Introduction

Many things about Prezi are distinctive, but two of the really special and characteristic features are the zoom and the turn.

A good way to understand zooming is to compare it with reading letters from your lawyer or your bank. When you switch from the general information to the small writing at the bottom of the page, you zoom in by moving the paper closer to your eyes. When you want to read the general information again, you zoom out by moving the paper further out.

The zoom feature

allows us to zoom in on the canvas to show even the smallest detail, and to zoom out to show larger elements or beautiful and informative overviews.

Prezi's turning feature makes it possible for us to change the direction of our travel on the canvas as we move forward in the presentation.

In this chapter, we take a hands-on approach to the "how-to" of zooms and turns. When zooms and turns are used correctly, they become powerful tools that greatly enhance your prezi. We will...