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Slidedocs are visual reports built in presentation software such as PowerPoint, designed to be read and referenced rather than projected. Nancy Duarte defines them as visual documents intended to act as stand-alone reports, not presentations. The article lists advantages including familiarity with PowerPoint, easier visual work than in Word, and the wide format suited to computer screens, and disadvantages including weaker track-changes support than Word. It also gives tips such as using takeaway-message headers, breaking the document into sections, and reducing font size when building one in Canva.

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rvolz.eth

Great to see that the things I created back then now have a nice name, but will the machines that create them now care?

timdaub.eth

I just learned about the difference between presentation slides and slide docs today. To be honest, I love slidedocs. I'm a sucker for flipping through them to explore a new topic. One of my most quoted slidedoc is this presentation on network effects: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/network-effects-59206938/59206938

I just find it really compelling how some people can visualize complex and abstract topics visually well, and also that you can consume the slidedoc with or without a presenter.

I learned everywhere, in my job, school, uni, that slides must have very sparse text and that they must be very simple. But I'm now revisiting this and I'm thinking, maybe this is not fair to the audience either.

When I'm at a conference and I see a slide of an intriguing topic, I'll go on my phone to learn more and to find the right links. So why not make slides more complex, filled with content

timdaub.eth

Btw. I think we should curate more slidedocs on Kiwi. Slidedocs are awesome!

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