In our third excerpt from our latest white paper How SmartDraw VP Reinvents PowerPoint®, we examine how SmartDraw VP significantly eases the planning and composition of your presentation – without even launching PowerPoint®.
Easy Visuals for Every Presentation
It’s a given that visuals are more effective than bullets, but visuals are rarely used because for the vast majority of users, they are simply too difficult to create. The introduction of SmartDraw, the world’s first visual processorTM, changes everything.
The visual processor puts the power to create great presentations, loaded with engaging visuals, into the hands of everyone. SmartDraw automates the creation of visuals to such a degree that anyone can do it, and get great results in minutes. Creating professional-quality visuals with SmartDraw is as easy as typing bullets in PowerPoint®.
To see how easy creating visuals is with SmartDraw consider the creation of a mind map. With traditional drawing software you are forced to start with a blank screen and it’s up to you to draw boxes, insert text, position the boxes, and connect them with lines—all by hand. With SmartDraw you start with a template.
Your main topic box is already there for you. Simply click the box to type in the title.
Add topic and subtopic boxes by clicking simple commands. Everything is aligned, connected, and styled automatically.
There are also keyboard shortcuts for these commands which make it possible to create the entire mind map without taking your fingers off the keyboard.
Creating a data chart with SmartDraw is just as easy. Start by selecting the Charts & Graphs SmartTemplate.
A basic chart is already drawn for you; simply customize it to suit your needs.
Enter your data directly into the chart, or adjust the values manually with your mouse.
You can also import your data from Excel or other data source.
Apply different chart formats and styles with the click of a button.
Like a word processor automatically formats text, SmartDraw automatically formats visuals making it possible for anyone to create presentation-quality visual slides in minutes. SmartDraw automatically formats 70 different types of visual—each with dozens of examples that you can easily customize for your presentation.
Be sure to download and read the full white paper, How SmartDraw VP Reinvents PowerPoint®.
If you don't own SmartDraw VP, you can either buy SmartDraw or upgrade to the latest version.
