1. Introduction

A presentation is a collection of related slides. The author creates each slide, they also decide on the pace, the timing and the structure of the presentation.

The structure of a presentation will affect how you can navigate through the slides and view the information available.

There are three main methods used to structure the layout of presentations and you need to know about each of them. They are:

• linear
• non-linear
• hierarchical

Read through the next few pages in order to ensure that you could confidently answer an exam question on the structure of presentations.