Using Frames
One of the most clear and efficient ways to organize your information is to make use of the frames tool. Frames enable you to group certain items in your presentation. You can then direct the presentation to focus on the group as a whole, as well as on the individual items within. This allows your audience to visualize a "smaller big picture," if you will, and also helps reduce excessive zooming and panning—you don't want to make them seasick!
Clicking on the "frames" bubble of your tool wheel (or typing "f" on your keyboard) provides you with four framing options.
The first three types will remain subtly visible during your presentation. See the following example:
The last option is a hidden frame, which you can see as you edit but which will not be visible to your audience as you present.
You can resize or reposition your frame in "write" mode with the aid of the zebra tool. Tip: You may need to zoom out within your workspace area to properly highlight a frame. See this page for more information about editing frames.
As before, you can zoom in and out of the individual items within the framed area when you're presenting, or even stack frames within frames to create smaller groupings. When you set a presentation path, you can highlight the frame itself as an item in your sequence, which will focus the presentation screen on the specified area. You can also click the frame manually to achieve the same effect.
For an example, your frame setup might look something like this (note that it includes invisible frames, which are outlined in blue):
After programming a path including these frames, the presentation looks like the video below. You can see how one can use the frames to isolate particular elements and focus attention on specific relationships.
Capture View
A related feature allows you to create an ersatz frame out of a screen-shot of your workspace. Enter "path mode" by clicking the path bubble on your tool wheel (or type "p" on your keyboard).
At the bottom of your timeline sidebar on the left side of the screen, you will see a small camera icon and the words "Add current view."
When you click this button, Prezi will automatically register the current view of your presentation as the next step in your sequence. If necessary, you can rearrange this order as desired.
For instance, let's say my current path looks like this.
Now I have arranged my screen so that it appears as below, and I wish this specific view to be the next step in my path.
I click the "add current view" button at the bottom of the sidebar timeline, and Prezi grabs a shot of the workspace as I've framed it and labels that the next step in my sequence.
When I zoom out, the entirety of my path now looks like this, and plays as shown in the video following.
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