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Page 1: Customizing a Presentation and Creating a Slide Show

Customizing a Presentation and Creating a Slide Show

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A collection of slides used to enhance an informative speech

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Know your audience - don’t present information that the audience already knows

Use Restraint- overuse colors or decorations

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Be accurate and ethical - double check your information, figures and sources

Choose appropriate graphics and styles – use appropriate accents to your presentation

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Use outline Formats – They are easier to follow, don’t write paragraphs

Use bullets - Bullets imply no significant order

Use numbers - To show rank or sequence Use Restraint - No more than one topic

per slide

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6 lines of text per slide6 words per lineAllow plenty of room around borders and illustrations

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*This is 40 Point*

Minimum 36 point for titles

24 for body text

12 Point Font is Too Small for a presentation

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Use Sans serif (no curly feet) such as Arial or body text

Serif text is difficult to read in a presentation

Use serif such as Roman for titles only

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Make Titles larger type size than body elements

Emphasize important statements or words with bold, italic, larger size or different font.

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Use the same color consistently throughout the presentation

Use light letters on dark backgrounds

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Patterns on bars or pie slices cause confusion

Solid colors convey a clear bold message

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Darker vs. lighter?Home tabLayoutLook at the options

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It’s Easy!Click the design tabColorsChange the color scheme of your slides

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Click the design tabChange your themeColorsFonts

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Animations Tab, Custom Animations

Swivels, Spirals, FlyChange the view!Change the speed!◦Animations Tab◦Transition Speed

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Do not read your slides to the audience

Do not overuse PowerPointToo many slides become pointless!

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Determine the main purpose of the presentation

Determine the output Show one idea per slide Maintain consistent layout Keep slides easy to read and uncluttered Know your audience


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