This template file is intended to be informative, to demonstrate one possible way to organize a page that serves as the "slide show" for a talk, and to serve as a starting point for your own creativity. Please feel free to copy this page. In Netscape you can use the "Save As" choice from the "File" menu (be sure to set the Format to "Source" rather than "Text").
All this stuff above the first Horizontal Rule is just for the template file, and would not be present in an actual talk page.
Every Talk has a Title
and an Author
(perhaps co-Authors)
White Space
- Use white space (extra hard returns) in your HTML file to separate items that will be set off by headers, list structures, paragraph breaks, or horizontal rules. This makes it easier to edit the file.
- Use white space in your HTML document to make it easier for the reader to grasp the organization. This can include <P>, <BR>, and <HR> tags, as well as headers and list structures.
- Do not be excessive in your use of white space in the document. As we will discuss below, you will be displaying with a large font size, in order to be readable, and that will limit the amount of information visible at once.
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- You can use anchor tags to name a particular location within your file, and then create links that jump to that location from within that file or from external files:
Return to top of file.
Do this sparingly, so as to avoid concealing the structure of your talk.
Lists
- Use list structures on most slides, to emphasize the "talking points."
- Be careful to conserve screen space by avoiding excessive nesting of lists.
- This page has a primary structure of a Definition List.
- This particular section has an Unordered List instead of Defining Data, so as to avoid excessive indenting.
- That is an example of usage that may not be technically legal HTML. Although it is likely that most browsers will be forgiving, you should verify correct display under identical circumstances to those that you will use when giving your talk.
Display Configuration
- Use the "default font size" on the Preferences choice of the Options menu to make sure that your slides will be readable - typically 24 point is the appropriate size.
Also for readability, choose a white background color and accept the default black text and blue link.
Be sure to test the slide show with your window sized to match the visible portion of the screen on the display you will be using - this is usually 640 x 480 pixels for the whole display.
Dick Piccard revised this template file (http://www.ohiou.edu/pagemasters/class/talktemplate.html) on October 25, 2000.
Please E-Mail comments or suggestions to "acatec@www.ohiou.edu".