[applekeynote] Re: I HATE Keynote!

Quality takes time. Simple as that. A truly good presentation never gets finished in a few
hours. Talk to Larry Lessig or Garr Reynolds or Guy Kawasaki about how much time they
invest into their presentations.

I personally take the "great artists ship" approach to developing my slides. At some point I
say, "This is what my slides are going to look like for this delivery of a given presentation,"
and I stick by it. Once I am within about two weeks of delivery, development freezes, and I
begin practicing with what I have done.

Some of my presentations have been under continual development for (literally) years. I
find an opportunity to deliver? Freeze in development and go with where I am.

If your tweaking is consuming too much time, simply scale back. Just because a feature is
there does not mean you have to use it. (In fact, Keynote has a lot of features that should
be avoided in professional settings.) It just sounds like you just need to simplify your
approach a bit -- prioritize your visual elements a bit. Quality imagery should be high on
the list, but animations, timed builds, special effects, should all be lower.

I don't know if any of this helps, but I hope it does.
Robert
http://homepage.mac.com/crysnrob

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