By habit, we always use PowerPoint to make concept maps or diagrams because it is one of the simplest ways of working and in addition to being the tool with which we took our first steps in the world of presenting our projects.
But over the years, different alternatives have come to light, with fresher, more entertaining and even more fun designs , which makes our presentations and works much more didactic when presenting them, today Prezi has become one of these most used tools for its originality and fun design.
What is Prezi?
This is a software, intended for the creation of presentations that presents us with very direct and attractive visual elements to attract the attention of the general public, it is very extravagant when creating any type of presentations, and the good thing is that it has a great variety of templates, which in one way or another will allow you to save many hours of work and will look very professional and attractive.
Not enough with the aforementioned, Prezi is completely compatible with all PowerPoint files , and in this way we could use the information or presentation previously made in this software as a basis and improve or give more details in the Prezi application.
Steps to insert a diagram in Prezi
Diagrams are graphic representations that help us to simplify or outline all the information that we want to make known, here we explain how to insert a diagram in our prezi presentations.
Of course, before starting all these processes, it is necessary to note that you must register and create an account on its official website , from where we can choose if we want to have a completely free plan or if we want to pay to have all the tools at our disposal.
If you decide to choose a free plan, you can sign up using your Google or Facebook account . After this we must choose what is our role on the planet, for example, student, education, business, among others. All this in order for the system to help us later in more detail.
Once we have finished the registration and role definition process, the web assistant will allow us to make a new presentation in which we will insert our information, which in this case will be in the form of a diagram.
- You must go to the menu bar. Once there you just have to click on «insert» .
- Then different options will be displayed, where you must select the one that says ” diagrams “
- Once you have clicked, you must choose among all the diagrams, the one that you prefer the most or that fits the content of your information. When you know which one to want, you just have to press «choose» .
- Once our diagram is obtained, it is enough to start adding the text we want and other elements such as images to present and entertain the public.
- After all the content is organized in the way of your preference, it only remains to save and finish until the moment of presenting it.
Advantages and disadvantages of using Prezi
This software has features that take it to the fore in terms of advantages, due to its wide variety of tools and functions, where you can find both free and paid functions. From this application, we are offered the following varieties of advantages:
- It has a high definition image.
- It is really very easy to use.
- Adjust presentations to your liking, with mind maps, concept maps and even geometric figures of the size you want.
- Allows Zoom mode at the time of presentations.
- Attach any type of music, video or image .
- There is no specific order between slides.
- It is a really different modality from the one used by PowerPoint.
Unfortunately, not everything is rosy and here we show you the disadvantages of inserting or adding diagrams in Prezi presentations.
- The use of an account is mandatory to gain access.
- It is limited access when it is completely free.
- It is necessary to use an internet connection to be able to enjoy all the tools and functions that it offers us.
- Videos appear as downloads.
- To save it as a portable file it is only possible to do it using a CD.
