The Present button

While you're still editing a Prezi, the present button is located near the top-right corner of the menu and is what we use to put our Prezis into show mode to check whether they look okay during the design phase. It is used later, of course, when our Prezis are actually being presented. One helpful option is the ability to have the Prezi move automatically through each of the path points.

Once in presentation mode, the bottom-right corner of your Prezi will have a full screen button and a play sign on top of a stopwatch icon. Clicking on this stop watch icon will give you the following options:

• 4 seconds
• 10 seconds
• 20 seconds

You can use these to select the timing you'd like your Prezi to play at.

This is useful for presentations that don't have a presenter to talk through them. They might be shown in your company's reception on a flat screen, or at a trade show for people to see. However and whenever you decide to let your Prezi play on its own, ensure that you get the timings right so that people can see and read everything without having to wait until it loops again. Additionally, these timings will be applied to any animation effects that have been added. If, for instance, you have animated bullet points, viewers will need to wait for the selected number of seconds before each bullet point comes into view.

Tip

When designing Prezis to play on their own in this way, ensure that you pay close attention to the amount of zooming and spinning in your design. Motion sickness can be intensified when someone is overly focused on the screen in front of them.