choose "Challenges, Success". Click "Use Template".
1b) Run your Prezi Desktop software.
The Desktop version is as shown below. Choose "Challenges, Success". Click "Choose".
2) The main application window appears.
3) Save your presentation.
3a) The Online version will save without prompting a file name.
3b) The Desktop version will prompt for a file name, which you may save as "prezi-challenge-success".
4) Prezi Presentation Canvas will fill up the screen.
4.1) Click Allow to allow full screen mode.
4.2) The navigation bar is at the bottom of the Presentation Screen.
4.3) Click the Right Arrow or Left Arrow to move between frames. (Left Arrow is dimmed at the start of the presentation.)
4.4) If you pause for a long time time, the navigation bar will disappear.
5) Navigate the frames.
5.1) Press Right Arrow to go forward to the last frame.
5.2) Press Left Arrow to go backward to the first frame.
5.3) Hover your mouse over the navigation bar, and the slider knob will appear.
5.4) Use the slider to move between the slides.
5.5) Use the Toggle Full Screen button to switch presentation container between computer screen and web browser window.
5.6) Use Autorun button to run the frames automatically.
Select appropriate time interval period.
A setting message information appears for few seconds.
6) View Control Bar.
Hover your mouse towards the right border of the presentation window. A View Control Bar appears.
6.1) Click Zoom-In and Zoom-Out to see the Zoom Effect.
6.2) Click Home to see the Home Effect.
6.3) Click the Close Button to close presentation.
The Presentation Screen is closed and replaced by the Main Application Window.
7) Next Step: Edit your presentation to resemble the sample file as shown at http://basic-steps.blogspot.com/2013/06/prezi-getting-started.html.
7.1) Insert Arrow
7.1.1) Click "Frames & Arrows"/Draw arrow.
7.1.2) Click two points to connect the two cartoon objects
Change the color to match the example at http://imageshack.us/a/img833/4191/p976.jpg
Select the other arrows and delete them.
7.2) Insert Text
7.2.1) Click the Second Frame in the Frame Navigation Panel.
7.2.2) Click the areas as shown below to insert Texts object to match the example at http://imageshack.us/a/img407/3373/cyd7.jpg .
7.3) Insert Image
7.3.1) Click Insert/Image...
7.3.2) When the Browse Dialog Box pops up, enter "Prezi Template" in the search box.
7.3.3) A strip of template images appear. Use Up/Down arrow key or Mouse Scroller to move between the items.
7.3.4) Resize the image to fit to the area.
8) To share the presentation, Click Share/Online Presentation
8.1) Copy the link and share with others
8.2) This example for this tutorial can be viewed at http://prezi.com/3w3zrchskaon/present/?auth_key=98h6fj2&follow=7gtmumnmb71j
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