<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">easy enough for a dufus like me to use.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>i've used it to create "living overheads" for the classroom.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>the kicker is the integration with itunes and other "i" apps.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">not knowing i'd created anything exceptional, i was showing one of the presentations i made to the designated tech help at my school (all windows). i was emphasizing the content, not so much the style. she's used powerpoint extensively and her gut reaction to viewing the first ten seconds was "now i <I>like</I> that."</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:59 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>From my lawyer list.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>We've been using Keynote for mediation presentations. We haven't</DIV><DIV>been doing anything particularly creative, mostly just highlighting</DIV><DIV>pages of depositions, medical records, accident reports, etc.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Last night I created a very quick and dirty "special effect". We</DIV><DIV>have a crummy, freehand, not-to-scale diagram on a Texas Department</DIV><DIV>of Public Safety accident report. I filled the screen with that</DIV><DIV>diagram. I then dissolved to a very basic schematic which traced the</DIV><DIV>officer's objects and lines and added text boxes indicating</DIV><DIV>measurements. Then, using those same objects and lines, I dissolved</DIV><DIV>to another version which moved objects and lines around to put the</DIV><DIV>diagram in rough perspective. It took about twenty minutes for me to</DIV><DIV>figure out how to do it; it will take me five minutes next time.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>We played it today during the mediation, and opposing counsel was</DIV><DIV>wowed by it, asking how we did it, and noting it was obvious it</DIV><DIV>wasn't Powerpoint. I haven't played with Powerpoint since I've been</DIV><DIV>using Keynote (for about two years), so I cannot verify that</DIV><DIV>statement. But it was interesting.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>I'm attaching an article below, extolling the virtues of Keynote.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><A href="http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/06/duarte_design_h.html">http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/06/duarte_design_h.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Duarte Design helps Al Gore "go visual" -- very interesting; Gore uses Keynote.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Chris Scott</DIV><DIV>Connolly & Castagna, L.L.P.</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>-- </DIV><DIV>Victoria L. Herring, Attorney, Civil Rights, Discrimination & Employment Law, <<A href="http://www.HerringLaw.com">http://www.HerringLaw.com</A>>; Travel research, <<A href="http://www.JourneyZing.com">http://www.JourneyZing.com</A>> and /blog; Photographs at <A href="http://victoriajz.smugmug.com">http://victoriajz.smugmug.com</A> and <A href="http://www.buyiowaart.com">http://www.buyiowaart.com</A>. Upcoming show: ArtFest Midwest, Des Moines, June 24-25th, Iowa State Fairgrounds.</DIV><DIV>_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV>Dmmug mailing list</DIV><DIV>Use this Address to send mail to the list:</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:Dmmug@dmmug.org">Dmmug@dmmug.org</A></DIV><DIV>Use this page to modify subscription options:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>